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| What is a "creche"? | It is a group of baby chicks; a nursery. |
| How old is a "Junior" penguin? | A "Junior" penguin is 5 months old. |
| What does a "Junior" penguin have on his body? | A "Junor" penguin has on its body "waterproof feathers." |
| What can a "Junior" penguin begin to do? | A "Junior" penguin can swim in the ocean by itself and catch food. |
| What is the genre of this story? | The genre of the story is a narrative "non-fiction." |
| What is the setting of this story? | The setting of this story is in the Antarctica. |
| What happens to a penguin's egg after the mother lays it? | The mother goes to get food and the father keeps the egg warm for 2 months. |
| Why does the father penguin look after the egg? | The father keeps the egg warm while the mother goes to the ocean to get food. |
| What is a "rookery"? | The "rookery" is where the egg is kept. |
| What is "tobogganing"? | It is when a penguin slide down an ice hill. |
| What is a "huddle"? | A "huddle" is when a group of penguins come together in a group to keep warm. |
| How long does it take for a penguin to hatch from the egg? | It takes 2 months for a penguin to hatch from the egg. |
| How many days does it take for a baby penguin to come out of the egg? | It takes 3 days for a baby penguin to come out of the egg. |
| What does the father penguin do while keeping the egg warm? | The father "huddles" with other father penguins, he does not eat, and sleeps standing up. |
| What is a "down"? | The "down" is the penguin chick's soft feathers. |
| When the mother returns from searching for food, how does she find her chick? | She hears the father's voice echoing across the ice and can locate her chick. |
| How does the penguin chick get its food? | The penguin chick gets its food from the mother's stomach when she spits it in the baby chick's mouth. |
| What does "preen" mean? | "Preen" means when the mother and father penguin brush the baby penguin's feathers to keep it warm. |
