WorksheetsBotswana Animals
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is a young polecat called?
Kit
Cull
Cinquium
Denizen
Which mammal produces it's own sunscreen lotion?
Hippo
Elephant
Giraffe
Buffalo
How do we refer to an animal that is active during the day?
Nocturnal
Diurnal
Taxidermy
Zoonosis
What is a lek and which antelope in Botswana use them for mating?
A traditional area where males gather during the mating season to attract females- Lechwe
A traditional area where males gather during the mating season to attract females - Kudu
A traditional area where males gather during the mating season to attract females - Impala
A traditional area where males gather during the mating season to attract females - Tsessebe
What do we call a group of rhinos?
Crash/stubbornness/ herd
Pride/flock/warren
Cete/clan/colony
What do you call a group of baby wild cats?
Holt
Kindle
Pelt
Pronk
What do Tsessebe eat?
Berries
Dung
Vermin
Grass
What do we call an animal that moves from one area to another to find food?
Emigrant
Migrant
Immigrant
What do you call an animal that is hunted and killed by other animals?
Predator
Prey
Cull
Musth
What do we call animal transmitted diseases such as rabies?
Zoophile
Zoonosis
Etholonosis
Dreynosis
What do we call the body of an animal after it has been slaughtered or killed?
Denizen
Carcass
Carcase
Sett
What is a group of hares called?
Warren/Drone/Zigzag/Husk
Hob/Jill/Troop
Leap/Prowl/Cartload
What do we call the jaws and nose of an animal?
Snout/Muzzle
Cull
Holt
Sett
What is the Urdu word for the aggressive and disturbed rotting behaviour of elephant bulls?
Drey
Musth
Cinquium
Denizen
What constitutes a sitatungas main diet?
Grass
Papyrus heads
Berries
Harvester termites
What term do we use for selective killing of animals, especially unwanted, surplus or weak ones?
Cull
Pelt
Fauna
Sett
What do we call the light or coloured markings on an animal's coat?
Flash
Pronk
Holt
Form
What is a young hare called?
Leveret
Farrow
Rut
What do we call small mammals such as rats that are annoying and harmful to humans?
Vermin
Rodent
Denizen
Farrow
How do we refer to an animal that is active during the night?
Nocturnal
Diurnal
Sett
Drey
Are giraffes born with horns?
Yes
No
Occasionally
Very rarely
What do we call the preparing and stuffing of animal pelts and skins?
Taxidermy
Dassie
Form
Anthology
What term do we use for taming a wild animal to live with man?
Domesticate
Cinquium
Hyrax
Holt
What is Coprophagy and name the animal is Botswana that regularly does this?
Eating dung - Giraffe
Eating dung - beetles
Eating dung - harvested termites
Eating dung - hares
What do we call breeding season for antelope?
Fauna
Rut
Farrow
Pronk
Do fruit bats use echolocation?
Yes
No
Occasionally
Very rarely
What is a zoophile?
An animal lover
The study of animals
Someone who hunts animals
How do we refer to the dominant Male or female of any group of animals?
Leader
Alpha
There is no special name
Denizen
Which is larger: the Male or female spotted hyena?
Male
Female
They are the same size
Do baboons eat meat?
Yes, occasionally
Yes, very rarely
No
