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Our Planet: Jungles

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the richest habitat on Earth?

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Oceans

c)

Open Plains

d)

Rocky Cliff Faces

2.

How old is the rainforest located in the Congo?

a)

1,00,000 years

b)

1,800 years

c)

18 months

d)

18,000

3.

What animals are now critically endangered?

a)

Humans

b)

Rats

c)

Gorillas

d)

Cats

4.

Mbeli is a refuge from what for animals?

a)

Going to work

b)

People watching them

c)

Poaching

d)

Air

5.

What are the gorillas feeding on?

a)

Candy

b)

Fruit they picked

c)

Aquatic plants rich in salt

d)

Bugs on a stick

6.

What is the world's largest jungle covered island?

a)

New Guinea

b)

Hawaii

c)

Madagascar

d)

Australia

7.

Why does the male western parotia "clear his court" in the morning?

a)

He is looking for bugs

b)

He is just obsessed with cleaning

c)

He is building a nest

d)

He is looking for a mate

8.

What is an encouraging sign for the male?

a)

Her erect head feathers and quivering wings

b)

She keeps flying down to see him

c)

Her building a nest for him

d)

She flys away

9.

How old are the jungles in Borneo, Southeast Asia?

a)

10 years

b)

10,000 years

c)

130,000,000 years

d)

There are no jungles in Borneo

10.

What does the velvet silkworm do to the cockroach?

a)

They become friends and go on an adventure

b)

It injects it with digestive saliva and sucks out the insides

c)

The silkworm uses the cockroach for protection during its metamorphosis

d)

The silkworm tries to attack the cockroach but they both get eaten by a bird

11.

What gift does the treeshrew leave for the pitcher plant?

a)

Flowers

b)

A note asking for more nectar

c)

Fertilizer

d)

The DVD version of Fern Gully

12.

How long did it take for the relationship between the hemsleyana pitchers and the wooly bat to evolve?

a)

They became friends in the last decade or so

b)

They do not have a relationship at all

c)

Millions of years

d)

Thousands of years

13.

How tall is the four-month-old Philippines eagle chick?

a)

3 meters

b)

Nearly 1 meter

c)

Over 2 meters

d)

100 meters

14.

How big is the wingspan of the eagle?

a)

Two meters

b)

Ten meters

c)

Thirty meters

d)

One thousand meters

15.

The chick is fully independent after approximately how long?

a)

10 years

b)

2 years

c)

1 year

d)

30 years

16.

Why must the black spider monkey set foot on the ground?

a)

Salt

b)

Bugs

c)

Fruit

d)

Candy

17.

What is the Amazon's top predator?

a)

Shrimp

b)

Lions

c)

Jaguars

d)

Chimpanzee

18.

What animal is an indicator of a healthy forest?

a)

Humans

b)

Caribou

c)

The Avengers

d)

Frogs

19.

Working together, leaf cutter ants can strip a tree bare in what time period?

a)

A week

b)

A month

c)

A day

d)

A year

20.

How deep in the ground can leaf cutter ants go?

a)

10 years

b)

8 meters

c)

80 meters

d)

8 days

21.

What has taken control of the ant like a puppeteer?

a)

A human tied fishing string and is controlling it

b)

A local anteater is using mind control

c)

A parasitic fungus, Cordyceps

d)

A parasitic fungus, Toomuchtalking

22.

How does the Cordyceps fungus provide a "check and balance" in the jungle?

a)

Everything in the forest eats the fungus

b)

No one species can dominate

c)

The rainbows distract predators

d)

They make things decay quickly

23.

How old are Ellie and Eden?

a)

1,000,000 years old

b)

18 and 3 years old

c)

21 and 9 years old

d)

36 and 10 years old

24.

How does Lisa capture ants?

a)

Her fingers

b)

A fishing hook

c)

A stick

d)

Ant bait

25.

Who is the "King of the Jungle" at 30 years old and nearly 100 kilograms?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Pluto

c)

A gorilla

d)

Simba

26.

What is unique about these particular orangutans?

a)

They dye their hair to make themselves more orange

b)

They know how to chew gum

c)

They exhibit tool making with a stick

d)

They do not live in trees

27.

Nearly how many hectares of tropical rainforest are we losing every year?

a)

We are not losing any rainforest

b)

There is no rainforest left

c)

15 million

d)

15 billion

28.

How do jungles help cool our planet?

a)

They shade the globe

b)

People can play hide and seek in them, which makes the planet cooler

c)

They capture carbon

d)

People can't live in jungles so with less people there is less pollution