How the Giant Panda Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the giant panda live?

   cool, misty mountain forests in China the northern forests of Canada, the northern United States and Alaska deserts, grasslands and forests on every continent except Antarctica grasslands and open forests across Australia
2. Details Which of these does the giant panda eat?

   small fish squid bamboo berries
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the giant panda use an extra thumb-like wrist bone?

   It wraps around branches and avoids sharp thorns. They sweep snow aside to reach the grass underneath. They help it dig and run along the forest floor. It helps it grip bamboo stalks.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   what it eats how scientists count animals how its body helps it survive where it lives
5. Vocabulary The passage says the giant panda is a herbivore. What is a herbivore?

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

   One reason the giant panda survives is an extra thumb-like wrist bone, which helps it grip bamboo stalks. To find food, it spends up to 14 hours a day eating. Its food includes bamboo. Life in such a place is hard, but the giant panda's body and habits are a good match for it.
7. Inference Based on the passage, why would the giant panda have trouble surviving somewhere hot and dry?

   Its body and habits are suited to a place that is full of trees. It would grow too big. It would forget how to find its home. Its young would be called something else.

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