Bat Caves

10/10/2020 2:46:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Bats are the only flying mammal.
  • There are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide.

Let's explore more about bats!

FACT: Bats need a place to sleep during the day and they find their food at night. 

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Listen and find out how much you know about bats.

Bats live in small groups.

  • True
  • False

Most bats hang inside a cave.

  • True
  • False

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

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Bats hunt at night. During the day, they sleep. They sleep in a dark place. They upside-down to sleep. Some bats hang under a bridge. Most bats hang in a cave. 

Bats live in big groups. Thousands of bats may live together at one time! They sleep in the same every night. The cave keeps bats safe. Most animals won't for them in a cave. It is too dark. Plus, bats hang from the of the cave. This puts them .

Before bats leave at night, they fly around the cave. They make noise. It is time to fly out and hunt.

Read and answer the following questions.

Bat Caves
Written by Heather Parra

Bats hibernating in a cave. Image: USGS Science Explorer Media Gallery

Bats hunt at night. During the day, they sleep. They sleep in a dark place. They hang upside-down to sleep. Some bats hang under a bridge. Most bats hang in a cave. 

Bats live in big groups. Thousands of bats may live together at one time! They sleep in the same cave every night. The cave keeps bats safe. Most animals won't hunt for them in a cave. It is too dark. Plus, bats hang from the roof of the cave. This puts them out of reach.

Before bats leave at night, they fly around the cave. They make noise. It is time to fly out and hunt.

What can be true about bats from the passage?

  • Bats sleep in large groups inside dark caves.
  • Bats live in small groups inside a cave.
  • Bats do not like to be close to others.
  • Bats are easily hunted by other animals in a cave.

Why do bats hang from the roof of a cave?

  • It's too dark at the bottom of the cave.
  • It puts them out of reach of predators.
  • They like being high up.
  • They want to sleep more deeply.

What do bats do before leaving to find their food?

  • They fly and hang upside-down in the nearest trees.
  • They fly out and make other animals scared.
  • They fly around and make noise at night.
  • They fly down to the bottom of their cave.

What is the main idea of the passage?

  • Caves are a great place to live for bats.
  • Bats hate being in the dark cave.
  • Bats are active at night due to their weak eyes.
  • Some animals hunt bats if they make noise.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. They  upside-down to sleep.
  2. They sleep in the same every night.
  3. Most animals won't for them in a cave.
  4. Plus, bats hang from the of the cave. This puts them . 

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. We could this picture on the wall next to the door.
  2. She took me by the hand and led me into the .
  3. The of the cave is 50 metres up.
  4. The top shelf is .
  5. Whales are still being and killed in the Arctic.