From Canada to Chile: teacher key

Cougars, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. A cougar goes by many names and lives across the Americas. Find out how cougars hunt and how kittens grow up.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What are cougars called in Florida?
   • Florida panthers (answer)
   • Florida bears
   • Florida seals
2. How far south do cougars live?
   • To the tip of Chile (answer)
   • To the Yukon
   • Only to Mexico
3. How many kittens can a mother cougar have in a litter?
   • Only one
   • One to six (answer)
   • Twenty
4. A cougar usually hunts alone. What does that tell you?
   • It hunts in big groups
   • It does not hunt with a group (answer)
   • It never hunts
5. What does a cougar do before it leaps?
   • Stalks its food quietly (answer)
   • Sings
   • Sleeps
6. What does litter mean?
   • Kittens born together (answer)
   • Fast jumps
   • Loud sounds

Words

• catamount: a cougar
• stalks: sneaks up
• litter: kittens born together
• den: an animal's home