Meet the Emperor Penguin: Grade 2 Reading Comprehension

The emperor penguin is a bird. It lives in the ice and cold seas of Antarctica. This place is freezing cold.

The emperor penguin eats fish, squid and krill. It huddles in huge groups to share warmth during winter storms.

The emperor penguin has tightly packed, waterproof feathers. These trap warm air and keep out icy water. It is about 1.1 meters tall.

Baby emperor penguins are called chicks. The father keeps the egg warm on his feet for about two months while the mother hunts at sea.

Questions

Details Where does the emperor penguin live?
the ice and cold seas of Antarctica deserts, grasslands and forests on every continent except Antarctica fields and meadows across North America the forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps of India and Bangladesh
Details Which of these does the emperor penguin eat?
willow twigs lemmings flower nectar squid
Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the emperor penguin use tightly packed, waterproof feathers?
They protect it when it rolls into a tight ball. They help it lose less heat in the cold. It gives it energy when food is hard to find. They trap warm air and keep out icy water.
Main idea What is paragraph 2 mostly about?
where the animal sleeps how its body helps it what it eats where it lives
Vocabulary Baby emperor penguins are called…
hatchlings kits chicks calves
Inference What word best describes where the emperor penguin lives?
near fresh water freezing cold wide and open full of trees
Main idea What is this passage mostly about?
the life of the camel the colors of fish the life of the fennec fox the life of the emperor penguin

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