Scholastic News Vocabulary

A baby eaglet would live in a nest called an

• birdhouse

• cliff nest

• aerie

• incubator

The doctor ___________ me to see if I was sick.

• prefer

• examined

• saw

• tickled

Monarch Butterflies fly south for the winter. They ________________.

• migrated

• hibernated

• metamorphosed

• changed

The opposite of south is_________.

• east

• west

• north

• down

The stage in a butterfly's life where it crawls and eats a lot.

• egg

• nymph

• caterpillar

• chrysalis

Sharks and lions are very _______________animals.

• furry

• loud

• fierce

• cute

Another word for the transformation stage of an insect where it changes from one form to another (like a caterpillar to a butterfly)

• changeling

• metamorphosis

• transforming

• larvae

What are baby eagles called?

• babies

• chicks

• eaglets

• poachers

In order to keep up with animals that might be endangered scientist might put this on them.

• glow in the dark tags

• radios

• tracking collars

• paint

An animal that hunts and eats another animal is a _______________.

• bully

• predator

• prey

• poacher