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Reading Check

Directions: Recall the information from Therese Ciesinski’s science article. Then
answer the questions in phrases or sentences.
1. What does an entomologist do?

2. What causes fireflies to give off light?

3. Why are lightning bugs, or fireflies, good for gardens?

4. Why don’t people see fireflies in the daytime?

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5. Why are there fewer fireflies after a drought?

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