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Name ______________________________ Class__________________ Date _____________

Skills Worksheet
Active Reading
Section 2: Forest Biomes
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Tropical rain forests once covered about 20 percent of Earth’s
surface. Today, they cover less than 7 percent. Every 60 seconds,
nearly 150 acres of tropical rain forest are cleared for logging
operations, agriculture, cattle ranching, or oil exploration. Habitat
destruction occurs when land inhabited by an organism is destroyed
or altered. This destruction is the usual reason for a species
becoming extinct. Warming temperatures and changes in
precipitation from climate change also threaten rainforests. An
estimated 50 million people live in tropical rainforests. These people
are also threatened by habitat destruction. Their food, building
materials, culture, and traditions come from and are uniquely
connected to the rain forest. Habitat loss also destroys their way
of life.

IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS


One reading skill is the ability to identify the main idea of a passage. The main
idea is the main focus or key idea. Frequently a main idea is accompanied by
supporting information that offers detailed facts about main ideas.
Read each question and write the answer in the space provided.
1. How much tropical rainforest is cleared every minute?

2. List three organisms that live in the rainforest.

3. How many people are estimated to be living in rainforests?

4. Where might people go when they are threatened by habitat destruction?


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Active Reading continued


VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Read each question and write the answer in the space provided.
5. When land inhabited by an organism is destroyed or altered, ______________
occurs.

6. If something is habitable, it is suitable for living in. Using this information,how


would you define habitat?
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RECOGNIZING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES


One reading skill is the ability to recognize similarities and differences between
two phrases, ideas, or things. This is sometimes known as comparing and
contrasting.
Read each question and write the answer in the space provided.
7. What percentage of Earth’s surface was once covered by tropical rainforests?
What percentage is covered by tropical rainforests today?

8. How are animals, plants, and humans similarly affected when a tropical
rainforest is cleared?

RECOGNIZING CAUSE AND EFFECT


One reading skill is the ability to recognize cause and effect.
Read each question and write the answer in the space provided.

9. Why are tropical rain forests cleared?

10. What might be the cause of an organism’s disappearance?

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