How the Camel Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the camel live?

   eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia the dry grasslands of Africa hot, dry deserts in Africa and Asia cool coastal waters in oceans around the world
2. Details Which of these does the camel eat?

   crickets pigs snails thorny plants
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the camel use a hump full of fat?

   It gives it energy when food is hard to find. They feel for clams on the dark sea floor. They trap warm air and keep out icy water. They help it lose less heat in the cold.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   where the animal sleeps where it lives what it eats why some animals are in danger
5. Vocabulary The passage says the camel 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. Vocabulary In the passage, what does the word "hump" mean?

   a rounded lump on the back that stores fat bony branches that grow on a deer's head and fall off each year a poison an animal injects by biting or stinging active at night and asleep during the day
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the camel's body suits its home?

   This mammal is about 2 meters tall at the hump. A thirsty camel can drink more than 100 liters of water in about ten minutes. Young camels are called calves. One reason the camel survives is a hump full of fat, which gives it energy when food is hard to find. (Hump means a rounded lump on the back that stores fat.) It also has two rows of long eyelashes, which keep blowing sand out of its eyes.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the camel have trouble surviving somewhere wide and open?

   Its body and habits are suited to a place that is hot and dry. It would grow too big. It would forget how to find its home. It would have nothing to do all day.

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