Cliffs, Ledges and Towers: teacher key

Peregrine Falcons, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. Peregrine falcons watch from high perches and dive on other birds. Learn where they nest, how DDT hurt them and how their numbers grew back.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Where does a peregrine often watch for prey?
   • From the ground
   • From a high perch (answer)
   • From underwater
2. When did the United States ban DDT?
   • 1912
   • 1999
   • 1972 (answer)
3. As of November 2026, how does the IUCN Red List class the peregrine?
   • Least Concern (answer)
   • Gone
   • Unknown
4. What is a scrape?
   • A fast dive
   • A small dip where eggs are laid (answer)
   • A kind of prey
5. Why did eggs break in the middle of the 1900s?
   • Nests were too hot
   • Parents were too heavy
   • DDT made the shells thin (answer)
6. What does falconry mean here?
   • Training falcons (answer)
   • Building nests
   • Banning DDT

Words

• perch: high seat
• scrape: small dip
• falconry: training falcons
• endangered: nearly gone
• migrate: travel seasonally