Module 6 Panda

The giant panda is considered ___________ in China

• a sign of art

• as a wild animal

• a national treasure

• a symbol of bamboo

When did Hugo Weigold buy a cub?

• in 1914

• in 1916

• in 1926

• in 1922

Where did pandas live when people built more and more farms and cities on that land?

• They were forced up into the mountains

• They lived in cold and rainy bamboo forests

• They lived in lowland areas

In the wild, a giant panda’s diet is 99% bamboo.

• True

• False

How much bamboo does an adult giant panda eat in each day?

• 20 and 40 pounds

• 20 and 30 pounds

• 20 and 40 or more pounds

• 10 and 30 or more pounds

Why do giant pandas eat different kinds of bamboo?

• to climb trees and mountains

• to be stronger

• to keep balanced diet

• to get proper nutrition

In zoos, giant pandas don't eat bamboo

• True

• False

Cubs nurse for about ______months but they stay with their mothers for a long time after that.

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 7

The giant panda has six fingers plus a "thumb," which isn't a real thumb but a modified bone that allows the panda to grasp bamboo.

• True

• False

Giant pandas are carnivorous

• True

• False