Excerpt from Coral Reef: A City That Never Sleeps by Mary M. Cerullo By late afternoon, the daytime fishes become less interested in feeding and start to move closer to their evening retreats. In scientific experiments, researchers have trained days-old chicks to find hidden food using both distant and nearby landmarks as cues. Gretchen shares her personal experiences, and the author criticizes them. Lines 1 through 11 best support the idea that the author, A. is fearful the chicks will be vulnerable to predators en to your review. In my opinion, the first thing you need to know about birds is that Birds Are Individuals. S}3XmRR- A key idea developed in lines 49 through 59. Ben says every object in his life talks to him in ways that no one else can hear or understand. We consider animals to be our fellow mammals, with whom our kinship is obvious. "how." Forty-year-old Daniel Kish of Long Beach, Calif., also uses echolocation, and has CommonLit Grade 9 Answer Key. Lines 1 through 8 show this about happiness. He liked to perch on the crystal chandelier over her prized mahogany dining room table, with predictable consequences. Using what you've learned, design a label and hangtag of your own for a garment. At first I was afraid theyd run away or become lost. Question 3 30 seconds Q. Don't miss our ebook deals starting at $0.99! And by 1949, malaria was no longer a serious health problem in the U.S. They are covered with modified scaleswe call them feathers. This was a mark of deep trust and affection, and he would do this with only me. Read this sentence from lines 17 and 18. reinforce the case study's point that chickens are dangerous. orient the reader by identifying an image. The main purpose of a graph is to endobj 9 0 obj Provide enough details to get readers interested without giving away information that could spoil the story. Its the 60 the ones bats and dolphins can find. Which conclusion is supported by both the video transcript from Dr. X and the Quest for Food Safety and the text Food Safety Myths Exposed? What most likely is the purpose of the rescue scene at the beginning? ?]m#@wxBs What idea do this passage and the video Dr. X and the Quest for Food Safety both share? You can get a blood transfusion from a chimp. His name was Jerry. And although I was delighted when he first agreed to perch on my hand and thrilled when he would finally fly to me, I was most honored when he threw up on my finger. x}mhh(v#J`a"U}U$&64;$*f/z7fj]}gt~(ZZdU6ge?22 q~V%3Y#?|]\b[XLy+^y V`g.clM?K=pf|)Y+\b*( ?%,My"}}+^|g\;~Y_#WJ7rUiVZHpN"mv*?%k]r+hLWtNe5}Sp2_7y?FvjNNvAo xrZ77|hB$Ff!TJCx% hixwIhM$:o-hWm/Y(v:4LYd #C{ p{6U{U]R^KZ-;/W B. angry Dr. Dowell will be successful, given the CDC's history of success. And of course I loved that Jerry could fly. A. 100 The definition of "precocial". 20 Ned went around to the back until he could see the shed. In scientific experiments, researchers have trained days-old chicks to find hidden food using both distant and nearby landmarks as cues. Like Ben, Kish also lost his eyesight to cancer at age 1. Mr. Scully had told him that finding water in the winter was a big problem for animals. 28. She had read a notice in our local paper about that weeks sermon. Read the passage from When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad! Like all It is organized point by point, to let servers know the consequences for failing to follow the rules. and any bacteria they might contain Echolocation creates its own images. Though I have written elsewhere about those emus, I never got around to a whole book about birds, mostly because mammals kept jumping the line: Chimps, gorillas and orangutans. a sidebar Then answer questions 1 through 7. Dr. Dowell must be older and experienced, given the CDC's age. by Elie Wiesel. I wanted him to teach me what he knew, for I realized that he was the master and I the student. We dont realize what otherworldly creatures birds are. Do not give away the ending, but let readers know what type of life lesson they might learn from reading the text. We shared a common ancestor with even the most distant of our fellow placental mammals as recently as 100 million years ago. We know very little of what it might be like to be a bird. to count the number of years HIV/AIDS has been present in Africa. You just have to try both of these pungent powerhouses, then root for when events took place. recommends solving AIDS in the same way the flu was solved. 60 isothiocyanate, or for anything else. 2023 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. Verified . The possibility of bacterial growth actually increases after cooking. C. Gretchen comforts the author, and the author feels more confident. They get our attention by purposely causing us pain. (lines 3 and 4) Everyone is free to chime in with an opinion. The use of the words pinched look contributes to the tone of the story by making the house seem, A. tense Chili peppers conduct operations of a different sort. He A potent chili pepper in the kisser will make you rue the day you were born! Chili peppers include but are not limited to the poblano, the cayenne, the jalapeno, the tabasco, the habanero, and the serrano. It shifts from being uncertain about their abilities to being amazed at their complex ways. Dolphins use the same technique to find their dinners. so 70 from that of our closest neighbor. to make cross contamination exciting to viewers. 10 0 obj food preparation. A second fundamental truth of birds lends a title to the second chapter: Birds Are Dinosaurs. He can find the pole and the backboard on a basketball goal and tell which is which by the distinctive echo each makes. The plant is a botanical relative of mustard and horseradish. I thought back to my time with the emus. Ben lost his sight when he was 2. (2nd one) . Ben says he <> They bring us news about the larger and more wondrous Life, about a world that we, with our merely human senses, have barely begun to perceive. The dinosaurian lineage that became the birds left the Earth for the skies. Unfortunately, Scoville ratings are not applicable to wasabi. factual. Is it suited for fans of historical fiction? Mr. Scullys shades were drawn; the house had a pinched look as though it felt the cold. 40 gone past Mr. Scullys place, thinking his own thoughts, while he, Ned, only a few yards away, had been searching for the cat. Once we let them out, would they even recognize their space in the barn and go back in it? endobj She lived in Canada for most of her life. Which information would most likely be presented in graph form? 100 Dr. Dowell is an epidemiologist. And finally, to apprehend the truth of birds, we need to appreciate birds ubiquity. Like its opposite, the altricial strategy (employed by creatures such as humans and songbirds, who are born naked and helpless), He feared that the little girl and her mother had died from a rare bird flu. flu outbreaks mostly occur in Europe. why Dr. Dowell is in Thailand. Did the girl pass deadly bird flu directly to her mother? to explain geographic regions to the reader Sy Montgomery, Birdology: Adventures With A Pack of Hens, A Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur, Birdology by Sy Montgomery is a humdinger of a book all about our feathered friends birds like hens, pigeons, crows, falcons, hummingbirds, etc. conduct an investigation from the case study. Introducing in the Green Corner, hailing from the island nation of Japan, sushis inseparable sidekick: Wasabi! 1. 15 water from the center of the ocean, then he waded into the snow, passing the Packard2 its windows white and hidden, the crabapple tree with its weighted branches, down the long hill trying to guess if he was anywhere near the buried driveway. Chilies were introduced to the non-Ameican world by Christopher Columbus, who mistakenly They sense the Earths magnetic field, navigate using subtle changes in odor and barometric pressure. When before dusk, I found them all perched calmly back in their coop, I saw that Gretchen was right. xYs+g$5c;4c;QVU4* ]]X[X}w-u/X\wzOi][7?}=h^/b^g/je=t?j[c*vuW^i2W}. {^IPWS}!bWYSLZxf h Y)-j^}1xi6I2Boy_7uw5kVZlMFx@ X5U%%P;@zl7l}L6osm_oz{=SVi1}ldV|'d RJy"85(Pco-wU_3 <> Capsaicin molecules are heavier than the oils, so they arent as easily dissolved in water. This site is using cookies under cookie policy . A writer can use numbering to But they changed his mind. For written-response questions, be sure to - clearly organize your writing and express what you have learned; - accurately and completely answer the questions being asked; - support your responses with examples or details from the text; and - write in complete sentences using correct spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation. % Explanation: This is in reference to an excerpt from Birdology where the author is in the process of setting up a home for her new chicks. What else must we know before we begin to understand what makes a bird a bird? 1968 Another Pandemic The home is ready for them but she appears to be anxious about whether the chicks could understand that it is their home and come back to it after they've been let out. AIDS is growing fastest in the poorest countries of Africa. q:ad +Q)Z?k8X"[2-P6ReG \V*}8F%/;"bntvwQUTz6c80+ iy *hrjg8]q4#gS=[lzJ@k(nK>[K@q m.qs0a |S[ylT-v" |#h:mk']s2`u$<4OF'Fj]{TpaQv})#Q)nsyOrVRws2HTF hQhCIJj0;G5"@S) C Iz8! to comment on the number of new cases of HIV/AIDS in Africa what events took place. Pepper pungencies are also compared by using chromatography. They simply do not possess the visual element, Kish says. show different kinds of data. D. Ned to be distracted from his work during school. a brief summary of the setting, characters, conflict, and plot. They create interest by describing loyal fans supporting their favorite condiment. to alert the reader about the dangers of mad cow disease Chickes need to be closed in safe at night to protect them from predators, but by day we didnt want to confine them; we wanted to give them free run of the yard. A problem-solution text structure is a text that presents that the situation is resolved. B. Chickens are born ready and require no further maturing. She was disappointed.". Definitions of excerpt noun a passage selected from a larger work "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" synonyms: excerption, extract, selection see more verb take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy synonyms: extract, take out see more 39. The epic simile in this excerpt shows how helpless Odysseus's men are in the clutches of the Cyclops. There were boot tracks in the snow leading to it and returning to the back door. by John DiConsiglio best summarizes the main problem that the author is addressing? endobj Extended-response questions are designed to measure a students ability to write from sources. She did so to describe the person whounlike the ornithologist, with his fancy university degreehasnt completed a formal course of avian study. A. 11 0 obj But the girl kept getting sicker. where events took place. 75 your own favorite flavor of pain. 42. "1918 The Superbug" !. They dissolve in the watery fluids they find there. explain the top twelve of the most harmful bacteria. It was my great luck to apprentice myself to a woman whose job was yet more difficult than that of most bird rehabilitators: Brenda Sherburnes specialty is raising orphaned baby hummingbirds, who hatch from eggs the size of Navy beans and are born the size of bumblebees. Their bones are hollow; their feathers weigh more than the skeleton. A. How does London's use of personification impact the passage? Dr. Dowell is not used to working abroad, given the CDC's location in the US. to reassure the reader about the dangers of mad cow disease, At the end of When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad!, author John DiConsiglio leaves what problem unresolved? This book is not among them. Some of the text reinforces the video by providing facts. This text is considered to be worthy of students' time to read and also meets the expectations for text complexity at grade 9. Ben clicks, looks to me like once every half second, whereas a dolphin is actually making 900 clicks per second. 32. How does the supporting text "Disease Control" help the reader to understand the passage? The cause of the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed 40 to 50 million people, has finally been identified. wield the power to thrill and inspire. Directions C. They create humor by personifying two condiments in an imagined contest. Happily, there are many hundreds of excellent books in print on bird-watching and classification. Can a steak or hamburger that's infected with mad cow disease end up on your dinner plate? A recent study showed that only a small percentage of HIV-infected children in Africa are getting any medical treatment at all. Gretchen comforts the author, and the author feels more confident. Have you ever had a flu shot? Food poisoning is often deadly to people. Here it is, the Match of the Moment: Wasabi vs. the Chili Pepper. For watching birds, she told us, strengthens our souls., A birdologist, she explained, experiences the divinity of creation revealed in the birds.. . The sauces, spreads, and pickles of the world add flavor to our foods without kicking up much of a fuss. In the hospital, her mother held her for hours. locate major areas of the world. (After all, Einstein was born knowing how to suckle.) From heart-pounding thrillers to poignant memoirs and everything in between, check out what's new this month. 35 He woke up and he said, Mom, I cant see anymore. And I took his hands and I put them on my face and I said, Baby, yes, you can see. I said, You can see with your hands. And then I put my hand on his nose and I said, You smell me? To avoid food poisoning, prepare food properly. 2 Packard: a brand of car that is no longer manufactured. But the same assumption cannot be made when comparing chili peppers to wasabi. }pU# Birds teach us reverencea virtue which, writes classicist and philosopher Paul Woodruff, begins in a deep understanding of human limitations. No beings show us our limitations better than do the birds. to tell servers what they must wear while they are at work, Which text features does this section contain? understand the theme of a text. to better explain some of the ideas in the main text The disease that concerned Dr. Dowell was avian influenza, or bird flu. It intensifies the foreshadowing of what is to come. to describe the requirements an employee must fulfill in order to fill out an application ]J show the steps in a process. C. It describes why wasabi and chili peppers are both enjoyable and painful to consume. The author sets the tone with his use of . A bird is as distant from us as a dinosaur. 10 with objects and people around him. 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