WorksheetsWilder Places for Wild Things
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which animal poke stiff pieces of hay into an anthill to scoop out the baby food and
honey that curators hide inside?
beavers
leggy pink birds
chimps
elephants
The characteristics of the natural zoo are:
Natural zoos raise and sell animals to circuses, or even canned hunting.
Natural zoos do not promote animal rights, they only build to serve the purpose of making money from visitors
Natural zoos keep animals in cages and feed them when it's time to eat
Natural zoo encourage the animals to mate, to raise young and to develop the survival skills
the SSP’s rely on studbooks that keep track of zoo animals’ age and ancestry to........
help curators determine how to pair up males and females from member zoos to maintain the species’ health and avoid inbreeding
control the number of individuals of an animal as well as the animal's daily schedule such as mealtime, playtime, etc.
control the number of individuals of an animal as well as the animal's daily schedule such as mealtime, playtime, etc.
comparing the previous generation with the next generation through many stages such as changes in the living environment or the use of different foods
the nation’s 143 accredited
zoos and aquariums have spent more than $1 bilhon on renovation and
construction, much of it going to create habitats that immerse both animals and
visitors in the sights, sounds, feel and smell of the wild since (a) (year)
At New York’s Central Park Zoo, which reopened last year after a multimilhon-dollar overhaul, the lights in the ........................................................... house mimic seasonal changes in the austral day and night, which serve as a crucial cue for the birds’ breeding cycle.
white rhino
penguin
macaque
beaver
Why has a white rhino that had never mated during 10 years at the San Diego Zoo has sired 55 offspring since moving into a 110-acre area at the park 17 years ago?
because he feels safe to breed in a natural place
because he feels it's time for him to have a baby
because he found a suitable life partner in his new environment
because he has room to mark out his
territory and a harem from which to choose
the leggy pink birds never bred when they lived in two flocks of 50. But when merged into a group of 100 they began to..........
Build a house, lay eggs and take care of the young by the way the father goes to find food for the young
find a suitable mate and lay eggs
build little mud mounds in the lake shallows on which to lay their eggs
build small mud ledges and live together like neighbors
At the San Diego Zoo’s Sun Bear Forest, lion-tailed macaques are surrounded by jungle vines and (a)
LUCKY NUMBER ^-^
22
29
17
13
