Flying Without Flapping: teacher key

Andean Condors, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. A condor crosses the sky and hardly moves its wings. Find out how it flies, what it eats and how long it lives.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is true about the Andean condor among birds of prey?
   • It lays the most eggs
   • It has the longest wingspan (answer)
   • It lives in the sea
2. How much of the time in the air do condors flap their wings?
   • Only about 1 percent (answer)
   • All of the time
   • Half of the time
3. What do Andean condors mostly eat?
   • Fruit and seeds
   • Fish from rivers
   • Dead bodies of large animals (answer)
4. Why can a condor stay in the air for so long?
   • It soars on rising air without using much energy (answer)
   • It flaps all day
   • It never lands
5. How long does the egg stay warm with its parents before it hatches?
   • Two days
   • Two months (answer)
   • Two years
6. What does recorders mean in: scientists put recorders on condors?
   • Tools that keep a record (answer)
   • Big nests
   • Sharp claws

Words

• wingspan: wing size
• soars: glides high
• recorders: tracking tools
• disease: sickness