How Bees Find Their Way Home

What is impressive about the route bees take back to the hive?

It is often shorter than the route they took to find foodIt is always exactly the same route they took to find foodIt always avoids tall trees and buildingsIt is chosen at random each time they return

Correct answer: It is often shorter than the route they took to find food

Karl von Frisch received a Nobel Prize for his work on honey bees.

TrueFalseNot Given

Correct answer: True

According to the passage, what does the bees' dance communicate to other bees?

The age of the food sourceThe location of a food sourceThe number of bees needed to collect the foodThe danger of returning to the same flower twice

Correct answer: The location of a food source

Bees can use the sun to navigate even when it is partly hidden by clouds.

TrueFalseNot Given

Correct answer: True

Which idea about bees does the passage describe as still uncertain?

That bees use landmarks on the ground belowThat bees follow the position of the sunThat bees can sense the Earth's magnetic fieldThat bees perform dances to share information

Correct answer: That bees can sense the Earth's magnetic field

Scientists agree that pesticides are the main cause of poor bee navigation.

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Correct answer: Not Given

Why is the writer concerned about problems with bee navigation?

Because the bee population is rising too fastBecause beekeepers cannot find their hives easilyBecause the Earth's magnetic field is becoming weakerBecause bees pollinate many of the crops humans depend on

Correct answer: Because bees pollinate many of the crops humans depend on

What is impressive about the route bees take back to the hive?

Correct answer: It is often shorter than the route they took to find food

Karl von Frisch received a Nobel Prize for his work on honey bees.

TrueFalseNot Given

Correct answer: True

According to the passage, what does the bees' dance communicate to other bees?

The age of the food sourceThe location of a food sourceThe number of bees needed to collect the foodThe danger of returning to the same flower twice

Correct answer: The location of a food source

Bees can use the sun to navigate even when it is partly hidden by clouds.

TrueFalseNot Given

Correct answer: True

Which idea about bees does the passage describe as still uncertain?

That bees use landmarks on the ground belowThat bees follow the position of the sunThat bees can sense the Earth's magnetic fieldThat bees perform dances to share information

Correct answer: That bees can sense the Earth's magnetic field

Scientists agree that pesticides are the main cause of poor bee navigation.

TrueFalseNot Given

Correct answer: Not Given

Why is the writer concerned about problems with bee navigation?

Correct answer: Because bees pollinate many of the crops humans depend on