Exercise
Year 2 Reading: Underground Soil Habitat
Explore the underground soil habitat through an information text reading activity. Answer questions using facts from the non-fiction passage.
Questions
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What are conditions like inside an underground soil habitat?
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Which legless creature burrows through dirt and eats soil?
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Why are earthworms helpful to garden soil?
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Which small furry mammal uses shovel-like paws to dig tunnels?
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How are a mole's front paws adapted for underground life?
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Why do moles have tiny eyes and poor eyesight?
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What is the mound of pushed-up soil on a lawn called?
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Why do earthworms come to the surface when rain floods soil?
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What is a tunnel home dug by rabbits underground called?
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Why do rabbits dig complex underground burrows?
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What general group includes woodlice, centipedes, and worms?
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Why do woodlice hide under rotting logs in damp soil?
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What function do plant roots perform in soil?
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What do moles mainly hunt inside their soil tunnels?
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Why are soil decomposers like worms and beetles essential?