How the Chameleon Survives

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1. Details Where does the chameleon live?

   the sandy Sahara Desert in North Africa warm forests in Africa and Madagascar warm oceans around the world the open Arctic tundra
2. Details Which of these does the chameleon eat?

   birch bark buds flower nectar flies
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the chameleon use a sticky tongue that can be longer than its body?

   It shoots out to catch insects in a fraction of a second. It lets it swim upstream and leap up waterfalls. They let it cling to leaves and branches. They let it hover in one place and even fly backward.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   how its young grow up what it eats how its body helps it survive how scientists count animals
5. Vocabulary The passage says the chameleon is a carnivore. What is a carnivore?

   an animal that eats both plants and animals an animal that sleeps all winter an animal that eats only plants an animal that eats other animals
6. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the chameleon's body suits its home?

   Life in such a place is hard, but the chameleon's body and habits are a good match for it. One reason the chameleon survives is a sticky tongue that can be longer than its body, which shoots out to catch insects in a fraction of a second. Chameleons change color mostly to communicate, not just to hide. Its food includes crickets, grasshoppers and flies.
7. Inference Based on the passage, why would the chameleon have trouble surviving somewhere full of trees?

   Its body and habits are suited to a place that is warm and rainy. It would have nothing to do all day. It would forget how to find its home. It would grow too big.

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