The Owl with Horns: teacher key

Great Horned Owls, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. A great horned owl has tufts that look like horns. See how it looks, how it hunts at night, and how it raises its young.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do the tufts on a great horned owl's head turn out to be?
   • Ears
   • Tufts of feathers (answer)
   • Horns
2. Why does an owl turn its head to look around?
   • Its eyes do not move in the sockets (answer)
   • It has no neck
   • It cannot see
3. How far around can an owl turn its head?
   • About 270 degrees (answer)
   • About 90 degrees
   • About 10 degrees
4. What does a great horned owl cough up?
   • Pellets of bones and fur (answer)
   • Seeds
   • Feathers only
5. Who brings food while the female sits on the eggs?
   • The male (answer)
   • A hawk
   • A crow
6. A great horned owl uses a nest built by a crow. What does this tell you?
   • The owl builds its own nests
   • The owl does not build every nest it uses (answer)
   • The crow lives in a city

Words

• sockets: eye holes
• prey: hunted animals
• pellets: small lumps
• perch: a high seat