Please help. confused on 2 and 5. only answer 1-9 . use short answers

Question

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RESTATE THE IDEAS IN YOUR OWN WORDS

 

Passage

Hiding to live : Animal Camouflage

¹Animals in danger of being hunted and killed have evolved ways to camouflage themselves. ² Perhaps the simplest type of camouflage is color resemblance, in which an animal's color matches the color of its background. ³ Color resemblance is illustrated by green aphids that live on vegetation, grey- brown lizards inhabiting sandy areas, and black beetles that cling to the bark of trees.

   ⁴ANother type of camouflage is countershading light and appear lighter on its top surface than on it bottom surface.⁶This difference makes an animal stand out against its background. ⁷Countershading, or the placement of darker markings on the top of the animal, reduces the reflection and allows the animal to blend into its background.⁸For example, most fish are darkest on their top sides and consequently less visible when alive than when dead and floating belly up.

 

 

1. What is the passage about?

 

 

2. What do I already know about this passage ? What is my prior knowledge?

 

 

3. What is important about this passage? What do I need to remember ?

 

4. What words are bold type?

 

5. What are the new or difficult words I need to look up ?

 

6. What is color resemblance ?

 

7. What are some examples of color resemblance?

 

8. What is countershading?

 

9. What is an example of countershading ?

 

Answer 1

Questions 2 and 5 are personal and reflective.  So for question 2, do you have any previous knowledge about animals that use camoflauge for survival? Have you seen a nature documentary, or read about it somewhere else?  If not, you could also explain your working knowledge of the use of camouflage in situations like hunting or the army.

 

For question 5, you need to read through passage and identify any words that are new to you or that you don't know. These words are more likely to be bolded in your hard copy of the text.

 

Hope this helps!