How the Sloth Survives

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1. Details Where does the sloth live?

   the ice and cold seas of Antarctica cold coastal waters of the North Pacific Ocean the forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps of India and Bangladesh the rainforests of Central and South America
2. Details Which of these does the sloth eat?

   buds earthworms lizards ducks
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the sloth use long, hooked claws?

   It keeps it warm, since it has no blubber. It lets it find animals moving under the snow. They let it hang from branches for hours without tiring. They let it creep up silently.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   what it eats where it lives how scientists count animals where the animal sleeps
5. Vocabulary The passage says the sloth is a herbivore. What is a herbivore?

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

   tiny plant-like living things that grow in wet places a poison an animal injects by biting or stinging colors or patterns that help an animal blend in very long teeth that stick out of the mouth
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the sloth's body suits its home?

   The sloth makes its home in the rainforests of Central and South America. A baby clings to its mother's belly for about six months. Sloths come down from the trees only about once a week. One reason the sloth survives is long, hooked claws, which let it hang from branches for hours without tiring.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the sloth have trouble surviving somewhere wide and open?

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

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