How the Kangaroo Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the kangaroo live?

   the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa cool coastal waters in oceans around the world eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia grasslands and open forests across Australia
2. Details Which of these does the kangaroo eat?

   insect larvae small mammals snakes leaves
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the kangaroo use powerful back legs?

   They feel for clams on the dark sea floor. It picks up scents from several kilometers away. It keeps it warm, since it has no blubber. They let it hop more than 50 kilometers an hour.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   where it lives how scientists count animals how its young grow up what it eats
5. Vocabulary The passage says the kangaroo is a herbivore. What is a herbivore?

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

   Young kangaroos are called joeys. To find food, it rests in the shade during the hottest part of the day and feeds in the cool evening. Kangaroos cannot walk backward easily. One reason the kangaroo survives is powerful back legs, which let it hop more than 50 kilometers an hour.
7. Inference Based on the passage, why would the kangaroo have trouble surviving somewhere full of trees?

   It would have nothing to do all day. It would grow too big. Its body and habits are suited to a place that is wide and open. Its young would be called something else.

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