How the Kiwi Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the kiwi live?

   hot, dry deserts in Africa and Asia forests and scrubland across New Zealand fields and meadows across North America near lakes, rivers and coasts across North America
2. Details Which of these does the kiwi eat?

   birds fallen fruit deer snakes
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the kiwi use nostrils at the tip of its long beak?

   It lets it sip nectar from deep inside flowers. They spread its weight so it does not sink into snow or break thin ice. They feel for clams on the dark sea floor. It lets it sniff out worms hidden in the soil.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   how scientists count animals how its body helps it survive what it eats where it lives
5. Vocabulary The passage says the kiwi is an omnivore. What is an omnivore?

   an animal that eats other animals an animal that lives only in water an animal that eats both plants and animals an animal that sleeps all winter
6. Vocabulary In the passage, what does the word "nocturnal" mean?

   against the flow of a river an elephant's long nose and upper lip flat limbs used for swimming active at night and asleep during the day
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the kiwi's body suits its home?

   This bird is about 45 centimeters long. To find food, it is nocturnal and hunts at night by poking its beak into the ground. The kiwi makes its home in forests and scrubland across New Zealand. One reason the kiwi survives is nostrils at the tip of its long beak, which lets it sniff out worms hidden in the soil. (Nocturnal means active at night and asleep during the day.) It also has strong legs with sharp claws, which help it dig and run along the forest floor.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the kiwi have trouble surviving somewhere warm and rainy?

   Its body and habits are suited to a place that is full of trees. 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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