Cougars Comprehension Questions

What is the main topic of the selection?

• Facts about cougars

• Where most cougars live

• The cougar’s hunting skills

• How cougars raise their young

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Cougars have very little fat on their bodies and stay warm because they --

• have fur coats

• live in warm climates

• are medium-sized cats

• have no sweat glands and pant to release heat

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Describing cougars’ coats and coloring supports the main idea that —

• all cougars look the same

• adult cougars look like female lions

• cougars have coats of different colors

• their fur helps keep cougars safe from predator

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Scientists are unable to tell individual cougars apart because cougars —

• vary greatly in color

• are rarely seen by people

• live together in huge groups

• have such good camouflage

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

5 Which detail supports the main idea that cougars have good eyesight?

• They have a sharp sense of hearing.

• They blend in with their surroundings.

• They have a tawny, or orange-brown, coat.

• They can see moving prey from long distances

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the sentences below states a main idea?

• Like all of their cat relatives, cougars have whiskers.

• These sensitive hairs are also called vibrissae (vy BRIHS ee).

• The cougar uses whiskers to gather information through touch.

• They grow on either side of the animal’s nose and mouth, above the eyes, and sometimes on the chin

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which detail supports the fact that cougars make a variety of sounds?

• Cougars have a sharp sense of hearing.

• Cougars protect their territory from intruders.

• Cougars hiss and growl when they are threatened.

• Cougars have strong jaws and three kinds of teeth

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Cougars groom themselves and their kittens —

• to clean their coats

• when they feel threatened

• before they hunt their prey

• so predators can smell the cougars

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which detail does not support the main idea that cougars have three kinds of teeth?

• Cougars use canine teeth to puncture prey.

• Cougars use teeth called incisors to cut and chew food.

• Cougars have carnassial teeth on their top and bottom jaws.

• Cougars gulp their food without using their teeth for chewing much.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

The fact that cougar kittens stay with their mother for about eighteen months supports the idea that —

• kittens grow teeth after about two months

• cougar kittens depend on their mothers for food

• young cougars learn to pounce on prey to catch it

• mother cougars groom their kittens like other cats

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2