Chimps - Use Tools - Key Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast - Concept Words: Chimps, Tools - Catch Termites

Oct 13, 2026

A short informational text explains how chimpanzees solve the problem of catching termites that live deep inside mounds. It emphasizes the concept words “chimps” and “tools,” and uses a compare-and-contrast focus on how termites stay protected in their underground homes while chimps cannot reach them with their fingers. The story guides readers through tool choice (long, thin sticks or grass) and the step-by-step process of inserting, holding, and pulling the tool to retrieve and eat the termites.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time18 min

AccessFree to download

Key Comprehension Skill

Compare and Contrast

Concept Words

Chimps

Tools

How Chimps Use Tools to Catch Termites

# Science ChimpsUse Lools.by Paul Bernard Key Comprehension Skill Compare and Contrast Concept Words chimps tools In this book,I will learn: ·Chimps can use tools. ·Animals can use tools to get food. Copyright O Pearson Education,Inc.,or its affiliates.All Rights Reserved.Printedin the United States of America.This publication is protected by copyright,and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibitedreproduction,storage in a retrieval system,or transmission in any form or by anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or likewise.For informationregarding permissions,write to Pearson Curriculum Group Rights &Permissions,OneLake Street,Upper Saddle River,New Jersey 07458. Pearson,Scott Foresman,and Pearson Scott Foresman are trademarks,in the U.S.and/or other countries,of Pearson Education,Inc.,or its affiliates. ISBN-13:978-0-328-49651-8 ISBN-10: 0-328-49651-0 PEARSON by Paul Bernard PEARSON Glenview,IIlinois·Boston,Massachusetts·Chandler,ArizonaUpper Saddle River,New Jersey Chimps like to eat termites.But termites are not easy to catch. They build big strong mounds tolive in. The termites are safe in theirmounds. There are holes in the termitemound. Termites can go in. Termites can go out. The chimp's fingers are too big forthe holes. The termites are safe for now. The termites are deep insidethe mound. The chimp cannot reach them. How will the chimp get them out? Chimps can use tools to catch thetermites! The chimp finds a good tool. First,the chimp finds a good tool.The tool must be long and thin.The tool can be a piece of grass.The tool can be a stick. The chimp puts the stick into a hole. The termites in the mound now seethe stick. They cannot see the chimp above. The chimp holds the stick in the hole.The termites bite the stick.They hold on to the stick.The termites are about to be caught. Finally,the chimp pulls out the stick.There are termites on the stick.The chimp eats the termites. The chimp puts the stick into anotherhole. The chimp will eat many termitestoday!

FAQs

Why is it hard for chimps to catch termites?

Termites live deep inside big, strong mounds, and the holes are too small for a chimp’s fingers to reach them.

What kind of tool does the chimp look for?

The chimp finds a long, thin tool, such as a piece of grass or a stick.

How does the chimp catch the termites after choosing a tool?

The chimp puts the tool into a hole and holds it there until termites bite and cling to it, then pulls the tool out with termites on it.

Oct 13, 2026

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