Elephant Feeding Habits and Adaptations

Elephant Feeding Habits and Adaptations

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Mia Campbell

FREE Resource

The video explores how elephants in Luangwa seek nutrients and utilize forest resources. Adult females require significant food intake, and the matriarch employs strategies to ensure the family is fed. Elephants use their trunks to access food, and the matriarch's strength helps bring down entire trees, allowing even the young ones to feed. Despite appearing destructive, this behavior prevents total devastation of any single tree line.

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much food does an adult female elephant need daily?

300 pounds

200 pounds

100 pounds

400 pounds

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do elephants need to consume large amounts of food?

They need to store fat for migration.

They are preparing for hibernation.

They have a fast metabolism.

They assimilate only a small portion of what they eat.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a challenge faced by young elephants when feeding?

They prefer different food.

They cannot digest leaves.

They are unable to reach high branches.

They are afraid of heights.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What unique ability does the elephant's trunk provide?

Communicating with other animals

Swimming long distances

Stripping branches 20 feet up

Digging deep holes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What strategy does the matriarch use to feed the family?

She uses strength to bring down a tree.

She finds a new water source.

She shares her food with them.

She leads them to a new forest.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is the matriarch's action not considered destructive in Luangwa?

The trees grow back quickly.

The action is part of a conservation effort.

Elephants are always on the move.

The forest is too dense.