What the Forest Gives a Hawk: teacher key

Northern Goshawks, grade 12 edition, written for 12th grade and up. Body, eyesight, forest structure and the limits of the evidence all shape the goshawk. A full account, including what scientists still debate.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did Wyoming researchers find about large trees?
   • They let a hunting goshawk approach prey unseen (answer)
   • They block all flight
   • They hold no nests
2. Why can the 40 miles per hour figure not be trusted fully?
   • It was measured twice
   • Neither source says how the speed was measured (answer)
   • It was measured on land
3. What is much debated about timber harvest?
   • Its cost
   • Its color
   • Its effect on goshawks (answer)
4. Why are goshawks treated as management indicators?
   • Their well-being can give clues to habitat change (answer)
   • They sing loudly
   • They are easy to count
5. Why might a pair cope if one nest site is changed?
   • It never nests
   • It keeps several nest sites (answer)
   • It moves yearly to Africa

Words

• accipiter: forest hawk
• subspecies: regional type
• indicators: warning signs
• understory: space under trees