How the Moose Survives

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1. Details Where does the moose live?

   cold coastal waters of the North Pacific Ocean the northern forests of Canada, the northern United States and Alaska tropical rainforests in central Africa the sandy Sahara Desert in North Africa
2. Details Which of these does the moose eat?

   birch bark lizards lemmings bird eggs
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the moose use very long legs?

   They let it watch for food and danger at the same time. They let it walk through deep snow and wade into lakes. It helps water slide past as it swims. It helps it blend in with snow or with rocks and plants.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

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

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

   a rounded lump on the back that stores fat against the flow of a river bony branches that grow on a deer's head and fall off each year a fine yellow powder that flowers make
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the moose's body suits its home?

   One reason the moose survives is very long legs, which let it walk through deep snow and wade into lakes. The moose makes its home in the northern forests of Canada, the northern United States and Alaska. Young mooses are called calves. Its food includes willow twigs, birch bark and water plants.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the moose have trouble surviving somewhere hot and dry?

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

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