| A | B |
| krill | kind of fish penguins like to eat |
| leopard seal | enemy of the penguin |
| trumpeting | the noise or chatter of penguins |
| molting | shedding old feathers and getting new |
| creche | penguin kindergarten |
| colonies | large groups of penguins |
| rookery | another name for a colony |
| fledging | when chicks go in the water the first time |
| tobogganing | when penguins slide on their bellies, |
| incubate | to keep an egg warm |
| brood pouch | a belly flap that protects an egg or chick |
| chick | a baby penguin |
| predators | enemies |
| porpoising | bursting out of the water into the air |
| penguin | a seabird that can't fly |
| Antarctica | the coldest continent, South Pole |
| Emperor | largest penguins, live in Antarctica |
| Little Blue | Fairy penguin, smallest |
| Adelie | Mr. Popper's penguins |
| Macaroni | bushy yellow eyebrows |