Meet the African Elephant

Questions

1. Details Where does the African elephant live?

   grasslands and forests in Africa the frozen Arctic, on sea ice around the North Pole the warm, wet rainforests of Central America deserts, grasslands and forests on every continent except Antarctica
2. Details Which of these does the African elephant eat?

   voles flies jellyfish leaves
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the African elephant use a long trunk with more than 40,000 muscles?

   It helps it blend in with snow or with rocks and plants. They push it through the water. It lets it go a long time without drinking. It lets it grab food, drink water and greet other elephants.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?

   where it lives how its body helps it its young what it eats
5. Vocabulary Baby African elephants are called…

   owlets calves tadpoles hatchlings
6. Inference What word best describes where the African elephant lives?

   wide and open near fresh water freezing cold hot and dry
7. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life of the fennec fox the life of the red-eyed tree frog the life of the humpback whale the life of the African elephant

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