Following Wings: teacher key

Golden Eagles, grade 9 edition, written for 9th grade. From GPS tags to aerial surveys, scientists follow golden eagles. See how the birds hunt, fly, nest and live, and how people have hunted with them.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How many golden eagles did one telemetry study follow over 10 years?
   • About 5
   • Exactly 50
   • More than 500 (answer)
2. What does a golden eagle's clear extra eyelid protect its eyes from?
   • Dust and dirt (answer)
   • Only snow
   • Only sunlight
3. What was the survey's estimate in four western regions?
   • 300 golden eagles
   • 20,722 golden eagles (answer)
   • 2 million golden eagles
4. Why do eagle hunters in western Mongolia choose female golden eagles?
   • They are silent
   • They are gold all over
   • They grow larger than males (answer)
5. Golden eagles see extremely well in daylight but no better than people at night. When do they hunt best?
   • In daylight (answer)
   • Only at night
   • Only in winter
6. What does altitude mean in: tracking that includes altitude?
   • Speed
   • Height above the ground or sea (answer)
   • Weight

Words

• telemetry: remote tracking
• falconry: hunting with birds
• burkitshi: eagle hunters
• brooding: sitting over
• altitude: height