Two Ways to Survive: the African Elephant and the Kangaroo

Questions

1. Compare and contrast What do the two animals have in common?

   Both live in the same country. Both are exactly the same size. Both live in places that are wide and open. Both eat exactly the same foods.
2. Compare and contrast Which detail is true of the African elephant but not the kangaroo?

   It eats grasses. It has powerful back legs. It has a long trunk with more than 40,000 muscles. It lives in grasslands and open forests across Australia.
3. Details How does the kangaroo use powerful back legs?

   It gives it energy when food is hard to find. They let it hop more than 50 kilometers an hour. They strain tiny animals out of huge gulps of seawater. It helps it blend in with the leaves.
4. Compare and contrast Which animal is larger?

   the African elephant The passage does not give their sizes. the kangaroo They are the same size.
5. Main idea Which sentence best states the main idea?

   Two animals survive the same kind of place in different ways. Animals cannot live in hard places. The kangaroo and the African elephant live together in one group. Weather changes every season.
6. Text structure How is this passage organized?

   It describes one animal, then the other, then sums up what they share. It tells a made-up story with characters. It lists events in the order they happened. It gives steps to follow.

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