
Close Reading Oxpecker
Quiz by Ennis Howard
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Type the name of one of the animals upon which an oxpecker can be found?
What do oxpeckers eat?
The sub-Saharan savannah where oxpeckers live is in ___________________________.
From paragraph one sort the colors correctly.
Oxpeckers are a type of bird.
After reading the entire article, use the dictionary at your table. Look up the definition of the word <<parasite>>. Which definition would best describe an oxpecker?
Use the dictionary at your table to look up the word <<rosy>>. Which definition best describe how the word <rosy> is used in the first sentence of paragraph 3.
According to the article, people believed that the relationship between oxpeckers and large mammals were _____________________ relationships.
How do oxpeckers benefit from the relationship?
According to the article, oxpeckers eat may eat parasites_____________________
Getting rid of the parasites help the mammals a whole lot.
Which is not a reason why researchers believe that oxpeckers and mammals may not have a mutualistic relationship?