Meet the Moose: Grade 2 Reading Comprehension

The moose is a mammal. It lives in the northern forests of Canada, the northern United States and Alaska. This place is freezing cold.

The moose eats willow twigs, birch bark and water plants. It wades into lakes and dips its head underwater to eat water plants.

The moose has very long legs. These let it walk through deep snow and wade into lakes. It is about about 2 meters tall at the shoulder.

Baby mooses are called calves. A calf can outrun a person by the time it is five days old.

Questions

Details Where does the moose live?
warm oceans around the world hives in meadows, gardens and forests around the world the northern forests of Canada, the northern United States and Alaska oceans all around the world
Details Which of these does the moose eat?
birch bark lemmings snails small lizards
Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the moose use very long legs?
They trap warm air and keep out icy water. They let it walk through deep snow and wade into lakes. They carry pollen back to the hive. They grip rocks and pry open shells.
Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?
what it eats where the animal sleeps why some animals are in danger how scientists count animals
Vocabulary Baby mooses are called…
hatchlings calves pups joeys
Inference What word best describes where the moose lives?
hot and dry freezing cold wide and open full of trees
Main idea What is this passage mostly about?
the life of the humpback whale the life of the moose the life of the red-eyed tree frog the life of the fennec fox

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