Tagged and Tracked: teacher key

Leopard Seals, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. Scientists tagged leopard seals to follow their dives and travels. Read what the tags showed, and what these seals eat.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How many leopard seals did scientists tag in the study?
   • 22 (answer)
   • 5
   • 300
2. About how deep did the tagged seals dive on average?
   • 3 metres
   • 30 metres (answer)
   • 300 metres
3. Where did two tagged adult females spend two weeks?
   • On ice in the middle of the ocean (answer)
   • In a zoo
   • On a ship
4. The tagged seals dived for about three minutes. Where do leopard seals catch most food?
   • On land
   • In the water (answer)
   • In the sky
5. What does dived mean in: the seals dived to about 30 metres?
   • Went under water (answer)
   • Slept
   • Sang

Words

• tagged: marked to track
• krill: tiny sea animals
• dived: went under water
• metres: unit of length