Meet the Hedgehog

Questions

1. Details Where does the hedgehog live?

   gardens, hedges and woodland across the UK, Ireland and Europe cold coastal waters of the North Pacific Ocean oceans all around the world the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa
2. Details Which of these does the hedgehog eat?

   earthworms fallen fruit jellyfish berries
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the hedgehog use about 5,000 to 7,000 sharp spines?

   It helps it hide in tall grass and shadows while it stalks prey. They protect it when it rolls into a tight ball. They help it dig and run along the forest floor. They help it swim fast and dive deep.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?

   how scientists count animals what it eats where the animal sleeps how its body helps it
5. Vocabulary Baby hedgehogs are called…

   cubs hoglets kits larvae
6. Inference What word best describes where the hedgehog lives?

   full of trees near fresh water wide and open warm and rainy
7. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life of the emperor penguin the life of the hedgehog the life of the humpback whale the life of the fennec fox

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