How the Scorpion Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the scorpion live?

   deserts, grasslands and forests on every continent except Antarctica the open Arctic tundra the northern forests of Canada, the northern United States and Alaska the oceans and the rivers that flow into them
2. Details Which of these does the scorpion eat?

   sea grass spiders flower nectar thorny plants
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the scorpion use a curved tail with a venom-filled stinger?

   It stuns prey and drives away enemies. They grip rocks and pry open shells. They let it hop more than 50 kilometers an hour. It gives it energy when food is hard to find.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   why some animals are in danger where the animal sleeps how scientists count animals what it eats
5. Vocabulary The passage says the scorpion is a carnivore. What is a carnivore?

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

   a poison an animal injects by biting or stinging bony branches that grow on a deer's head and fall off each year comb-like plates in a whale's mouth that filter food colors or patterns that help an animal blend in
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the scorpion's body suits its home?

   Scorpions glow blue-green under ultraviolet light. One reason the scorpion survives is a curved tail with a venom-filled stinger, which stuns prey and drives away enemies. (Venom means a poison an animal injects by biting or stinging.) It also has a waxy outer covering, which keeps water inside its body in dry places. The scorpion is a carnivore, which means it is an animal that eats other animals. Newborn scorpions ride on their mother's back until their first molt.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the scorpion have trouble surviving somewhere near fresh water?

   It would grow too big. Its body and habits are suited to a place that is hot and dry. It would forget how to find its home. Its young would be called something else.

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