A Giant Panda's Life: teacher key

Giant Pandas, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. A giant panda is a bear that eats almost nothing but bamboo. Learn how it looks, where it lives and how it spends its days.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. About how much of a giant panda's food is bamboo?
   • 99 percent (answer)
   • 75 percent
   • 25 percent
2. Why must a giant panda eat a great deal of bamboo?
   • It does not give much nourishment (answer)
   • It is very sweet
   • It is easy to find
3. Do giant pandas eat only bamboo?
   • Yes, never anything else
   • No, they sometimes eat other plants and small animals (answer)
   • No, they only eat fish
4. A panda eats at least 20 pounds of food a day. About how much does it eat in a week of 7 days?
   • At least 27 pounds
   • At least 140 pounds (answer)
   • At least 200 pounds
5. Farming and development now keep pandas in the mountains. Where would you not find a wild giant panda?
   • On a lowland farm (answer)
   • In the mountains of China
   • In a misty forest
6. What are Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu?
   • Provinces where wild pandas live (answer)
   • Kinds of bamboo
   • Zoos

Words

• bamboo: a tall plant
• nourishment: food for growing
• provinces: parts of China
• scent: a smell