Understanding Text and Graphic Features
A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding text and graphic features in non-fiction texts.
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. Pay close attention to the different text and graphic features used.
All About Bees
Bees are amazing insects that play a very important role in our world. They are known for making honey, but their biggest job is called pollination. Pollination is how plants make new seeds. Bees fly from flower to flower, collecting nectar and pollen. As they do this, they carry tiny grains of pollen from one flower to another, helping the plants to grow fruits and vegetables.
Types of Bees
There are over 20,000 different kinds of bees! The most well-known are honey bees and bumblebees. Honey bees live in large groups called colonies and build hives. Bumblebees are bigger and rounder, with fuzzy bodies. They often live in smaller groups underground.
The Bee's Body
A bee's body has three main parts: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. On their heads, they have two antennae and two large eyes. Their legs and wings are attached to the thorax. The abdomen contains their stomach and, for some bees, a stinger.
Why Bees are Important
Without bees, many of the foods we eat would not exist. Apples, blueberries, almonds, and many other foods depend on bees for pollination. It's important to protect bees and their habitats.
1. What is the main purpose of the bold text in the passage?
To show what bees eat.
To highlight important words or topics.
To tell a story about bees.
To make the text longer.
2. What information does the image help you understand?
The different types of bees.
How bees make honey.
The parts of a bee's body.
Where bees live.
3. The title of the passage, "All About Bees," tells you the of the text.
4. The words written in bold are examples of text .
5. How do the headings in the passage help a reader understand the text better?
6. An image with labels is a graphic feature.
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