Sper Snakes Many people fear snakes, bt that is bease they know only the ommon myths abot this reptile. Few snakes are deadly. However, those speies that are poisonos have ertainly given snakes a bad reptation! Here are some fats abot the snake that will help yo to better nderstand this member of the animal kingdom. Snakes an srvive in many srrondings, exept for the polar regions of the world. Natre has given this reatre many gifts. The patterned skin of the snake helps it to hide from predators that wold attak and eat it. Many speies of snake have skin the dll olor of earth. The kinds that slither p trees may be bright green, like leaves. Snakes an go for weeks or even months between meals, and some snakes eat only one or twie a year. That means they do not need to hnt onstantly for food. The lnging and flikering tonge of the snake may look frightening as it vibrates. Bt the tonge is part of an important sense organ for the snake. There is a speial organ on the roof of its moth. The snake ses it to smell prey and to find a mate. Some snakes, like the python, have speial ells on top of the head that help them to loate warm-blooded animals. Most snakes feed on small mammals. Big snakes, like pythons, will attak mh larger prey. Alert and wathfl, the snake will often win what looks like impossible battles. The snake slithers on its belly bease it has no legs. In order to move, it tightens and relaxes the msles along the sides of its body. It an also se its tail to psh off against roks or other objets. Bease it an move so rapidly and qietly, the snake is a very effetive hnter. It is tre that some snakes are poisonos. They se their poison to stn their prey before eating it. It is always best to be arefl arond snakes. Only an expert an tell whih snakes ar harmless and whih are dangeros. :I: l: f! (!J :.!2 'i o ::!; 86 Weekly Assessment Grades Unit 2/Week 2
Name ---------------------------------- Diretions: Fill in the irle next to the best answer. 1. Aording to the passage, what do predators do? hnt other animals for food help other animals live in the branhes of trees avoid other animals 2. Based on what yo read in this passage, what is the best synonym for alert? safe aware qik dangeros 3. "Snakes an srvive in many srrondings." Choose the word that old replae srrondings. earth prey objets settings 4. Whih word old replae the word speies in the sentene below? Many speies of snake have skin the dll olor of earth. :r: 3: (!l "'...!)! ' "' kinds members hnters patterns Weekly Assessment Grades Unit 2/Week 2 87
Name 5. What is the main idea of the seond paragraph? Snakes annot live in.the polar regions of the world. Many snakes have dll, brown skin the olor of earth. Snakes have speial featres that allow them to live in many plaes. Some nsal kinds of snakes an slither p trees to esape predators. 6. Whih of these BEST states the main idea of the forth paragraph? People are often sared of the snake's flikering tonge. The snake has a strange way of finding a mate. The snake does not se its nose to smell things. The snake's tonge is part of an important sense organ. 7. Whih detail is NOT inlded in the passage? Most snakes feed on small mammals. The snake an travel at speeds of p to six miles an hor. The snake tightens and relaxes its msles in order to move. Some snakes se poison to stn their prey. 8. What is the main, idea of this passage? :.. (!J "' :: ' :: "' 88 Weekly Assessment Grade 5 Unit 2/Week 2
Name 9. What hange shold be made to the sentene below to make it orret? On their tor of the world's itys, the band paked one hndred boxes, inlding their own dishes! Change itys to ities. Change boxes to boxs. Change dishes to dishs. Change world's to worldes. 10. Whih greeting ontains an error? Dear Sir or Madam: Dear Ms. Green to Whom It May Conern: Dear Dr. Jones: Use the paragraph below to answer qestion 11. (1) The farmer grows tomatos and potatos. (2) His enemys are the insets that eat his rops. (3) The insets eat the leafs. (4) Many bsinesses help him ontrol the insets. :z: Cl 'i tl 11. Whih sentene above is written orretly? Sentene 1 Sentene 2 Sentene 3 Sentene 4 Weekly Assessment Grades Unit 2/Week 2 89 -.---------------------------------------------------
Name 12. Whih nderlined word in the sentene below is spelled inorretly? All of the ontries sent baths of potatoes to pay their taxes. ontries baths potatoes taxes 13. Whih nderlined word in the sentene below is spelled inorretly? The rattlers at the rodeos posed diffiltys, and the owners knew they faed serios losses. rattlers rodeos diffiltys losses 14. Choose the word that is spelled inorretly. nothes lashes liberties beliefes x 3: "' (!) :z t:.e :z "' 90 Weekly Assessment Grade 5 Unit 2/Week 2