Meet the Sloth

Questions

1. Details Where does the sloth live?

   hot, dry deserts in Africa and Asia eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia the rainforests of Central and South America deserts and dry scrubland in the southwestern United States and Mexico
2. Details Which of these does the sloth eat?

   caterpillars lemmings wild pigs leaves
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the sloth use long, hooked claws?

   It helps it grip bamboo stalks. They help it pull its heavy body onto the ice. It lets it carry food and a favorite rock while it swims. They let it hang from branches for hours without tiring.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?

   what it eats how scientists count animals why some animals are in danger where the animal sleeps
5. Inference What word best describes where the sloth lives?

   warm and rainy deep and salty wide and open full of trees
6. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life of the emperor penguin the life of the camel the life of the sloth the colors of leaves

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