Puffins

What is the main idea of this book?

• It's hard to see a puffin in the wild.

• People are working to protect puffins.

• Puffins are wonderful and special birds.

• Puffins are fast in the water and in the air

What is the first thing a puffin will do when it returns to a nesting site?

• look for food

• look for a partner

• lay an egg

• make a hold in the ground

The partner of an animal is called _________.

• a mate

• a friend

• a colony

• a sibling

Which of the following details expresses an opinion?

• Adult male and female puffins of each type look alike, but the males may be a bit larger.

• Without a doubt, you'll enjoy watching these wonderful, special birds.

• Humans have hunted puffins for hundreds of years for their meat, eggs, and feathers.

• Puffins mainly eat small fish.

How are horned puffins and Atlantic puffins similar?

• They both have white faces, chests, and bellies.

• They are both found in the Atlantic Ocean.

• They both have feathers that make them look as they are wearing makeup.

• They both have large yellow areas at the base of their beaks.

Which sentence from the book includes an opinion?

• If you've ever seen a puffin, you're not likely to forget it.

• Puffins fly well and can walk with ease over rocks and soil.

• One of the largest Atlantic puffin colonies is in the Labrador Sea.

• When puffins fly, they flap their wings as fast as 400 beats per minute.

What is the effect of the project puffin?

• People are no longer allowed to hunt puffins.

• Puffins were given their own national park.

• There are more puffins in the wild.

• People like puffins more.

Why do puffins "dress up"?

• to help them find a partner

• to help them lay eggs

• to help them find more food

• to get ready for a costume party

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

• to entertain the reader with stories about puffins

• to persuade the reader to help save puffins

• to inform the reader about different kinds of puffins

• to inform and entertain the reader about different kinds of puffins

A burrow is _________?

• a nest make on a cliff

• a hole dug into the ground

• a group of puffins

• a young puffin