Meet the Scorpion: Grade 3 Reading Comprehension

The scorpion is a arachnid. It lives in deserts, grasslands and forests on every continent except Antarctica. This place is hot and dry.

The scorpion eats insects, spiders and small lizards. It hides under rocks during the day and hunts at night.

The scorpion has a curved tail with a venom-filled stinger. This stuns prey and drives away enemies. It is about from 1 centimeter to about 20 centimeters long.

Baby scorpions are called scorplings. Newborn scorpions ride on their mother's back until their first molt.

Questions

Details Where does the scorpion live?
oceans all around the world the open Arctic tundra deserts, grasslands and forests on every continent except Antarctica the ice and cold seas of Antarctica
Details Which of these does the scorpion eat?
small rodents grasses berries small lizards
Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the scorpion use a curved tail with a venom-filled stinger?
They keep it warm and hidden against the snow. They help it dig and run along the forest floor. They grip rocks and pry open shells. It stuns prey and drives away enemies.
Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?
what it eats why some animals are in danger where it lives how scientists count animals
Vocabulary Baby scorpions are called…
scorplings eaglets tadpoles calves
Inference What word best describes where the scorpion lives?
hot and dry deep and salty freezing cold wide and open
Main idea What is this passage mostly about?
the life of the fennec fox the life of the humpback whale the colors of insects the life of the scorpion

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