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Really Wild Animals - Wonders Down Under

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Australia is often called the "Land Down Under" because it is located completely south of

a)

the Prime Meridian

b)

North America

c)

the Equator

d)

Antarctica

2.

Animals that breathe air, have hair and feed their young with milk are called

a)

mammals

b)

marsupials

c)

monotremes

3.

The movie introduced you to a koala sanctuary to show you how some people are helping koalas survive despite:

a)

a lack of food

b)

danger from predators

c)

danger from prey

d)

destruction of their habitats

4.

Animals that carry their very young offspring in pouches are:

a)

mammals

b)

monotremes

c)

marsupials

5.

Kangaroos travel in a group called a:

a)

pack

b)

herd

c)

mob

d)

flock

6.

What does a dingo do that your dog doesn't?

a)

agressively pursue every potential meal

b)

has a pouch

c)

bark or howl

d)

use a credit card

7.

Why are some living things in Australia so "weird"?

a)

Only weird animals are allowed to live there.

b)

Australia is isolated.

c)

to attract tourists

8.

Kangaroos eat 14 pounds of this daily.

a)

fruit

b)

vegetables

c)

grass

d)

fish

9.

The mudskipper is a

a)

fish

b)

lizard

c)

marsupial

d)

mammal

10.

This animal has a bill, webbed feet, a pouch and lays eggs.

a)

echidna

b)

bat

c)

mudskipper

d)

platypus

11.

This animal makes a tunnel of bones and shells to attract a mate.

a)

tree kangaroo

b)

bowerbird

c)

lyrebird

d)

quoll

12.

This bird is really good at imitating sounds like other birds or construction equipment:

a)

bowerbird

b)

mallee fowl

c)

lyre bird

d)

kookaburro

13.

This bird is taller than the average man and its egg is heavier than a pound:

a)

kookaburro

b)

emu

c)

lyre bird

d)

bowerbird

14.

This bird builds a "self-heating" nest mound:

a)

mallee fowl

b)

lyre bird

c)

emu

d)

bowerbird

15.

This animal lives in the outback, climbs trees and looks scary:

a)

frog

b)

numbat

c)

frilled lizard

d)

koala

16.

The numbat prefers ___, but the thorny devil eats ___

a)

termites, ants

b)

ants, termites

c)

fish, snakes

d)

snakes, fish

17.

This marsupial is "recklessly cute" and sleepy. He spends 6 months in Mother's pouch and then graduates to a position on her back.

a)

fruit bat

b)

dingo

c)

flying possum

d)

koala