Shaped Like a Hammer: teacher key

Hammerhead Sharks, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. A hammerhead is a shark with a wide head and eyes at the two ends. Learn about its head, its food and its pups.

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Questions and answers

1. Where are a hammerhead's eyes?
   • At the two ends of its head (answer)
   • On its tail
   • In the middle of its head
2. Which kind of hammerhead is the biggest?
   • The scalloped hammerhead
   • The great hammerhead (answer)
   • The small hammerhead
3. What does a scalloped hammerhead have in the middle of the front of its head?
   • A notch (answer)
   • A horn
   • A spot
4. Which word means crabs and kin?
   • Pups
   • Crustaceans (answer)
   • Schools
5. What can you tell about where hammerheads live?
   • They live in warm seas (answer)
   • They live in rivers only
   • They live in ice

Words

• scalloped: a hammerhead kind
• notch: small dip
• crustaceans: crabs and kin