Meet the Snowy Owl: Grade 3 Reading Comprehension

The snowy owl is a bird. It lives in the open Arctic tundra. Its home is freezing cold.

The snowy owl eats lemmings, voles and birds. It hunts during the day as well as at night, because Arctic summers have almost no darkness.

The snowy owl has thick white feathers that cover even its feet. These keep it warm and hidden against the snow. It is about 60 centimeters long.

Baby snowy owls are called owlets. Owlets leave the nest before they can fly and hide among the rocks nearby.

Questions

Details Where does the snowy owl live?
the forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps of India and Bangladesh gardens, hedges and woodland across the UK, Ireland and Europe the open Arctic tundra deserts and dry scrubland in the southwestern United States and Mexico
Details Which of these does the snowy owl eat?
birds eucalyptus leaves bird eggs jellyfish
Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the snowy owl use thick white feathers that cover even its feet?
They protect it when it rolls into a tight ball. They keep it warm and hidden against the snow. It lets it breathe air without lifting its whole head out of the water. It lets it sniff out worms hidden in the soil.
Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?
its young what it eats where it lives where the animal sleeps
Vocabulary Baby snowy owls are called…
chicks pups cubs owlets
Inference What word best describes where the snowy owl lives?
hot and dry freezing cold wide and open near fresh water
Main idea What is this passage mostly about?
the life of the snowy owl the life of the humpback whale the life of the red-eyed tree frog the colors of lemmings

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