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

Launching a Lifeboat

When a boat is in trouble, a call goes out to the lifeboat station. Pagers sound. The crew are volunteers, so they stop whatever they are doing and drive to the station. Most arrive within six minutes. They pull on drysuits and lifejackets and climb aboard. The boat slides down a ramp into the sea and the engines start. At sea, the crew look for a flare, a light, or a shape in the water. Once they find the boat, they take the people off first and the boat second. A lifeboat can right itself if a wave rolls it over.

  1. 1. How is a lifeboat different from an ordinary boat?
  2. 2. How is a lifeboat crew like a fire crew?

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Answer key — Which Text Says More?

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The bear traps its heat with layers; the camel sheds heat and saves water instead. 2. Both have bodies shaped by the hard place they live in.
  2. 2.1. It can right itself after a wave rolls it over. 2. Both are called out by an alarm and both go towards danger to get people out.

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