“Nature’s Demands”

vor/vour means “to eat” dorm means “to sleep”

The suffix –ious means “full of.” Examples: tenacity – ity + -ious = tenacious (full of determination) sagacity – ity + -ious = sagacious (full of wisdom)

An animal that eats mostly plants The triceratops had sharp horns to defend itself, but it rarely attacked other dinosaurs because it was a herbivore.

An animal that eats spiders I don’t understand how anything could eat spiders; I could never be an arachnivore.

A place where students sleep People can study, sleep, and relax in a dormitory.

An animal that eats mainly other animals. A spider is considered a carnivore because it eats other insects.

Not active Mosquitoes in Alaska lay their eggs during the late summer, but the eggs stay dormant until they hatch in the spring.

Inclined to eat a lot Rafel has a voracious appetite for adventure movies and has watched some more than a dozen times.

An animal that eats both plants and other animals An omnivore has the easiest time finding food, because it can eat almost anything.

To eat with a lot of hunger or greed Because she was lost and hadn’t eaten in two days, Kelly devoured the apples she found growing in the old orchard.