How the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the red-eyed tree frog live?

   oceans all around the world the warm, wet rainforests of Central America a few hot, dry islands in Indonesia warm oceans around the world
2. Details Which of these does the red-eyed tree frog eat?

   moths thorny plants roots and fruit willow twigs
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the red-eyed tree frog use sticky pads on its toes?

   It lets it reach leaves high in trees. It lets it find animals moving under the snow. They let it cling to leaves and branches. They keep it warm and hidden against the snow.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   how its body helps it survive how scientists count animals what it eats where it lives
5. Vocabulary The passage says the red-eyed tree frog is a carnivore. What is a carnivore?

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

   bony branches that grow on a deer's head and fall off each year to stay in one place in the air very long teeth that stick out of the mouth animals that hunt other animals for food
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the red-eyed tree frog's body suits its home?

   When it sleeps with its eyes closed and legs tucked in, its green body blends in with the leaf. The red-eyed tree frog is a carnivore, which means it is an animal that eats other animals. One reason the red-eyed tree frog survives is sticky pads on its toes, which let it cling to leaves and branches. Its eggs are laid on leaves above ponds, and the tadpoles drop into the water when they hatch.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the red-eyed tree frog have trouble surviving somewhere deep and salty?

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

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