Inside Reading Answer Key

Unit 1: Strength to Survive

Reading 1
Before You Read
Bird
Fish
falcon
ostrich
roadrunner
swift
albatross
dovekie
loon
puffin
thick-billed
murre

Insect

salmon
eel

beetle

Grazing
Animal
gazelle
antelope
wildebeest
zebra

Cat

Canine

cheetah

coyote

5.
6.
7.
8.

G
F
F
T

Reading Comprehension
1.
F
2.
T
3.
T
4.
F After 300 yards they tire
Reading Strategy: Skimming and Scanning
1.
The movie Earthquake
2.
220 hz per second.
3.
a guitar.
4.
National Sleep Awareness Week.
5.
Yes. It reached 5,132.
Vocabulary Activities
A.
1.
maintain
2.
achieve
3.
durations
B.
1. b
9.
C.
1. d
15.

4.
5.
6.

6.
7.
8.

Charles II
1,198 pounds
Stanford University in
California

exceedingly
excess
achieve

7.
8.

welfare
the elements

a
b

12.
13.

a
a

14.

10.
11.
16.
17.

a
b

18.
19.

c
e

20.

D.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. It can reach a depth exceeding 1.700 feet.
21.
They can maintain speeds between 30 and 45 miles per hour.
22.
It can achieve speeds of 200 miles per hour.
23.
They travel for long durations.
E.
1. Blue whales can weigh in excess of 170 tons.
24.
The sounds made by blue whales can exceed 150 decibels.
25.
A squirrels welfare depends on its ability to remember where it has
hidden thousands of nuts.
26.
Dalls porpoise, the fastest sea mammal, can achieve speeds of up to
56 miles per hour.
27.
The marmot, a large rodent, can hibernate for a duration of nine
months.
Reading 2
Reading Comprehension
1. T
28.
F

29.

30.

31.

Reading Strategy: Outlining as You Read

A.
Introduction (main idea: Some animals are capable of outstanding athletic
performances)
I. Sprinting
II. Marathon
III. Diving
IV. Jumping
V. Weightlifting
Closing Remarks
B.
I. Sprinting
A.
B.
II. Marathon
A.
B.
C.
III. Diving

A.
Mammals
B.
Birds
IV. Jumping
A.
Long Jump
B.
High Jump
V. Weightlifting
A.
African elephant
B.
Rhinoceros beetle

Mammals
Birds
Birds
Fish
Mammals

Vocabulary Activities
A.
1. undergo
32.

facilit
ate

33.

maintai
n

34.

releas
es

35.

maint

ain
36.
area
B.
1. c
41.
f

37.

prelim
inary

38.

40.

s
39.

42.
43.

transfer

e
b

excee
ding

release
44.
45.

a
d

C.
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
2. A good learners dictionary/keeping flash cards/joining conversation
groups can facilitate language learning.
46.
Childhood development is facilitated by good nutrition/attentive
parents/good health care.
47.
A social website can facilitate keeping in contact with friends.
48.
The healing of a muscle injury can be facilitated by resting and icing
the muscle.
D.
1. welfare
2. underwent
3. sole

4. exceeded
5. preliminary
6. excessive

7. elemental
8. elementary