How the Walrus Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the walrus live?

   the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa gardens, forests and mountains across the Americas the grasslands and prairies of North America the icy seas of the Arctic
2. Details Which of these does the walrus eat?

   flower nectar succulent leaves clams stems
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the walrus use long tusks?

   They let it hover in one place and even fly backward. They let it hop more than 50 kilometers an hour. They help it pull its heavy body onto the ice. It lets it swim upstream and leap up waterfalls.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   how scientists count animals what it eats where it lives how its young grow up
5. Vocabulary The passage says the walrus 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 "tusks" mean?

   a long, tube-shaped mouth part used for sucking stiff, sharp hairs active at night and asleep during the day very long teeth that stick out of the mouth
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the walrus's body suits its home?

   One reason the walrus survives is long tusks, which help it pull its heavy body onto the ice. (Tusks means very long teeth that stick out of the mouth.) It also has stiff whiskers on its snout, which feel for clams on the dark sea floor. The walrus is a carnivore, which means it is an animal that eats other animals. This mammal is up to 3.5 meters long. A calf stays with its mother for about two years and rides on her back in the water.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the walrus have trouble surviving somewhere near fresh water?

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

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