wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Botswana Animals

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a young polecat called?

a)

Kit

b)

Cull

c)

Cinquium

d)

Denizen

2.

Which mammal produces it's own sunscreen lotion?

a)

Hippo

b)

Elephant

c)

Giraffe

d)

Buffalo

3.

How do we refer to an animal that is active during the day?

a)

Nocturnal

b)

Diurnal

c)

Taxidermy

d)

Zoonosis

4.

What is a lek and which antelope in Botswana use them for mating?

a)

A traditional area where males gather during the mating season to attract females- Lechwe

b)

A traditional area where males gather during the mating season to attract females - Kudu

c)

A traditional area where males gather during the mating season to attract females - Impala

d)

A traditional area where males gather during the mating season to attract females - Tsessebe

5.

What do we call a group of rhinos?

a)

Crash/stubbornness/ herd

b)

Pride/flock/warren

c)

Cete/clan/colony

6.

What do you call a group of baby wild cats?

a)

Holt

b)

Kindle

c)

Pelt

d)

Pronk

7.

What do Tsessebe eat?

a)

Berries

b)

Dung

c)

Vermin

d)

Grass

8.

What do we call an animal that moves from one area to another to find food?

a)

Emigrant

b)

Migrant

c)

Immigrant

9.

What do you call an animal that is hunted and killed by other animals?

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

c)

Cull

d)

Musth

10.

What do we call animal transmitted diseases such as rabies?

a)

Zoophile

b)

Zoonosis

c)

Etholonosis

d)

Dreynosis

11.

What do we call the body of an animal after it has been slaughtered or killed?

a)

Denizen

b)

Carcass

c)

Carcase

d)

Sett

12.

What is a group of hares called?

a)

Warren/Drone/Zigzag/Husk

b)

Hob/Jill/Troop

c)

Leap/Prowl/Cartload

13.

What do we call the jaws and nose of an animal?

a)

Snout/Muzzle

b)

Cull

c)

Holt

d)

Sett

14.

What is the Urdu word for the aggressive and disturbed rotting behaviour of elephant bulls?

a)

Drey

b)

Musth

c)

Cinquium

d)

Denizen

15.

What constitutes a sitatungas main diet?

a)

Grass

b)

Papyrus heads

c)

Berries

d)

Harvester termites

16.

What term do we use for selective killing of animals, especially unwanted, surplus or weak ones?

a)

Cull

b)

Pelt

c)

Fauna

d)

Sett

17.

What do we call the light or coloured markings on an animal's coat?

a)

Flash

b)

Pronk

c)

Holt

d)

Form

18.

What is a young hare called?

a)

Leveret

b)

Farrow

c)

Rut

19.

What do we call small mammals such as rats that are annoying and harmful to humans?

a)

Vermin

b)

Rodent

c)

Denizen

d)

Farrow

20.

How do we refer to an animal that is active during the night?

a)

Nocturnal

b)

Diurnal

c)

Sett

d)

Drey

21.

Are giraffes born with horns?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Occasionally

d)

Very rarely

22.

What do we call the preparing and stuffing of animal pelts and skins?

a)

Taxidermy

b)

Dassie

c)

Form

d)

Anthology

23.

What term do we use for taming a wild animal to live with man?

a)

Domesticate

b)

Cinquium

c)

Hyrax

d)

Holt

24.

What is Coprophagy and name the animal is Botswana that regularly does this?

a)

Eating dung - Giraffe

b)

Eating dung - beetles

c)

Eating dung - harvested termites

d)

Eating dung - hares

25.

What do we call breeding season for antelope?

a)

Fauna

b)

Rut

c)

Farrow

d)

Pronk

26.

Do fruit bats use echolocation?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Occasionally

d)

Very rarely

27.

What is a zoophile?

a)

An animal lover

b)

The study of animals

c)

Someone who hunts animals

28.

How do we refer to the dominant Male or female of any group of animals?

a)

Leader

b)

Alpha

c)

There is no special name

d)

Denizen

29.

Which is larger: the Male or female spotted hyena?

a)

Male

b)

Female

c)

They are the same size

30.

Do baboons eat meat?

a)

Yes, occasionally

b)

Yes, very rarely

c)

No