Question

getting ready for 2nd grade pretest
directions: read the passage, and answer the questions.

whales are the biggest creatures in the sea. you may think they are fish, but they are not fish. they are mammals. they breathe air-just like bears, cats, elephants, and you.
the biggest kind of whale is the blue whale. it can be 100 feet long! thats about the height of a 10-story building. blue whales eat a lot. even though they are so big, blue whales only eat very tiny things. each day, a blue whale can eat thousands of pounds of shrimp-like animals called krill.

1. what evidence is there in the text that blue whales are mammals?

(a) they eat a lot.
(b) they look like bears.
(c) they breathe air.
(d) they are the biggest sea creatures.

1. where can you learn that blue whales eat krill?

(a) in the image
(b) in the text
(c) in both the image and the text
(d) in neither the image nor the text

Explanation:

1. El texto afirma explícitamente que las ballenas son mamíferos porque respiran aire, al igual que otros mamíferos como los osos, gatos, elefantes y los humanos.
2. La información de que las ballenas azules comen krill se menciona únicamente en el texto escrito ("Each day, a blue whale can eat thousands of pounds of shrimp-like animals called krill"), mientras que la imagen solo muestra una ilustración de una ballena sin mostrar su alimento.

Answer:

1. C. They breathe air.
2. B. In the text