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Flashcard 1: Choose the best evidence type: The proof is a sentence in a book describing feeding the young.
Answer: Text evidence. Written words are text, not visual media.
Flashcard 2: What is evidence when you use a book, caption, photo, or video to support an idea?
Answer: Information that supports a claim. Facts or details that prove something is true.
Flashcard 3: What is text evidence when explaining how a behavior helps offspring survive?
Answer: Words from the text that support the idea. Quotes or sentences from reading materials.
Flashcard 4: What is media evidence when explaining how a behavior helps offspring survive?
Answer: Details from pictures or videos that support the idea. Visual proof from images or recordings.
Flashcard 5: Identify the survival need met: A mother cat licks kittens to clean them. Which need is met?
Answer: Health and cleanliness. Grooming prevents disease and infection.
Flashcard 6: Choose the best evidence type: The proof comes from a photograph showing a dog guarding pups.
Answer: Media evidence. Photos are visual media, not written text.
Flashcard 7: Identify the behavior: A bird sits on eggs to keep them warm. What behavior is shown?
Answer: Keeping eggs warm (incubating). Sitting on eggs maintains proper temperature.
Flashcard 8: Identify the missing link: “The parent builds a nest, so the babies have .”
Answer: A safe place to live. Nests provide shelter and protection.
Flashcard 9: What is the meaning of offspring in animal life cycles?
Answer: The young of a parent animal. Babies or young animals born from parents.
Flashcard 10: Which behavior most directly helps offspring get enough food: guarding, feeding, or moving nests?
Answer: Feeding. Providing food directly meets nutritional needs.
Flashcard 11: What does the word behavior mean in science when studying animals and their young?
Answer: An action an animal does. Any activity or movement an animal performs.
Flashcard 12: Identify the claim supported: Text says, “The mother bear stays near her cubs.” What claim fits best?
Answer: Staying close protects cubs from danger. Nearness enables protection from threats.
Flashcard 13: Identify the evidence: In a video, a parent fish fans eggs with fins. What detail is the evidence?
Answer: The parent fans the eggs with its fins. The observable action shown in the video.
Flashcard 14: Identify the survival need met: A rabbit hides babies in grass. Which need is met?
Answer: Safety from predators. Concealment prevents being eaten.
Flashcard 15: What does it mean to survive for an animal offspring?
Answer: To stay alive long enough to grow. Meeting basic needs like food, water, and safety.
Flashcard 16: Identify the survival need met: A parent brings food to babies in a nest. Which need is met?
Answer: Food. Babies need nutrition to grow and survive.
Flashcard 17: Identify the survival need met: A penguin stands over its chick to block cold wind. Which need is met?
Answer: Warmth (protection from cold). Body heat and shelter prevent freezing.
Flashcard 18: Which behavior best protects offspring from danger: hiding babies in a nest or leaving them in the open?
Answer: Hiding babies in a nest. Concealment protects vulnerable young from predators.
Flashcard 19: Choose the best evidence quote for feeding: "The mother regurgitates food for her chicks" or "The chicks are cute"?
Answer: "The mother regurgitates food for her chicks". Specific feeding behavior directly shows parental care.
Flashcard 20: Which answer correctly links evidence to survival: "The text says the mother feeds milk, so the baby gets food"?
Answer: It correctly links feeding evidence to survival. Properly connects specific behavior to survival benefit.
Flashcard 21: Which statement is the best conclusion from evidence: "The parent carries the baby in its mouth to a den"?
Answer: Carrying moves the baby to a safer place. Transport to shelter provides protection from threats.
Flashcard 22: Identify the best claim supported by this evidence: "The mother licks the newborn clean."
Answer: Cleaning helps the newborn stay healthy. Cleaning removes harmful bacteria and parasites from newborns.
Flashcard 23: Choose the best evidence from a picture: a parent bird sitting on eggs, or the color of the sky.
Answer: A parent bird sitting on eggs. Incubation behavior directly relates to offspring survival.
Flashcard 24: What is the meaning of offspring in a science story about parents and babies?
Answer: Young animals or baby plants made by parents. Offspring are the babies or young that come from parent organisms.
Flashcard 25: What is the meaning of behavior when describing how an animal acts?
Answer: An action an animal does. Behaviors are observable actions that animals perform.
Flashcard 26: What does survive mean in a passage about animals and their young?
Answer: Stay alive and grow. Survival means continuing to live and develop successfully.
Flashcard 27: What is evidence in a text or video that you use to support an answer?
Answer: Words or pictures that prove an idea. Evidence provides facts that support or prove a claim.
Flashcard 28: Which sentence frame correctly uses evidence: "I know because the text says " or "I think it"?
Answer: I know because the text says . This frame cites specific text as proof, not just opinion.
Flashcard 29: Identify the best evidence type from a video: what an animal does, or what you imagine it does?
Answer: What the animal does in the video. Observable actions provide factual evidence, not imagination.
Flashcard 30: Which behavior is most directly linked to helping offspring survive: a parent feeding babies or sleeping alone?
Answer: A parent feeding babies. Feeding provides essential nutrients for growth and survival.