Release and Follow: teacher key

Philippine Eagles, grade 10 edition, written for 10th grade. Rehabilitated and captive-bred Philippine eagles have been released with trackers. Learn what scientists follow, and how a habitat model led them to a nest.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What stayed inside small forest patches near settlements?
   • Mal'lambugok and other released eagles (answer)
   • Only wild nests
   • Only the 2009 pair
2. How many hectares of suitable habitat did the Maragusan model find?
   • 28,986 (answer)
   • 2,898
   • 298,600
3. What did a GPS transmitter help track?
   • A nest's age
   • A young eagle's larger movements (answer)
   • The weather
4. How many active breeding pairs did experts believe lived on Mt. Kitanglad in 2009?
   • Twenty
   • Ten
   • Two (answer)
5. Why did scientists say the nest found in 2025 mattered?
   • It proved the habitat model was correct (answer)
   • It was the biggest ever
   • It had many eggs

Words

• rehabilitated: nursed back
• transmitter: tracker device
• juvenile: young animal
• habitat: natural home
• dispersal: moving away