Follow That Koala! Quiz

According to the text, what is the main source of food for koalas?

• eucalyptus leaves

• boxes of chocolate

• goats

• cough drops

Based on the text, what is one cause of koalas being found only in isolated pockets up and down Australia's east coast?

• Koalas were once found throughout all of Australia.

• Farmers cut down many of the forests where koalas lived.

• A research team visited a tropical island where some koalas lived.

• Koalas are pictured on cleaning products and boxes of chocolates in Australia.

Read these sentences from the text. By 2006, what had Ellis's research taught him? Compared with koalas in other areas, the St. Bees koala population seemed to be healthy. Yet Ellis wondered whether the koalas on St. Bees could be headed for hard times. The island was overrun with wild goats. Ellis thought the goats could have been eating the small blue gum trees. What can you conclude based on this evidence?

• The koala population of St. Bees is the healthiest of all places with koalas.

• Wild goats are the problem with all the places where the koala population is unhealthy.

• Most places where koalas live have a healthy population of koalas.

• Some places have a healthy koala population, but other places have an unhealthy koala population.

Based on the text, what will Australia's koala population look like in the near future?

• The population probably will be the same as it was hundreds of years ago.

• The population probably is going to be larger than it is now.

• The population probably is going to be smaller than it is now.

• The population probably will be larger than the population of humans.

What is this text mostly about?

• the plants and animals that live on St. Bees Island

• what it is like to live in a tree and sleep for 18 hours each day

• koalas and why scientists have been tracking them

• the differences between koalas and bears

Read these sentences from the text. The koalas on St. Bees live and sleep in the trees. Koalas eat a steady diet of eucalyptus leaves-their main source of food. As used in these sentences, what does the word "steady" mean?

• unusual

• regular

• furry

• still

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Volunteers put a colored tag in Yellow's ear, _______ they could tell her apart from other koalas.

• so

• instead

• before

• although

According to the text, the author with some volunteers joined a research team in 2006. What had the research team led by Bill Ellis been hoping for?

"Scientists track koalas to learn more about the animals and their environment."

How can tracking koalas to learn more about them and their environment help scientists find ways to protect koalas?

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