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Day in the Salt Marsh, A - Reading Comprehension Quiz

	1. What did fiddler crabs wave left and right? Spartina Grass Claws Sand

	2. Diamondback terrapins eat Snails Spartina grass Sea Gulls

	3. What do the periwinkle snails do when the tide is coming in? Climb up the blades of grass to stay above water Dig into to the soft mud Swim into the current

	4. What do blue crabs eat? They only eat grass and other sea plants They are very picky eaters and only eat fish They will eat 'most any dish

	5. What is the dolphin doing at 12 o'clock in the salt marsh? Resting in the warm sun Chasing small fish Playing hide and seek

	6. What happens to the cordgrass when the tide is very high? The high water and its salt content kills the grass. The grass is uprooted and floats downstream. The leaves hold in the water, but spit the salt back out.

	7. The salt marsh is like a ____?_____, where little fish can hide. like a playground like a nursery like a school none of the above

	8. What does the mother otter do when she sees the pups begin to wrestle? She separates them and makes them take a nap She brings them food to eat She joins them in the fun

	9. What is the gray and stately bird with a long, pointy beak? Ibis egret sea gull great blue heron

	10. Why doesn't the horseshoe crab appear to move on the muddy bank? It is napping in the warm sun. It is being very still awaiting prey. It's not a live horseshoe crab but just a molted shell.

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