Fast Is Not One Thing: teacher key

The Fastest Animals, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. Who is fastest depends on where you race and for how long. Meet the record holders.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

Where does the peregrine falcon set its record speed?
- On the ground
- In a dive (answer)
- In a tree
What made peregrine falcon eggs break?
- Cold weather
- Loud noise
- DDT, a pesticide (answer)
Why are some speeds in books only a best guess?
- Animals do not always run flat out when timed (answer)
- Nobody has a clock
- Animals refuse to run
Which animal can run fast for much longer than a cheetah?
- A beetle
- A tortoise
- A pronghorn (answer)
What does the word drag mean here?
- A kind of bird
- Air that slows something down (answer)
- A heavy bag