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Infering about Horses
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What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

Horses are beautiful creatures

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What are two things that make horses beautiful creatures?

different colors

run quickly

strong and powerful

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What does the mother horse feed her baby?

milk

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What is a mammal?

animals with hair/fur

animals that are warm blooded

animals that give birth to live young

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what is the main idea of the 2nd paragraph?

Horses are mammals

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When does a mom usually have a baby?

In the spring

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How many years is a horse considered a foal?

four (4)

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Why do you think horses need to sleep standing up?

to protect themselves.  They can run upon walking up.

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What is a foal?

a baby horse less than one year old

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What is the main idea of the 3rd paragraph?

All about young horses (ponies)
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What do horses big eyes help them to do?

See almost all the way around them

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How long to horses live?

20 to 25 years typically

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Why do people think that a pony is a young horse?

because it is small in size.
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What is a pony?

a horse that does not grow very large

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What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

Special features of a horse

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What things do horses long legs help them to do?

Walk, trot, gallop, jump

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How do horses sleep and for how long do they need to sleep each night?

standing up

they only need about 3 hours of sleep

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How do you think you could tell how old a horse is by looking at its teeth?

They would be whiter and smoother/undamaged when the horse is young


They would be yellower and have lines and chips as they use them and get older.
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What is a Colt and a Filly?

a colt is a young male horse (1-4 years old)

a filly is a young female horse (1-4 years old)