Which award does the great bustard hold?

• fastest bird

• largest bird

• slowest bird

The main idea of Paragraph 2 is to explain that:

• a baby giraffe is tall

• the giraffe is the tallest animal in the world

• a fully grown giraffe measures up to 5.8 metres

The verb 'captivates' in Paragraph 1 can be replaced with:

• delights

• confuses

• relates

A giant stick insect can be as long as :

• a pencil

• your arm

• a netball post

Which statement contains both a fact and an opinion?

• The massive African elephant is a wonderful creature

• The blue whale is a magnificent creature, weighing up to 171 000 kg

• A polar bear is a land predator and can weigh more than 500 kg

Which animal moves the fastest?

• dragonfly

• greyhound

• tiger beetle

The word 'unsuspecting' in Paragraph 5 means:

• unusual

• expecting

• unwary

Which sentence best summarises Paragraph 7?

• The sloth is the world's slowest animal as it moves very slowly or not at all

• A sloth would take two hours to travel a kilometre

• The sloth finds walking difficult because of its limbs

If a cheetah's prey was 20 metres away, it would most probably:

• be too far away to be caught

• be caught in a few seconds

• have plenty of time to escape

You can conclude that a polar bear:

• eats grasses

• doesn't eat much

• preys on animals