Hunting From Above: teacher key

Golden Eagles, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. A golden eagle watches from high above, then dives. Find out how it hunts, what it eats and how a pair raises its chicks.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Which is one way a golden eagle hunts?
   • By digging underground
   • By watching from a high perch (answer)
   • By swimming
2. What does one bird do when a pair hunts?
   • It sits in the nest
   • It flies south
   • It drives the food toward its partner (answer)
3. What is brooding?
   • Sitting over newly hatched chicks (answer)
   • Flying south
   • Hunting in pairs
4. Which weighs less?
   • A female golden eagle
   • They weigh the same
   • A male golden eagle (answer)
5. Golden eagles can see much better than a person can. How could that help when hunting?
   • It could help them spot food and make a dive (answer)
   • It could help them build nests
   • It could make them silent
6. What does carrion mean in: they eat carrion?
   • Berries
   • An animal already dead (answer)
   • Eggs

Words

• soaring: gliding high
• carrion: dead animal
• ledges: rock shelves
• brooding: sitting over
• eaglets: baby eagles