Ms. Lalor: Elephant Quiz

Can you name the country shown in the picture where one species of elephant live?

• Africa

• Ireland

• India

• Spain

What is a baby elephant called?

• bull

• mare

• cub

• calf

Elephants are social and affectionate creatures.

• True

• False

What are the distinctive features of an elephant?

• small feet, big trunk and small ears

• wide feet, tusks and floppy large ears

• wide feet, big tails and small eyes

• small feet, big tails and small ears

Elephants spend _______percent of the day eating.

• 20%

• 50%

• 10%

• 80%

Elephants ate known to have a great memory and their brain can weigh up to 5kg.

• True

• False

To supplement their diet, elephants will dig up the earth to obtain ___________ and salt.

• minerals

• leaves

• dust

• sugar

Elephants can drink up to 200 litres a day about as much as a standard ______________.

• jug

• barrel

• bathtub

• lunch box

Elephants are the ____________land mammal on Earth.

• smallest

• tallest

• largest

• lightest

An elephant herd is led by the largest and oldest _________known as the matriarch.

• male

• calf

• bull

• female