Whooping Cranes in Danger

Which sentence BEST explains what the article is about?

• Scientist are working to increase the number of whooping crane flocks.

• The whooping cranes are extinct.

• The whooping crane flocks are looking for new habitats.

Why were there only 15 wild whooping cranes in 194!?

• The whooping cranes kept getting sick.

• Wildcats kept attacking them.

• People hunted them and took over their habitats.

True or False. Whooping Cranes migrate down South each fall.

• True

• False

True or False. Whooping Cranes are not endangered anymore.

• True

• False

Based on text evidence, what is the one thing that the puppets could not teach the chicks how to do?

• how to eat

• how to fly

• how to get along with other cranes

True or False. The experiment to start a new flock in Wisconsin started with a dozen (12) eggs.

• True

• False

What kind of birds are discussed in this story?

• geese

• ducks

• whooping cranes

• parakeets

in 1941, how many whooping cranes were left in the wild?

• 12

• 25

• 11

• 15

Scientists created a new flock of whooping cranes in which state?

• Wisconsin

• Kansas

• Florida

• Texas

Which direction do birds migrate to during the winter months?

• North

• East

• South

• West