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Penguins




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. Watch the video about Emperor penguins.
 
 
                          
                    
 
 
. Are these statements TRUE or FALSE?
 
  1. By May, the warmer temperates allow the penguin collony to break out.   TRUE    FALSE  
   2. Mothers take care of the chicks right away.   TRUE    FALSE  
   3. Males may lose up to half their body weight during the winter.   TRUE    FALSE  
   4. Chicks start eating as soon as they hatch.    TRUE    FALSE  
   5. After 4 months of fasting there is nothing in the male's stomach.    TRUE    FALSE  
   6. The father produces a protein to feed the chick.    TRUE    FALSE  
   7. The protein keeps the baby alive for a whole month.   TRUE    FALSE  
   8. Mothers reappear just in time.    TRUE    FALSE  
   9. The male penguin gladly hands over his chick to the mother.    TRUE    FALSE  
   10. During the next 5 months the chick will eat 50 kilos of food.    TRUE    FALSE  
   11. In only one helping, the chick can eat one third of its body weight.    TRUE    FALSE  
   12. Now male penguins can head out to the ocean to fish.    TRUE    FALSE  
   13. The ice edge is very close to the breeding ground.   TRUE    FALSE  
   14. Emperor penguins walk and toboggan through the snow on their way to the ice edge.   TRUE    FALSE  
   15. Only male penguins fish.  The female stays with the chick.   TRUE    FALSE  
   16. Each trip involves thousands of kilometres in search of food.   TRUE    FALSE  
 
 

  
. Fill in the blanks with the missing word.
 

WORD BANK 

 birds - breathe - cold - fat - feathers - fly
food - hard - hunt - largest - predator - seafood - skin
small - snow - underwater - warm - water - white - winter  
 
 
 
Penguins are aquactic  that live in the southern hemisphere.  They are not able to  and spend most of their time , searching for .
 
Penguins cannot underwater but are able to hold their breath for a long time. Whenever they need to breathe, they leap out of the . 
Since penguins live in very places they need to stay .  A thick layer of , called "blubber", under their , protects them from the freezing temperature.  They also have two layers of : soft and fluffy "down" feathers and outer waterproof feathers. 
 
Penguins eat .  Fish is their main diet but they also eat squid, crustaceans and krill, which are very  shrimplike animals.
 
Several marine animals, such as leopard seals,  sea lions and orcas like to penguins.  The penguins' colours, black and , are their protection against predators.  Their white bellies blend with the and sunlight making it difficult for an underwater to see them.  The black back also offers protection as it blends against the dark ocean waters making it to spot them from above.
 
Penguins are found on the coasts os South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Galapagos  Islands.  The Emperor penguin, the  penguin species, is the only one that breed and nest in Antarctica through the very cold .
 
 
 
 
 
. Click on the name of each marine predator.
 

                 leopard seal                                                  leopard seal                                             leopard seal
                 orca                                                               orca                                                          orca
                 sea lion                                                           sea lion                                                     sea lion
 
 
 
 
. Vocabulary: Match the word to its meaning.
 
1. aquactic   going without food
2. to toboggan  living in water
3. chick  an area where animals breed
4. fasting  emerge
5. breeding ground   to slide
6. hatch  a natural substance
7. one helping  start out, leave
8. head out    an amount of food
9. protein  give away, devolve
10. hand over  a baby bird
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                       Good Luck!