Penguins Then and Now: teacher key

Penguins, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. Read about a giant fossil penguin and how penguins live today. As of November 2026, many are threatened.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Emperors rely on stable fast ice for part of each year. About how many months of a year are left when they do not?
   • About 4 (answer)
   • About 8
   • About 12
2. What does the name Kumimanu mean in Maori?
   • Ice walker
   • Warm sea
   • Monster bird (answer)
3. As of November 2026, what share of the 18 penguin species does the IUCN list as threatened?
   • About one-tenth
   • About two-thirds (answer)
   • All of them
4. Which two kinds of penguin are true residents of the Antarctic continent?
   • The emperor and the Adelie (answer)
   • The little and the African
   • The Galapagos and the king
5. What does the word indicators mean in 'Penguins are indicators of the health of the ocean'?
   • Things that show something (answer)
   • Things that hide
   • Things that swim

Words

• fossil: old remains
• equator: Earth's middle line
• huddle: tight group
• threatened: in danger
• indicators: signs