| A | B |
| Continents | 7 large land masses |
| Antarctica | home of the penguins |
| sphere | solid round shape of Earth |
| hemisphere | half a sphere |
| North America | continent where we live |
| Equator | imaginary dividing line on the middle of the Earth |
| atmosphere | layer of air around the Earth |
| oceans | large bodies of water |
| Krill | small shrimp like animals that penguins also eat |
| rookery | area where some penguing build nests altogether |
| colony | large group of penguins |
| skua | large bird that eats penguin eggs and chicks |
| leopard seal | enemy of the penguin |
| tobogganing | penguins slide on their stomach |
| porpoising | penguins burst above the water while swimming to get air |
| Penguins | flightless birds of the Antarctic |
| creche | large group of baby penguin chicks huddled together for warmth and protection |
| Antarctica | coldest continent covered with ice |
| South Pole | another name for Antarctica |
| Roald Amundsen | First explorer to reach the South Pole |