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Grade 4 Reading Worksheet - Building Confidence
Read the text. Circle the heading that fits each paragraph.
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Sloths and Hummingbirds
A sloth and a hummingbird both live in the warm forests of Central and South America. Both animals need energy from food to stay alive. However, they use that energy in very different ways.
A sloth is one of the slowest animals on Earth. It hangs upside down from branches and moves only a few feet in a minute. It eats leaves, which give it very little energy. To save energy, a sloth sleeps or rests for most of the day. Its body even stays cooler than the bodies of most other mammals.
A hummingbird, on the other hand, is one of the busiest animals on Earth. Its wings can beat about fifty times every second. Its heart can beat over one thousand times a minute while it flies. It drinks sweet nectar from flowers, which gives it quick energy. Because it burns energy so fast, a hummingbird must visit hundreds of flowers each day.
Still, the two animals have something else in common. Each one has a way to save energy when it needs to. The sloth saves energy every day by moving slowly. The hummingbird saves energy at night. It falls into a deep sleep called torpor, and its heart slows down a great deal.
So one animal is slow, and the other is fast. Yet both have bodies that fit the food they eat.
Which heading best fits the third paragraph?
- How Sloths Save Energy
- Sleeping Through the Day
- The Busy Hummingbird
Which heading best fits the second paragraph?
- The Slowest Animal on Earth
- Two Animals, One Warm Forest
- Flowers Full of Sweet Nectar
Which heading best fits the fourth paragraph?
- Leaves With Little Energy
- Two Ways to Save Energy
- A Hummingbird's Busy Day
Which heading best fits the fifth paragraph?
- One Slow, One Fast
- Hanging Upside Down
- Nectar From Flowers