1.     How much time does an average kid spend studying each day?

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            I found this answer on page ______

           Under the headline ___________________________________

2.   How many hours do koalas spend sleeping each day?

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            I found this answer on page ______

            Under the headline ____________________________________

3.     How many bones are in a human hand?

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            I found this answer on page  ______

            Under the headline ____________________________________

4.     In which country was a titanosaur skeleton recently found?

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            I found this answer on page  ______

            Under the headline ____________________________________

5.     What is a the koala’s main food source?

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            I found this answer on page  ______

            Under the headline __________________________________

6. How many known species of bats are there?

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            I found this answer on page ______

            Under the headline ____________________________________

7.    Which continent is nicknamed "the land down under"?

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            I found this answer on page  ______

            Under the headline __________________________________

Vocabulary Challenge!
Match each new word below with its definition.

____ 1. paleontologist ____ 2. carnivorous ____ 3. benefit ____ 4. ecologist ____ 5. marsupials ____ 6. canopy ____ 7. joey ____ 8. skeleton ____ 9. calcium ____ 10. chiroptologist ____ 11. reputation ____ 12. nocturnal

A. a scientist who studies dinosaurs B. a bone-building mineral C. a scientist who studies bats D. a scientist who studies the relationship between living things and their environments E. the high cover of branches and leaves in a forest F. help G. an animal that often has a pouch in which to carry its young H. a baby koala I. meat-eating J. a framework of bones K. the way people think of something L. active at night

  Get Writing! Imagine you are a koala on St. Bees Island. Write a journal entry about the day you are relaxing in a eucalyptus tree and ecologists come to study you. What happens? What do you think about it? How does it turn out for you in the end?

Answer Key: 

1.  50-75 minutes
     found on page 3, The Hubbub Over Homework

2. 18
     found on page 4, Did You Know?

3. 27
    found on page 6, Bones on the Go!

4. Brazil
     found on page 3, Rebirth of a Titan

5. eucalyptus leaves  
    found on page 4 and 5, Follow That Koala and Did You Know?

6.  900
     found on page 7, Bat Fun Facts

7.  Australia
     found on page 8, Map Mania

Vocabulary Challenge!

1. A
2. I
3. F
4. D
5. G
6. E
7. H
8. J
9. B
10. C
11. K
12. L

Get Writing!

Answers will vary, but we would love to read students’ stories!
You can send them to edition4@weeklyreader.com