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Sloth facts

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sloths are known as

a)

reptiles

b)

imphibian

c)

xenathran

d)

dogs

2.

How much time do they spend hanging upside down?

a)

10%

b)

50%

c)

60-80cm

d)

90%

3.

What senses do sloths rely on?

a)

vision & hearing

b)

smell & touch

c)

vision & touch

d)

smell & hearing

4.

Sloths are divided into two families, too toed sloth and tree toed sloths.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What appearance characteristics do they share?

a)

big head, no fur, yellow head

b)

rounded head and long tail

c)

flat snout thin tail

d)

thick fur, flat snouts & stumpy tail

6.

Why do sloths have long curved claws?

a)

to open bananas

b)

to help with grip

c)

to hold their babies

d)

to scratch people

7.

Sloths can weigh between:

a)

60cm-80cm

b)

1kg-2kg

c)

2kg-10kg

d)

90%

8.

Why do sloths let algae grow on their fur?

a)

it provides camouflage

b)

they don't

c)

so they can lick it off

d)

its a mini jungle habitat for insects

9.

What is the sloths diet?

a)

water

b)

only leaves

c)

fruit, insects, lizards and leaves

d)

insects and leaves

10.

How long can it take for a sloth to digest a single leaf?

a)

1 day

b)

1 week

c)

1 month

d)

1 year

11.

Why do sloths move so slowly?

a)

eats too much

b)

they don't they are fast

c)

the fur on its body

d)

leaf based diet which is low in energy

12.

Where are sloths found? (habitat)

a)

Australian rainforests

b)

Central and South American rainforests

c)

South Australian rainforests

d)

Central and south African rainforests

13.

What do sloths do while hanging from branches?

a)

sleep, eat and sing

b)

give birth and shower

c)

eat, sleep and give birth

d)

eat, give birth and dance

14.

What are sloths surprisingly good at?

a)

swimming

b)

dancing

c)

walking

d)

jumping

15.

Find the noun group in this sentence.

As they spend so much time hanging from branches, they have long curved claws to help them with grip.

a)

spend so much

b)

to help with grip

c)

claws

d)

long curved claws

16.

Find the verb group in this sentence.

As they spend so much time hanging from branches, they have long curved claws to help them with grip.

a)

long curved claws

b)

to help them with grip

c)

As

d)

help

17.

What punctuation mark is missing in this sentence?

The sloth moves at an average pace of 2-4 metres per minute

a)

?

b)

" "

c)

.

d)

nothing

18.

How many images are used in this text?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

sloth

d)

4

19.

The image helps us to write which paragraph in our information report?

a)

Diet

b)

Predators

c)

Interesting Facts

d)

Appearance

20.
At what rate do sloths move through the canopy?
a)
15 Yards
b)
40 Yards
c)
38 Yards
d)
65 Yards