Reading Quiz: A Peachick Grows Up

It takes _____________ for an embryo to become a peachick.

• four months

• 16 hours

• 28 days

How does a peahen make her nest?

• She digs a shallow hole.

• She makes a circle of rocks

• She puts leaves around the eggs

Peachicks become adults when they:

• Can run and swim

• Are three years old

• Become 100 centimeters tall

How does a peahen keep her eggs warm?

• She leaves them in a sunny place

• She covers them in sand

• She sits on them

What do peachicks eat?

• They eat bananas and oranges

• They eat berries, seeds and insects.

• They eat fish and crabs

After they hatch from the egg, peachicks can:

• Run very fast

• Eat by themselves

• Fly like their fathers

A peachick is covered in _________ when it’s born.

• hard, black feathers

• fuzzy, soft feathers

• green fur

Peachicks grow ____________when they are four weeks old.

• crests on their heads

• blue toes

• small teeth

An embryo is when a peachick is___________.

• three years old

• four weeks old

• inside the egg

Peacocks are adults peachicks, they have___________ feathers.

• Small, grey

• Short, brown

• Long, multicolored beautiful feathers