What does the word bush mean in the sentence below?
We run past the tree kangaroo house, past the kunai, down a trail—
and then into the trackless bush.
Question 2
2.
What most likely caused the tree kangaroos to come out on the first day the researchers spotted them?
Question 3
3.
Like an acrobat, he catches a vine with his front paws, turns himself
around, and lands on the ground on his feet.
What is the main purpose of this sentence?
Question 4
4.
Why do the scientists have to measure the tree kangaroos' necks?
Question 5
5.
What will happen if the scientists do NOT examine the animals quickly?
Question 6
6.
What does the word tracking mean in the sentence below?
Without knowing it, the tree kangaroos will be sending their position not only to the scientists tracking them on the ground, but also to
satellites circling thousands of miles above Earth.
Question 7
7.
What will be one effect of this day's work with the kangaroos?
Question 8
8.
What does the word data mean in the sentence below?
They download this information to the chips in the collars, and this
data can be transferred to a computer when the collar automatically
falls off, after five months.
Question 9
9.
Which quotation from the article does the most to show how much the researchers care about the tree kangaroos?
Question 10
10.
“Anesthetic machine? Gas ready? Radio collar?” Holly asks. “And is the other 'roo OK?”