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Grade 5 Indigenous Peoples & Pre-Columbian Americas — Reading Comprehension — Adaptation to Environment Free printable reading comprehension passage about adaptation to environment. Students read the passage and answer questions to build understanding. For 5th Grade (ages 10–11).
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Adaptation to Environment LITERACY · 5TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Adaptation means changing tools, housing, food, and routine to suit the conditions of a place. In the Arctic, Inuit hunters made waterproof parkas from seal intestine, snow goggles with narrow slits against glare, and kayaks sealed to the paddler, because there was no wood and little margin for error. In the Southwest, thick adobe walls absorbed heat by day and released it at night, and irrigation canals carried scarce water to fields. On the Plains, the tipi's cone shed wind from any direction and its smoke flap could be adjusted from outside. Each solution came from generations of testing, and it usually used the material the environment made abundant, which is why the same problem produced different answers in different places. Questions: 1 Name two Inuit adaptations and what problem each solved. 2 How did adobe walls suit the Southwest climate? 3 Why did the same problem produce different solutions in different pl… www.littleactivity.com 5th Grade · Literacy
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Adaptation to Environment LITERACY · 5TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Adaptation means changing tools, housing, food, and routine to suit the conditions of a place. In the Arctic, Inuit hunters made waterproof parkas from seal intestine, snow goggles with narrow slits against glare, and kayaks sealed to the paddler, because there was no wood and little margin for error. In the Southwest, thick adobe walls absorbed heat by day and released it at night, and irrigation canals carried scarce water to fields. On the Plains, the tipi's cone shed wind from any direction and its smoke flap could be adjusted from outside. Each solution came from generations of testing, and it usually used the material the environment made abundant, which is why the same problem produced different answers in different places. Questions: 1 Name two Inuit adaptations and what problem each solved. 2 How did adobe walls suit the Southwest climate? 3 Why did the same problem produce different solutions in different pl… www.littleactivity.com 5th Grade · Literacy
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