The Busy Beaver (Nonfiction Passage) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 10 Public

A review game to practice nonfiction text reading/comprehension skills.

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3. Which detail best completes the graphic organizer:

Built on rivers and streams to stop moving water

Have doors

Give beavers a place to store food

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2. The main idea of the passage is supported by details that describe how beavers–

hunt animals to eat.

shed their skin

get sticks and logs for structures

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1. Which sentence best states the main idea of the passage?

Beavers are herbivores.

Beavers are the best animals.

Beavers live in dams.

Beavers live busy lives.

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4. The author included the pictures most likely to–

tell why beavers use sticks to build dams.

explain how beavers build dams.

help the readers visualize what they are reading.

teach the readers how beavers survive in the wild.

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5. The author most likely included this sentence to–

tell why beavers are herbivores.

share a unique fact about beavers.

teach the readers how beavers eat.

describe how a beaver’s body has adapted to its surroundings

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6. Which question is NOT answered in the passage?

What countries could you find a beaver living in?

Are beavers nocturnal?

What do beavers eat?

How has a beaver’s body adapted to the environment?

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7. Why does the author include captions?

To show the readers important words

To show the audience pictures

To give the audience more information about the pictures

To let the audience know what the article will be about

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8. Which is the best summary for the passage?

Beaver dams are not the same as beaver lodges.

Beavers’ bodies are built perfect for the water.

Beavers live across most of North America.

Beaver build dams, eat plants, and live in lodges.

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9. What might happen if beavers didn’t have bodies adapted to their surroundings?

They would not be able to eat.

They would not be able to hunt.

They would not be able to live alone.

They would not be able to swim.

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10. In the passage, how does the author describe beavers?

They live near water.

They live on the forest floor.

They have scales.

They are very aggressive animals.

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