Meet the Golden Eagle: teacher key

Golden Eagles, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. A golden eagle's name, size and range, which birds fly south, how it hunts and eats, and how it raises its young.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is the golden eagle's scientific name?
   • Gulo gulo
   • Aquila chrysaetos (answer)
   • Aquila migrans
2. When do northern golden eagles move south?
   • Early in spring
   • In the middle of summer
   • Late in fall (answer)
3. Where do golden eagles usually take their food after a low flight?
   • On the ground (answer)
   • In the air
   • In a nest
4. How long do golden eagle eggs take to hatch?
   • About 10 weeks
   • About five years
   • About 40 to 45 days (answer)
5. Most pairs in the continental United States stay in the same area all year. What does that tell you?
   • Only the more northern birds migrate (answer)
   • No golden eagle migrates
   • All golden eagles live in Asia
6. What does perch mean in: watching from a high perch?
   • A kind of fish
   • A high seat (answer)
   • A loud call

Words

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