Hunters of the Night Cliffs: teacher key

Eurasian Eagle-Owls, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. A Eurasian eagle-owl is one of the largest owls in the world. Read how big it is, how it finds food in the dark and how a pair raises its young on a rocky ledge.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How long does the female sit on the eggs?
   • About 5 days
   • A little over a month (answer)
   • About a year
2. What is an owl pellet?
   • A ball of hair, feathers and bones it could not digest (answer)
   • A kind of egg
   • A nest of sticks
3. Where do eagle-owls nest?
   • In deep water
   • In ledges and caves (answer)
   • In tall grass
4. Why can an eagle-owl fly quietly?
   • Its wings make very little noise (answer)
   • It flies very slowly
   • It only flies at noon
5. About how long can an eagle-owl live in the wild?
   • About 2 years
   • About 20 years (answer)
   • About 200 years
6. What do the feathers around an eagle-owl's face form?
   • A disk (answer)
   • A hat
   • A nest

Words

• raptor: bird of prey
• pellet: coughed-up ball
• ravines: narrow valleys
• disk: flat circle