How the Giraffe Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the giraffe live?

   the dry grasslands of Africa near lakes, rivers and coasts across North America gardens, hedges and woodland across the UK, Ireland and Europe oceans all around the world
2. Details Which of these does the giraffe eat?

   acacia leaves shrimp voles insect larvae
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the giraffe use a neck up to 2 meters long?

   It lets it move between the ocean and rivers. They crush tough bamboo. It lets it reach leaves high in trees. They let it snatch fish out of the water.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   what it eats how its body helps it survive how scientists count animals why some animals are in danger
5. Vocabulary The passage says the giraffe is a herbivore. What is a herbivore?

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

   Living there is not easy, but the giraffe's body and habits are a good match for it. One reason the giraffe survives is a neck up to 2 meters long, which lets it reach leaves high in trees. To find food, it sleeps only a few minutes at a time, often standing up. A calf drops about 2 meters to the ground when it is born and stands within an hour.
7. Inference Based on the passage, why would the giraffe have trouble surviving somewhere warm and rainy?

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

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