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    The document is a 4th grade reading comprehension worksheet about how plants and animals survive in the wild. It discusses how camouflage allows animals' fur or skin to blend in with their environment to avoid predators. Some animals and insects mimic other objects like sticks or leaves to deter predators. While some plants use colorful flowers to attract bees for pollination, other plants and animals have developed thorns, sharp teeth and claws, or quills to protect themselves from being eaten.

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    The document is a 4th grade reading comprehension worksheet about how plants and animals survive in the wild. It discusses how camouflage allows animals' fur or skin to blend in with their environment to avoid predators. Some animals and insects mimic other objects like sticks or leaves to deter predators. While some plants use colorful flowers to attract bees for pollination, other plants and animals have developed thorns, sharp teeth and claws, or quills to protect themselves from being eaten.

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    The document is a 4th grade reading comprehension worksheet about how plants and animals survive in the wild. It discusses how camouflage allows animals' fur or skin to blend in with their environment to avoid predators. Some animals and insects mimic other objects like sticks or leaves to deter predators. While some plants use colorful flowers to attract bees for pollination, other plants and animals have developed thorns, sharp teeth and claws, or quills to protect themselves from being eaten.

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    Grade 4 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

    Read the short story. Then answer each question.

    Survival in the Wild

    Plants and animals have the hard job of surviving in a very wild
    world. How do they do it? There are many ways plants and animals
    have adapted in order to survive.

    Camouflage is one way animals adapt to survive. For some animals,


    this means that their fur, scales, or skin are a similar color to the land
    around them. Deer, for example, have brown fur that blends in with
    the trees, so it’s harder for predators to see them . This saves them
    from becoming prey to a larger animal. Some animals can actually
    change colors to match their environment. Many people think of
    chameleons when they think of this type of camouflage , bu t rabbits
    are a great example as well. Some rabbits’ fur will change colors
    depending on the season. Their fur might be brown in the spring,
    summer, and fall to match the trees, but the brown fur will fall out
    and white fur will grow in the winter to b lend in
    with the snow. This way the rabbit is safer
    from predators year -round.

    Some insects, instead of blending in


    with their environment, look like
    something else that will deter animals from
    eating them . A walking stick looks just like a stick so that
    predators will pass it by without noticing it. Katydids mimic leaves.
    Some moths and butterflies have designs on their wings that make
    them look like snakes or owls, to scare away their predators.

    Reading and Math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com


    Grade 4 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

    For some plants, however, they don’t want to blend in; they want to
    stand out to survive! Many plants grow flowers with colorful petals to
    attract bees. The bees help pollinate the flowers so that they can
    produce new flowers.

    Instead of hiding, some plants and animals develop structures that


    aim to hurt anything that tries to hurt them. Some plants develop
    thorns so that animals will not eat them. Some animals have
    extremely sharp teeth and claws so they can fight off other animals.
    Porcupines and hedgehogs even have spikes, called quills or spines,
    covering their backs so animals won’t want to eat them!

    There are many ways plants and animals have adapted to survive in
    the wild. Do you know of any other ways?

    Reading and Math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com


    Grade 4 Reading Comprehension Worksheet

    Questions:

    1. What are three ways plants and animals have adapted to


    survive?

    ________________________________________________________________________

    2. Go back to the second paragraph. Highlight two details that


    show how camouflage is effective in helping animals survive.

    ________________________________________________________________________

    3. What does “deter” mean in the 3rd paragraph? How do you


    know?

    ________________________________________________________________________

    4. How does mimicry (paragraph 3) help moths and butterflies


    survive?

    ________________________________________________________________________

    5. I f each paragraph had a heading, the heading for th e 2nd


    paragraph could be “Camouflage”. Create a heading for the
    5th paragraph.

    ________________________________________________________________________

    Reading and Math for K-5 © www.k5learning.com

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