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Penguins: swimmers of the south

Science · Polar Regions · ages 5-7
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  1. Which is the largest kind of penguin?

    • Little penguins
    • Emperor penguins
    • King penguins

  2. Which description fits penguins?

    • They cannot fly, but they swim well
    • They can fly, but they cannot swim
    • They can fly only when they are young

  3. Emperor penguins huddle together to reduce heat loss in winter.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. An emperor penguin moves from the outside of a huddle toward the middle. What changes?

    • It moves from a colder place to a warmer place
    • It moves from a warmer place to a colder place
    • It moves into a place with stronger cold winds

  5. This chart shows approximate heights in feet. Which penguin is taller?

    Emperor4Littlepenguin1
    • The little penguin
    • Both have equal height
    • The emperor penguin

  6. While an emperor penguin mother feeds at sea, who keeps her egg warm?

    • The mother, while swimming out at sea
    • The father, with the egg on his feet
    • Both parents, together on a nest of stones

  7. An emperor penguin egg rests on the father's feet under a flap of skin. How does the flap help?

    • It covers the egg and helps keep it warm
    • It pushes the egg down onto the freezing ice
    • It carries the egg while the father flies away

  8. Leo says every kind of penguin keeps its eggs on the father's feet. Which fact helps him revise that idea?

    • Every penguin father holds eggs on his feet
    • No penguin ever keeps an egg warm in a nest
    • Many penguin kinds keep their eggs in nests
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  1. Emperor penguins · The lesson names emperor penguins as the largest kind.
  2. They cannot fly, but they swim well · Penguins cannot fly. Their flipper-like wings help them swim.
  3. True · Standing close together helps emperor penguins lose less heat.
  4. It moves from a colder place to a warmer place · The outside of the huddle is colder than the middle.
  5. The emperor penguin · The emperor bar reaches 4 feet. The little-penguin bar reaches 1 foot. The emperor penguin is taller.
  6. The father, with the egg on his feet · The father keeps the egg on his feet under a flap of skin while the mother feeds at sea.
  7. It covers the egg and helps keep it warm · The skin flap covers the egg and helps keep it warm in the cold.
  8. Many penguin kinds keep their eggs in nests · Many penguin kinds use nests. The father holding an egg on his feet is the emperor-penguin example.
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