Life Below the Pack Ice: teacher key

Leopard Seals, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Leopard seals live in Antarctic waters. Learn how they look, what they eat and how a pup grows in its first weeks.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where do leopard seals live mostly?
   • In a jungle
   • On and around pack ice (answer)
   • In a desert
2. Which of these is food for a leopard seal?
   • Grass
   • Bread
   • Squid (answer)
3. How long is a pup nursed?
   • One day
   • About four weeks (answer)
   • Ten years
4. What helps a leopard seal go fast?
   • Wheels
   • Wings
   • Slender body and long flippers (answer)
5. What does nursed mean in: the pup is nursed?
   • Painted
   • Lost
   • Fed milk (answer)

Words

• pup: baby seal
• krill: tiny sea animals
• flippers: swim limbs
• nursed: fed milk