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Groundhog Day

Hibernation

Hibernation
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 4 to 8
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   8.71

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    moreover, non-stop, despite, maintain, behavior, hence, entire, groundhogs, hibernators, actually, lower, decline, pregnant, business, such, become

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Hibernation   
1     What do you like to do when the winter comes and weather becomes really cold? Well, while we need to go on with our business despite how frigid it is outside, many animals choose to stay home and sleep through the entire season! We call this animal behavior "hibernation."
 
2     Arctic ground squirrels, groundhogs, frogs, turtles, bats, and snakes all hibernate.

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