Penguin Chick Reading Street Comp, Vocab, Grammar, Pretest

Why did the father penguin stay with the egg instead of the mother penguin?

• He was bigger and fatter and could live longer without food
• He had thicker feathers, making it easier for him to stay warm
• He was faster an stronger and could chase away the other animals

Why don’t penguins in Antarctica build nests? 

• There is nothing to build nests with. 
• They are only there for a short time.
• Their eggs will never hatch in a nest. 
• They are too lazy to make nests. 

A male penguin has a brood patch to keep the egg warm. What does the author compare this to to help readers understand this?

• a heating pad

• a sleeping bag

• a fur coat

• a space heater

What must the father penguin do to keep the egg on his feet?

• shuffle when he walks

• slide across the ice on his belly

• huddle with other penguin fathers

• curl the tips of his wings around the egg

How are penguin chicks different from adult penguins?

• The chicks do not make any kind of noise.
• The chicks were not able to eat food.
• The chicks could not see or hear.
• the chicks did not have waterproof feathers.

Why is it important for a chick's down to be fluffy?

• it helps the chick swim
• it makes the chick look cute
• it helps keep the chick warm
• it makes the chick's coat waterproof

If a penguin's skin got wet while it was swimming, the penguin would...

• get cold
• look fluffy
• feel hungry
• swim better

How do penguins send messages to each other?

• by flapping their wings

• by thumping the ground

• by doing a special dance

• by trumpeting and whistling

The chick is about to ____________ out of its egg.

• flippers

• snuggles

• pecks

• hatch

Penguins use their ___________ to help them swim.

• preen

• flippers

• cuddles

• snuggles