Top Bird of the Arctic: teacher key

Gyrfalcons, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. A look at the gyrfalcon: its colors, its size, what it eats and how it nests.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

What are the white, gray and dark forms of gyrfalcon called?
- Nests
- Morphs (answer)
- Ledges
Where are white gyrfalcons found mainly?
- Greenland (answer)
- Cities
- Deserts
Which gyrfalcon can weigh about 2.1 kilograms?
- A grown female (answer)
- A grown male
- A new chick
What is the gyrfalcon's main food on the tundra?
- Gulls
- Hares
- Ptarmigan (answer)
A gyrfalcon does not build its own nest. What might it use?
- A stick nest that another bird built (answer)
- A hole in the sea
- A nest made of snow
What does incubating mean?
- Hunting
- Warming eggs (answer)
- Flying far