Using Context Clues

Pangolins have a physicalresemblance, or likeness, to an armadillo, with claws and armored bodies. When attacked, pangolinsthwart combatby rolling into a hard ball and hiding. Like bats and other animals that sleep all day, pangolins arenocturnal. Because they lack teeth, eating tiny stones with their food iscriticalfor digestion. 1. Which phrase from the paragraph best helps you understand the meaning of the wordresemblance? having a physical or likeness with claws armored bodies 2. What does the phrasethwart combatmean in the paragraph? get attacked attack others avoid a fight start a fight 3. What does the wordnocturnalsuggest about the pangolins? They roll into hard balls. They are awake at night. They are like all other animals. They lack teeth. 4. What does the wordcriticalmean in the paragraph? safe possible necessary imaginable