Fox Dens and Kits: teacher key

Red Foxes, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. Learn how big a red fox is and how it hunts. Then follow a kit from before birth to its first autumn.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. About how many kits are in an average litter?
   • Two
   • Twenty
   • Five (answer)
2. What can a red fox use as a den?
   • A bird's nest
   • An old woodchuck burrow (answer)
   • A boat
3. When are red fox kits weaned?
   • At 1 week old
   • At 2 years old
   • At 8 to 10 weeks old (answer)
4. What does omnivores mean?
   • Eats plants and animals (answer)
   • Eats only meat
   • Eats only plants
5. When do the mother and her kits stop staying together?
   • After one day
   • After the autumn that follows their birth (answer)
   • Right after the kits open their eyes

Words

• omnivores: eats plants, animals
• kit: a baby fox
• litter: babies born together
• weaned: no longer nursing
• pregnant: carrying babies