Meet the Bald Eagle: teacher key

Bald Eagles, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. How a bald eagle looks, hunts and nests, how a poison once thinned its eggs, and how its numbers came back.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where are bald eagle nests usually found?
   • Under rivers
   • In tall trees (answer)
   • In deserts only
2. What did DDT do to eagle eggs?
   • Made the shells too thin to last (answer)
   • Made them hatch faster
   • Made them larger
3. When did the United States ban DDT for most uses?
   • 1782
   • 2007
   • 1972 (answer)
4. Why do many eagles gather near rivers in winter?
   • The rivers are warm
   • Salmon come to spawn there (answer)
   • They are building nests
5. What does the word symbol mean here?
   • A sign that stands for something (answer)
   • A kind of fish
   • A tall tree
6. How near to where they hatched do young eagles usually nest?
   • On another continent
   • In the same nest
   • Within about 100 miles (answer)

Words

• insecticide: bug poison
• roosts: resting places
• symbol: a sign
• endangered: in danger
• spawn: lay eggs