Penguin Chick

Read the paragraph:

Most birds build nests for their eggs. But on the ice in Antarctica, there are no twigs or leaves. There is no grass or mud. Nothing to build a nest with. Nothing but snow and ice.

What is the paragraph mostly about?

• Why grass does not grow in Antarctica.

• Why birds in Antarctica cannot build nests.

• Why most birds build nests of twigs and leaves.

• Why most nests are made of twigs, leaves, grass, and mud.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

Why does it take three days for the mother penguin to reach the water?

• The snow is deep.

• She gets lost in a snowstorm.

• The shore is frozen for miles.

• She stops to play with the other mothers.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In order to keep the egg on his feet, the father penguin must....

• 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.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

How do father penguins survive without food while they care for their chicks?

• They get the nutrients they need from the ice.

• They have a layer of fat that keeps them alive.

• The mother penguins bring them food each day.

• They bring up food that is stored in their stomach.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

After the first few months of its life, a chick...

• needs its parents less

• stops growing bigger

• leaves the group to live alone

• grows a fluffier coat of feathers

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What is a creche?

• a kind of fish

• a group of young chicks

• a. mother and father penguin

• the first stage of a chick's life

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

How do penguins send messages to each other?

• By flapping their wing.

• By thumping the ground.

• By doing a special dance.

• By trumpeting and whistling.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

• get cold

• loof fluffy

• feel hungry

• swim better

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

The last part of the story is mostly about the junior penguin learning to...

• find a mate

• care for an egg

• trumpet messages

• take care of himself

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2