Nest Builder of the Bamboo Thicket: teacher key

King Cobras, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. King cobras eat more than snakes, spend time in trees and build a two-room nest in bamboo. Follow a clutch from nest to hatchling.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do king cobras mostly eat?
   • Snakes (answer)
   • Fruit
   • Insects
2. How long do the eggs take to hatch?
   • About 6 to 9 days
   • About 60 to 90 days (answer)
   • About 600 days
3. What is in the lower chamber of the nest?
   • The female
   • The eggs (answer)
   • Bamboo seeds
4. A baby king cobra lives on a yolk sac for about two weeks. What does the baby need to do after that?
   • Find its own food (answer)
   • Return to the egg
   • Build a nest
5. What does chamber mean in this book?
   • A kind of snake
   • A small room (answer)
   • A flute

Words

• keeled: ridged
• genus: group of species
• thicket: dense plants
• chamber: small room
• neurotoxins: nerve poisons