Read the text and answer the questions
The Bald Eagle is a majestic bird. The adult bird has a brown body, brown wings, white head, and large, hooked yellow bill. Younger birds appear all brown.
Bald Eagles almost always live near water because their main food source is fish. Sometimes, however, Bald Eagles will eat dead animals (carrion). They will even steal food from other birds such as ospreys and gulls! It was for this reason that the famous Patriot Benjamin Franklin preferred the Wild Turkey as America's national symbol.
QUESTIONS
1. Why do bald eagles usually live near water?
a. Bald eagles eat fish.
b. Bald eagles like to swim.
c. Because they steal
food.
d. It protects the
nest from predators.
2. How are younger bald eagles different from adult bald
eagles?
a. They are smaller.
b. They have lighter bodies.
c. They have black bills.
d. They are totally brown.
3. Benjamin Franklin thought....
a. neither the wild turkey or bald eagle were good choices
as America's symbol.
b. the bald eagle was
a fine choice as America's symbol.
c. the wild turkey was a better choice as America's symbol
than the bald eagle.
d. the bald eagle was a better choice as America's symbol
than the wild turkey.
4. What color is the bald eagle's bill?
a. brown
b. black
c. yellow
d. White
5. The author seemed surprised that....
a. bald eagles steal food from other birds.
b. bald eagles have white heads.
c. bald eagles eat fish.
d. the bald eagle is America's symbol.
