Chapter 3 - The Pit and the Lake and the Hole (pp 32 - 46)
Vocabulary Words to Discuss with a Partner or the Whole Class
pleadingly satisfied fortunately culvert
elevation mist binoculars futilely
haunches canopy conclude polite
condo surveying explanation gleefully
basks lurking Hammock trees savoring
vigorously absorb doom slough
1,2,& 3 (example on p33) Write three facts you learned about Dajun, or all alligators, in this chapter.
they like to go through culverts to other bodys of water also like to regulate body temperature from going in and out
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of the water stays in water in afternoon.
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4. (p39) We learned in this chapter that elevation determines which plants grow where.
Match the words in the columns by writing the correct letters on the blanks in column 1.
4. _____
b grows in highest elevations a) cypress
a
5 _____ grows in a little lower level b) hardwoods
p
6. _____ grows in even lower level c) pines
d
7 _____ grows in places so low, it is often in water d) saw grass
(p42) On each blank below, write B ( for blue-green alga) or G ( for green alga).
8. ___
g grows under water on all objects sunlight can reach
9. ___
b water polluted from septic tanks, lawns, farms, & road runoff
b
10. ___ dark, thick, and stringy
g
11. ___ cleans water and makes it gemlike and clear
12. ___
g food for microscopic animals
b
13. ___ grows in blobs and clumps and quickly fills water
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lakes are shallow clay rims that are gentle
14. (p40) How are Florida lakes different from solution pits? _____________________________________
and not so steep but solution pits are steep and rocky
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15. (p40) Why was Gumbo Limbo Hole both a lake and a solution pit? _____________________________
its steep but clayey with limestone
walls
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16. (p40) Why did Liza think the “hammock” was like an island in the woods? _______________________
it floats in a sea of pine trees
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17. (p41) Where did Liza think Dajun might be?_________________________________________________
in a culvert
a manager in a diner
18. (p45) What kind of job did Liza”s mother apply for? _________________________________________
19. A simile compares two things by saying one is LIKE the other. Find a simile on page 33 and copy it
here._________________________________________________________
the water in the winter is more deep than it is in the summer.
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20. A metaphor compares two things by saying one IS the other. Find a metaphor on page 40 and copy it here.
we have our own air conditioning and heating and humidifier (she is explaining it as the canopy of trees)
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