How the Gorilla Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the gorilla live?

   rivers and streams in eastern Australia the open Arctic tundra tropical rainforests in central Africa hives in meadows, gardens and forests around the world
2. Details Which of these does the gorilla eat?

   leaves flower nectar berries worms
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the gorilla use long, strong arms?

   They help it climb and walk on its knuckles. It lets it find animals moving under the snow. They paddle it through the water. It keeps it warm, since it has no blubber.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

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

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

   Young gorillas are called infants. One reason the gorilla survives is long, strong arms, which help it climb and walk on its knuckles. To find food, it lives in a group led by a large adult male called a silverback. An infant rides on its mother's back until it is about three years old.
7. Inference Based on the passage, why would the gorilla have trouble surviving somewhere full of trees?

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

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