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Penguins

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where do all Penguins in the wild live?
a)
The North Pole
b)
Middletown, Ohio
c)
In the Southern Hemisphere
d)
In the United States and Canada
2.
What is one reason a Penguin is NOT an ordinary bird?
a)
It swims
b)
It doesn't fly
c)
It lays eggs 
d)
It builds a nest. 
3.
How many layers of feathers does a Penguin have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
Which animal below is a predator of an adult Penguin?  (eats a penguin)
a)
polar bears
b)
alligators
c)
seals
d)
sea turtles
5.
Which animal is an enemy to a Penguin Egg?
a)
Sea Turtle
b)
Seagulls
c)
Polar Bears
d)
Humpback Whales
6.
Penguins spend most of their lives in the ________________.
a)
ocean
b)
sea
c)
water
d)
all of the above
7.
Which of the following groups describes a penguin best?
a)
carnivore, mammal, predator, bird
b)
bird, herbivore, feathers, flies
c)
mammal, egg layer, swimmer, bird
d)
bird, flightless, consumer, carnivore
8.
In the one video we watched about Penguins, what was the reason they gave that causes penguins to waddle?
a)
short flippers and long beaks
b)
short legs and long beaks
c)
big feet and short legs
d)
big feet and short flippers
9.
When the Emperor Penguins jumps out of the water to land on the ice, what does it use to allow it to triple its speed on exit. 
a)
a tunnel of fish
b)
a tunnel of bubbles
c)
a tunnel of ice
d)
a tunnel of dirt
10.
Why are penguins feathers black and white?
a)
to help them swim better
b)
they are going on a date and need to look good
c)
to camouflage them on the snow and in the water 
d)
to help them toboggan on the ice.
11.
All penguins species eat _______________ as their main diet of food.
a)
salad
b)
fish
c)
cookies
d)
ice cubes
12.
After eating fish for  a number of days, the parents return to land to feed their young.  How do they do this?
a)
the parent drops the fish on the ground and the baby chick eats it.
b)
The baby chick goes with the parents but doesn't eat anything until the parent hands them a fish.
c)
The baby chick puts its head in the parents mouth and the parent regurgitates the fish. 
d)
The parent penguins chop the fish with their beaks and feed pieces to the chick. 
13.
A group of penguins all of one species is called a _________________.
a)
global
b)
waddle
c)
escape
d)
colony
14.
Which word below is not a synonym for "swift"?
a)
hasty
b)
rapid
c)
crawling
d)
rush
15.
flipper, beak, feet, feathers and eye are all parts of a penguin's ________________.
a)
body
b)
view
c)
type
d)
travel
16.
Penguins waddle when they walk and it looks really _____________ to most people.
a)
limit
b)
escape
c)
awkward 
d)
noise
17.
True or False
This book was a type of fictional or fantasy book.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Algae that is eaten by a fish that is eaten by a penguin that is eaten by a seal is called a 
a)
food chain
b)
food comma
c)
eating disorder
d)
fast food restaurant 
19.
Penguins only eat fish so this makes them a ________.
a)
omnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
20.
Are you like a penguin?
a)
Yes, because I am in the bird family too.
b)
No, because I don't need water to survive. 
c)
Yes, because we both use cell phone to communicate.
d)
No, I am a mammal not a bird.