How a Black Bear Gets Through the Year: teacher key

Black Bears, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. Black bears eat plants, insects and more as the seasons change. Follow a bear from spring food to a winter den, where its cubs are born.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where are glacier bears found?
   • Mexico
   • Southeast Alaska (answer)
   • Eastern Canada
2. What top speed do the International Association for Bear Research and Management and Washington's wildlife agency give?
   • About 5 miles per hour
   • About 90 miles per hour
   • About 35 miles per hour (answer)
3. What do black bears do when the chance comes?
   • They eat other animals (answer)
   • They stop eating
   • They build dens
4. Spring is a hard time for black bears to find food. When do they come out of their dens?
   • In fall
   • In summer
   • In spring (answer)
5. How long do cubs stay with their mother?
   • One week
   • About a year and a half (answer)
   • Thirty years

Words

• dormant: winter rest
• predators: animal hunters
• hibernate: sleep the winter
• fertilized: ready to grow