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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Main Ideas
Penguin Facts
Challenge Questions
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Hatch
To come out of an egg
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Pecks
Strikes with a beak
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What must the penguins do when an egg is hatched?
The penguins have to keep the egg warm
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Can penguins fly?
No!
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What is expository nonfiction?
A story that give information about the real world.
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Frozen
Hardened with cold; turned to ice
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Flippers
Broad, flat body parts used for swimming by animals such as seals and penguins
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What causes the water on the shore to freeze?
The cold temperatures of the Artic winter.
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List two things that penguins eat.
Krill, Fish, and Squid
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Why do you think penguins only lay one egg?
They can only keep one egg warm at time.
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Cuddles
lies close and comfortably; curls up
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Snuggles
Lies closely and comfortably together; cuddles
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How long does it take for the mother penguin to get to the edge of the ice?
3 days
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How do penguins feed their chick when food is not near by?
They bring food up from their stomach and feed it to their chick.
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Why is there no grass, leaves, twigs, or mud in Antartica?
The climate is to cold.
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Preen
To smooth or arrange feathers with a beak
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Squid
A sea animal that has a pair of tail fins and ten arms
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Why is it the father penguin who sits on the egg?
The father penguin is bigger and fatter than the mother. So he can survive longer without food
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How many years is it before a penguin is ready to have a chick of its own?
5 years
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What helps chicks to climb up slippery hills?
They dig their beaks into the ice
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Rookery
A large group of birds together raising their young; a nesting colony
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Brood Patch
Place where the penguin holds the egg to keep it warm.
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Why do you think the father penguin calls across the ice to the mother penguin?
The father is either trying to see how far away the mother penguin is or is trying to urge her home because the penguin chick is hungry.
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What is it called when a mother walks or slides on her belly?
Tobogganing
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Name four main events in the order that they happened in the story?
1) Mother lays egg 2) Father keeps the egg on his feet for two months 3) Mother returns and feeds chick, and father goes hunting. 4) Chick leaves parents brood patch and huddles with other chicks for warmth, but still gets food from parents 5) Chick starts to play 6) At five months the chick is ready to travel to the ocean