KS2 Reading Comp.

Question 1

How does the comparison of the viscacha to a rabbit help the reader understand what a vis...

Accepted Answer

It helps people understand that it looks similar to a rab...

Question 2

Suggest one of the main ideas of the text

Accepted Answer

Deserts are difficult to survive in., Deserts suffer extreme temperature changes.

Question 3

(Choose the word) The temperature range in the Antarctic is between 0 *c and:

Accepted Answer

-89*c

Question 4

Find and copy a phrase which supports your choice.

Accepted Answer

'Harsh location.', 'Hostile environment.'

Question 5

(Choose the word) People generally think of deserts as:

Accepted Answer

hot and sandy.

Question 6

What place on Earth receives the least rainfall?

Accepted Answer

The poles.

Question 7

Give one difference between Antarctica and the Arabian Desert.

Accepted Answer

Ant... is cold; Arab... gets very hot., Ice crystals fall in Ant...; water drops in Arab... des..., Ant... is full of snow; Arab... is full of sand., One is a desert of sand, the other of snow.

Question 8

Animals have adapted to survive in their habitats. Give two ways using info from text.

Accepted Answer

Oryx (small to shelter); Oryx (walk long distances), Penguins (oily feathers); Small mammals (big ears), Lizards (long toes); Lizards (fat tails)

Question 9

What definition best describes the word hostile from the sentence: 'Very few animals...'

Accepted Answer

Difficult to live in.

Question 10

(Choose the best word) A desert is classified as having an annual rainfall of less than:

Accepted Answer

250mm.

Question 11

(Choose word) This desert is home to the world's southernmost mammal, a type of:

Accepted Answer

seal.

KS2 Reading Comp.

Questions 11

KS2 Reading Comp.

Questions 11