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WorksheetsReally Wild Animals - Wonders Down Under
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Australia is often called the "Land Down Under" because it is located completely south of
the Prime Meridian
North America
the Equator
Antarctica
Animals that breathe air, have hair and feed their young with milk are called
mammals
marsupials
monotremes
The movie introduced you to a koala sanctuary to show you how some people are helping koalas survive despite:
a lack of food
danger from predators
danger from prey
destruction of their habitats
Animals that carry their very young offspring in pouches are:
mammals
monotremes
marsupials
Kangaroos travel in a group called a:
pack
herd
mob
flock
What does a dingo do that your dog doesn't?
agressively pursue every potential meal
has a pouch
bark or howl
use a credit card
Why are some living things in Australia so "weird"?
Only weird animals are allowed to live there.
Australia is isolated.
to attract tourists
Kangaroos eat 14 pounds of this daily.
fruit
vegetables
grass
fish
The mudskipper is a
fish
lizard
marsupial
mammal
This animal has a bill, webbed feet, a pouch and lays eggs.
echidna
bat
mudskipper
platypus
This animal makes a tunnel of bones and shells to attract a mate.
tree kangaroo
bowerbird
lyrebird
quoll
This bird is really good at imitating sounds like other birds or construction equipment:
bowerbird
mallee fowl
lyre bird
kookaburro
This bird is taller than the average man and its egg is heavier than a pound:
kookaburro
emu
lyre bird
bowerbird
This bird builds a "self-heating" nest mound:
mallee fowl
lyre bird
emu
bowerbird
This animal lives in the outback, climbs trees and looks scary:
frog
numbat
frilled lizard
koala
The numbat prefers ___, but the thorny devil eats ___
termites, ants
ants, termites
fish, snakes
snakes, fish
This marsupial is "recklessly cute" and sleepy. He spends 6 months in Mother's pouch and then graduates to a position on her back.
fruit bat
dingo
flying possum
koala
