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Whooping Cranes in Danger

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sentence BEST explains what the article is about?

a)

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

b)

The whooping cranes are extinct.

c)

The whooping crane flocks are looking for new habitats.

2.

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

a)

The whooping cranes kept getting sick.

b)

Wildcats kept attacking them.

c)

People hunted them and took over their habitats.

3.

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

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True or False. Whooping Cranes are not endangered anymore.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

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

a)

how to eat

b)

how to fly

c)

how to get along with other cranes

6.

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

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What kind of birds are discussed in this story?

a)

geese

b)

ducks

c)

whooping cranes

d)

parakeets

8.

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

a)

12

b)

25

c)

11

d)

15

9.

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

a)

Wisconsin

b)

Kansas

c)

Florida

d)

Texas

10.

Which direction do birds migrate to during the winter months?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

11.

In the end, how many whooping cranes survived the journey?

a)

10

b)

5

c)

8

d)

200

12.

Someone who cares for animal or people and keep them safe.

a)

survive

b)

success

c)

caretakers

d)

threatened

13.

When you stay alive through a dangerous event.

a)

survive

b)

recognized

c)

resources

d)

threatened

14.

When something is in danger of being hurt.

a)

relatives

b)

population

c)

threatened

d)

caretakers

15.

What would happen if the cranes flew in the rain or the wind?

a)

They might get lost, fly in the wrong direction, or get hurt.

b)

They would be fine, nothing would happen.

c)

They like the rain because it is just water.