1. What is this article mostly about?
What a sea otter’s life is like
Why oil spills are dangerous
How sea otters swim
How otters eat their food

2. Otters use tools to pry their food open. What does pry mean?
Force
Melt
Pat
Chew

3. Sea otters in Alaska can weigh as much as
A dolphin.
100 pounds.
350 pounds.
A small boat.

4. What happens FIRST? The otter combs its fur. The otter has clean fur.
The otter rubs its fur with its paws.
The otter rolls around in the water.

5. What might happen if trash floats near an otter?
The otter might sneeze.
A dolphin might help the otter.
The otter might get tangled in the trash.
The otter might be sad.

6. Otters don’t have blubber. What is blubber?
A thick pad of fat
A thick coat of fur
Fins
Eggs

7. What keeps otters warm?
Seaweed
Oil
Blubber
fur

8. What almost caused the otters to die out?
They couldn’t find enough food.
The water got too cold for them.
They were hunted for their fur.
Too many of them were put into zoos.

9. Which word best describes otters?
Mean
Clean
Silly
Old

10. What is one effect of oil spills on otters?
They enjoy eating the oil.
The oil makes them sick.
They play in the oil.
Nothing happens to them.