Elephants

What detail supports the main idea that the elephants live in families?

• Related female elephants live together.
• There are two kinds of elephants.
• Many elephants have tusks.
• Baby elephants are incredibly cute.

What detail supports the main idea that elephants don't stay long in one place?

• They make enemies and must run.
• They quickly strip plant life from an area.
• The matriarch forces the family to move.
• Elephants require a lot of space.

The main purpose of this book is __________.

• to explain an elephant's diet.
• to describe two kinds of elephants.
• to give facts and details about elephants.
• to demonstrate uses for an elephant's trunk.

A matriarch is ___________________.

• a female leader.
• the chief male.
• an Asian elephant.
• a calf.

Which is not a detail about elephant bodies?

• thick legs
• wrinkled skin
• plant eaters
• long, pointed teeth

What does herbivore mean?

• a plant-eating animal
• animals who use herbs
• an adult male elephany
• the leader of an elephant family

As more people turn wild lands into farms ______________________________.

• elephants have fewer places to live.
• fences cause problems.
• African elephants attack.
• elephants use their trunks as snorkels.

An elephant's trunk can work as _____________.

• a snorkel
• a hand
• a hose
• ALL of the above

Why do elephants sometimes cover themselves with dust?

• to hide their smell from other animals
• to protect themselves from insects and the sun
• to keep birds away
• to help them hide from poachers

Why are elephants killed?

• People like to eat them.
• Bull elephants fight.
• Their tusks are valuable. 
• Elephants are dangerous.