Beaver Cloze

Fill in the blanks with the words above the paragraph.

Beavers
stream ponds teeth tail dam

A beaver is an animal that has large front _____________________ and a large

____________________ on its back. Beavers live in ______________________
that they make by building a _______________________ on a small river or
______________________.

Beavers the Builders

sticks twigs trees mud

Beavers can cut down _____________________ with their powerful teeth. They
use the _____________________ and _____________________ from the trees to
build their dams. They also use _____________________ from the ground to hold
everything together and fill in the holes.

Beavers Lodges
predators build slaps lodges underwater

Beavers _____________________ their homes in the middle of their ponds. Their

homes are called _____________________. The entrance to the lodge is
_____________________. This helps protect the beavers from
_____________________. When a beaver sees a dangerous predator like a wolf
the beaver _____________________ its tail on the water and hides in the lodge.

The Fur Trade

fur trappers warm hats

In the past, people called

_____________________ hunted beavers for
their valuable _____________________. Beaver
fur is very _____________________ so their fur
was used to make _____________________.
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