Built to Soar: teacher key

Golden Eagles, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. Golden eagles glide on rising air, see color and spot movement from far away. Learn how their eyes, wings and nests help them hunt and raise their young.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do golden eagles use mountain ridges for?
   • To dig burrows
   • To ride thermal updrafts (answer)
   • To store food
2. How well do golden eagles see at night?
   • Much better than people
   • They cannot see at all
   • No better than people (answer)
3. What does a clear extra eyelid do?
   • It protects the eyes from dust and dirt (answer)
   • It helps the eagle sing
   • It keeps the eagle warm
4. How often do golden eagles breed?
   • Every month
   • Every ten years
   • Once a year (answer)
5. Golden eagles see extremely well in daylight. What does that suggest about when they hunt?
   • They hunt best in daylight (answer)
   • They hunt only in the dark
   • They never hunt
6. What does cache mean in: rarely cache food?
   • Hunt
   • Store (answer)
   • Fly

Words

• thermal: rising warm air
• updrafts: rising air
• cache: hidden store
• brooding: sitting over
• escarpments: steep slopes
• carrion: dead animal