Informational Text: Nature Article Read this passage. Then, answer the following question(s). The kea is a large green parrot that lives in mountainous regions of New Zealand. The Maori, the native people of New Zealand, gave the parrot its name, which is an imitation of its long, loud greeting call: keeeeeee- ahhh. People who see keas for the first time often mistake them for hawks or other predatory birds because of the kea's round, hefty body and long, hooked beak. However, the kea is definitely a parrot. Like other parrots, the kea has an extremely large forebrain, which gives it great learning powers and problem-solving skills. The pesky kea definitely uses its problem-solving skills and its big feet to grasp items, and, in the process, gets into a lot of trouble! What kind of trouble? Imagine that you and your family are on a camping trip in the mountains. You park your car in a safe place and make sure that the car and the bikes on the bike rack are locked. Then, you pitch your tent and go off on a scenic hike. Enter a couple of curious keas. Searching for food at your campsite, they tear your tent to shreds. Then, they use their agile feet and strong beaks to pick up stones to throw at the windows of your car. A window cracks, and the keas peck at it until it breaks. Then, they hop into the car and tear the seats apart. Still dissatisfied with the meager amount of food you've left behind, they fly onto the bike rack and chew apart the bungee cords holding the bikes in place. As a final blow, they eat the bicycle seats! _____ 1A. Part A: The word cracks has several possible meanings. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word cracks in the passage. A. breaks openB. loses controlC. solves a mysteryD. sharp sounds _____ 1B. Part B: Which excerpt from paragraph 3 is the best clue to the answer to Part A? A. Enter a couple of curious keas.B. they tear your tent to shredsC. pick up stones to throw at the windowsD. chew apart the bungee cords
Informational Text: Nature Article
Read this passage. Then, answer the following question(s).
The kea is a large green parrot that lives in mountainous regions of New Zealand. The Maori, the native people of New Zealand, gave the parrot its name, which is an imitation of its long, loud greeting call: keeeeeee- ahhh.
People who see keas for the first time often mistake them for hawks or other predatory birds because of the kea's round, hefty body and long, hooked beak. However, the kea is definitely a parrot. Like other parrots, the kea has an extremely large forebrain, which gives it great learning powers and problem-solving skills. The pesky kea definitely uses its problem-solving skills and its big feet to grasp items, and, in the process, gets into a lot of trouble!
What kind of trouble? Imagine that you and your family are on a camping trip in the mountains. You park your car in a safe place and make sure that the car and the bikes on the bike rack are locked. Then, you pitch your tent and go off on a scenic hike. Enter a couple of curious keas. Searching for food at your campsite, they tear your tent to shreds. Then, they use their agile feet and strong beaks to pick up stones to throw at the windows of your car. A window cracks, and the keas peck at it until it breaks. Then, they hop into the car and tear the seats apart. Still dissatisfied with the meager amount of food you've left behind, they fly onto the bike rack and chew apart the bungee cords holding the bikes in place. As a final blow, they eat the bicycle seats!
_____ 1A. Part A: The word cracks has several possible meanings. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word cracks in the passage.
A. breaks open
B. loses control
C. solves a mystery
D. sharp sounds
_____ 1B. Part B: Which excerpt from paragraph 3 is the best clue to the answer to Part A?
A. Enter a couple of curious keas.
B. they tear your tent to shreds
C. pick up stones to throw at the windows
D. chew apart the bungee cords
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