How the Bald Eagle Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the bald eagle live?

   warm forests in Africa and Madagascar the cold, treeless Arctic tundra near lakes, rivers and coasts across North America the open Arctic tundra
2. Details Which of these does the bald eagle eat?

   bird eggs ducks buds twigs
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the bald eagle use sharp, curved claws called talons?

   They let it hang from branches for hours without tiring. They paddle it through the water. They let it snatch fish out of the water. It keeps water inside its body in dry places.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   why some animals are in danger how its body helps it survive what it eats where the animal sleeps
5. Vocabulary The passage says the bald eagle is a carnivore. What is a carnivore?

   an animal that eats both plants and animals an animal that eats other animals an animal that lives only in water an animal that sleeps all winter
6. Vocabulary In the passage, what does the word "talons" mean?

   a long, tube-shaped mouth part used for sucking the sharp claws of a bird of prey tiny plant-like living things that grow in wet places animals that hunt other animals for food
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the bald eagle's body suits its home?

   To find food, it builds enormous nests at the tops of tall trees and reuses them year after year. Its food includes fish, ducks and small mammals. The bald eagle makes its home in near lakes, rivers and coasts across North America. One reason the bald eagle survives is sharp, curved claws called talons, which let it snatch fish out of the water. (Talons means the sharp claws of a bird of prey.) It also has eyesight several times sharper than a person's, which lets it spot fish from high in the sky.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the bald eagle have trouble surviving somewhere full of trees?

   Its body and habits are suited to a place that is near fresh water. Its young would be called something else. It would have nothing to do all day. It would grow too big.

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