The Eagle of Open Country: teacher key

Golden Eagles, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. Golden eagles soar and dive to find food in open country. Learn how they hunt, what they eat and how they raise their young.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Which is one way a golden eagle hunts?
   • Watching from a high perch (answer)
   • Swimming under water
   • Digging in the snow
2. What is carrion?
   • A kind of nest
   • A plant
   • An animal already dead (answer)
3. How many eggs does a pair usually have?
   • Two (answer)
   • Ten
   • Twenty
4. How do golden eagles hunt in pairs?
   • Both sit still
   • One drives the food toward its partner (answer)
   • They hunt in different countries
5. Not all golden eagles migrate. What does that tell you?
   • No golden eagle can fly far
   • Some stay in one place all year (answer)
   • They all live in Africa
6. What does migrate mean in: golden eagles migrate?
   • Sing loudly
   • Fly south for the winter (answer)
   • Dig a nest

Words

• soaring: gliding high
• carrion: dead animal
• perch: high seat
• migrate: fly south
• eaglets: baby eagles