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Who Is Biggest?: teacher key

The Biggest Animals, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Meet the biggest animals: a whale, an elephant, a giraffe and more.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. Which is the biggest animal ever, as of November 2026?
    • The blue whale (answer)
    • The elephant
    • The giraffe
  2. What does a blue whale eat?
    • Krill (answer)
    • Birds
    • Grass
  3. Which animal is the tallest?
    • The giraffe (answer)
    • The ostrich
    • The elephant
  4. What can an ostrich not do?
    • Fly (answer)
    • Run
    • Stand
  5. Is a whale shark a whale?
    • Yes
    • No, it is a shark (answer)
    • It is a bird

Words

  • krill: tiny animals
  • ostrich: big bird
  • tallest: most high
  • shark: big fish