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SKILL PRACTICE
Read each question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. In the wild, male prairie voles are different from 
meadow voles because the prairie voles 
.
A 
are mostly solitary
B 
leave their offspring alone
C 
care for their offspring
D 
have many mates
 2. What happened when scientists blocked 
vasopressin from prairie voles’ brains?
A 
They stopped forming strong attachments to 
one female.
B 
They chose to stay with just one mate.
C 
They took special care of their offspring.
D 
They chose to live in extended families that 
included other males.
 3. When scientists increased the amount of 
vasopressin reaching meadow voles’ brains,
the meadow voles 
.
A 
chose to live alone
B 
began to stay with one mate
C 
stopped having offspring
D 
decided to mate with prairie voles
 4. How are meadow voles similar to most other 
wildlife?
A 
The females leave their young to fend for 
themselves.
B 
They protect their mates from other voles.
C 
The males have many partners throughout 
their lives.
D 
They stay with one partner for a long time.
STRATEGY PRACTICE
How are the paragraphs and the passage organized? Explain your answer.
 
Compare and Contrast
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WEEK 15
DAY 3
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READ THE PASSAGE
Use what you know and what you read in the passage to make inferences.