Three Ways to Hunt: teacher key

Golden Eagles, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. How does a golden eagle hunt? It soars high, flies low over slopes or watches from a perch, then makes a fast dive. Learn what it eats and how it raises eaglets.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Which is one way a golden eagle hunts?
   • Swimming under water
   • Watching from a high perch (answer)
   • Digging a hole
2. What is carrion?
   • A plant
   • A kind of nest
   • An animal already dead (answer)
3. How long do the eggs take to hatch?
   • About 40 to 45 days (answer)
   • About 4 days
   • About 400 days
4. Which golden eagles fly south for the winter?
   • Only the ones in Africa
   • Ones in the far north (answer)
   • Every one of them
5. Some golden eagles stay in the same place all year. What does that tell you?
   • Not all of them migrate (answer)
   • None of them migrate
   • They all fly south
6. What does perch mean in: watching from a high perch?
   • A kind of fish
   • A high seat (answer)
   • A loud call

Words

• carrion: dead animal
• migrate: fly south
• talons: sharp claws
• eaglets: baby eagles
• perch: high seat