Built For Survival: the Emperor Penguin

Questions

1. Details Where does the emperor penguin live?

   oceans all around the world the ice and cold seas of Antarctica the warm, wet rainforests of Central America gardens, hedges and woodland across the UK, Ireland and Europe
2. Details Which of these does the emperor penguin eat?

   dry grasses tree bark krill thorny plants
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the emperor penguin use tightly packed, waterproof feathers?

   They trap warm air and keep out icy water. They warn birds that it tastes bad. It picks up scents from several kilometers away. They feel for clams on the dark sea floor.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   how it gets food how its young survive how its body is adapted why some animals are in danger
5. Vocabulary The passage says the emperor penguin is a carnivore. What is a carnivore?

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

   stiff, sharp hairs bony branches that grow on a deer's head and fall off each year flat, stiff wings used for swimming able to keep water out
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the emperor penguin's body suits its home?

   Consider tightly packed, waterproof feathers: this adaptation trap warm air and keep out icy water. For many animals, a habitat like this would be impossible. Facts like this remind us that every animal's body tells a story about the place it lives. Its behavior matters as much as its body: it huddles in huge groups to share warmth during winter storms.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the emperor penguin have trouble surviving somewhere deep and salty?

   Its body and habits are suited to a place that is freezing cold. It would forget how to find its home. It would grow too big. It would have nothing to do all day.
9. Vocabulary As used in the passage, what is an adaptation?

   a story about where an animal came from a place where an animal sleeps a list of the foods an animal eats a trait that helps a living thing survive in its environment
10. Author's purpose Why does the author describe how the emperor penguin huddles in huge groups to share warmth during winter storms?

    to show that behavior can be an adaptation, not just body parts to describe the weather where it lives to show that the animal is in danger to compare it with a pet dog
11. Text structure How does the author organize the passage?

    by comparing two different animals as a list of steps for caring for the animal by describing a challenge, then the traits that help the animal meet it in time order, from the animal's birth to old age

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