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Which Text Says More? is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on weighing what each of two texts covers, aligned to Common Core standard RI.2.9. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Which Text Says More?

RI.2.9

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

How a Polar Bear Stays Warm

A polar bear lives where the sea freezes. It has three ways of keeping its heat in. Under its skin is a layer of fat up to eleven centimetres thick. Fat is a poor conductor, so heat does not pass through it easily. Above that is dense underfur, packed tight so cold water cannot reach the skin. On top are long guard hairs. Each one is hollow and clear, not white. They look white because they scatter the light, the way snow does. A polar bear is so well insulated that it can overheat if it runs too far.

  1. 1. How is a polar bear like a camel?
  2. 2. How is keeping warm different from keeping cool?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

Volcanoes

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust where hot rock reaches the surface. Deep underground, rock is so hot that it melts. Melted rock is called magma. Magma is lighter than the solid rock around it, so it rises. When magma reaches the surface it is called lava. Lava can pour out slowly in rivers, or it can burst out in an explosion, depending on how thick it is. As lava cools it hardens into new rock. Layer after layer, this new rock builds the mountain we call a volcano.

  1. 1. How is a volcano like an earthquake?
  2. 2. How is a volcano different from an earthquake?

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Answer key — Which Text Says More?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Both have bodies shaped by the hard place they live in. 2. The bear traps its heat with layers; the camel sheds heat and saves water instead.
  2. 2.1. Both happen because of movement and heat inside the Earth. 2. A volcano builds new rock at the surface; an earthquake shakes the ground that is already there.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.2.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.