How the Octopus Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the octopus live?

   deserts and dry scrubland in the southwestern United States and Mexico grasslands and forests in Africa oceans around the world, from shallow reefs to the deep sea the rainforests of Central and South America
2. Details Which of these does the octopus eat?

   twigs leaves bark shrimp
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the octopus use eight arms covered in suckers?

   They grip rocks and pry open shells. They let it hover in one place and even fly backward. It lets it swim upstream and leap up waterfalls. It shoots out to catch insects in a fraction of a second.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   why some animals are in danger how its body helps it survive how its young grow up what it eats
5. Vocabulary The passage says the octopus is a carnivore. What is a carnivore?

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

   a poison an animal injects by biting or stinging an animal that is hunted for food animals that hunt other animals for food flat limbs used for swimming
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the octopus's body suits its home?

   A mother octopus guards her eggs for weeks and does not leave them, even to eat. Young octopus are called hatchlings. One reason the octopus survives is eight arms covered in suckers, which grip rocks and pry open shells. This mollusk is from a few centimeters to several meters across, depending on the kind.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the octopus have trouble surviving somewhere warm and rainy?

   It would forget how to find its home. Its body and habits are suited to a place that is deep and salty. It would have nothing to do all day. Its young would be called something else.

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