WorksheetsCourse 1 - Ignite Walk the Zoo
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 43mins
What is the name of your team?
What is the name of the members of your team?
Who is your Advisory Period Teacher?
Read the description about the ankle rotation of the Clouded Leopard. What type of angle is formed with this ankle rotation?
right angle
acute angle
straight angle
Read the descriptions about the Black and White Colobus. Take note of their standing guard behavior. What word would best describe their behavior?
aggressive
independent
protective
Read about how a White - Cheeked Gibbon swing from one branch to another. What is the distance that a white - cheeked gibbon can travel in one swing?
30 feet
40 feet
50 feet
60 feet
Find the White-Faced Saki. Read the description of this primate. What word in the description means active during the day and sleeps at night?
Find the information about the Sumatran Tiger, and how powerful it is in dragging its prey. From this information, a 250 lbs Sumatran Tiger can drag prey as heavy as (a)
1000 lbs
600 lbs
700 lbs
800 lbs
900 lbs
Visit the Tiger viewing area, and find information about how long Tigers sleep and rest. How many hours do they rest and sleep during the day?
15 hours/day
18 hours/day
20 hours/day
22 hours/day
Find where the otters are. Why are their whiskers important?
Their whiskers help them smell their food.
Their whiskers help them detect the movement in the water to find their meal.
Their whiskers help them find their offsprings who may be lost.
Their whiskers help them determine how deep the waters are.
Visit the Herpetarium. What do you notice is the common characteristic among the animals in this section of the zoo?
Find the giant anteater. A giant anteater can flick its tongue in and out 150 times. How long is a giant anteater's tongue?
(a)
Find the oldest land vertebrate: the Galapagos Tortoise. Did you know that a Galapagos Turtle can live more than 100 years?
Here's a question for you: what is the difference between the weight between a male and a female Galapagos turtle?
(a)
You are now in the Wings of Wonder section of the zoo where you can find several bird species. Read the descriptions of each bird specie in this section, taking note of the wingspan of each. Did you know that birds with long and narrow wings help birds fly long distances at steady speeds? Birds with short, broad wings give birds the ability to change directions quickly.
Here's your question: which bird from this section of the zoo has the largest wingspan?
Ruppell's griffon
Vulture
Maguari Stock
Blue Winged Goose
Spectacled Owl
A bird with a short wingspan can change directions very quickly. Which of the birds in this area of the zoo can change directions the fastest?
Maguari Stork
Vulture
Blue-Winged Goose
Red- legged Serienna
Time to find the penguins. Look at the roof of the enclosure that partly covers the pool, providing both a shady as well as an open area for the penguins. Test your math here. What type of triangle do you notice in the roof?
isosceles triangle
equilateral triangle
right triangle
How are you with computing for the average number?
African penguins spend most of their life in the water. The cool waters off the coast of South Africa, where the African penguins live, range in temperature from 41-68°F. What is the average temperature of these waters?
53.5 degrees F
54.5 degrees F
55.5 degrees F
56.5 degrees F
Look for the fastest land animal: the Cheetah. How fast can a cheetah run based on the description?
(a)
Find the 3rd largest mammal on Earth - the Hippo! Observe the hippos as they eat. Estimate how wide the hippo can open its mouth in degrees. You can also use the video (QR Code).
90 degrees
45 degrees
150 degrees
Find the world's largest porcupine. Weighing as heavy as 5 gallons of water, how much does it weigh in LBS?
(a)
As you continue walking through the zoo, find the Chimpanzees. What is one reason for it becoming extinct?
logging
poaching
The chimpanzee in the Dallas Zoo has their names. Find this information. Who among our Chimpanzee friends at the zoo enjoys walking on two feet compared to the others?
(a)
How much do you know about Crocs? Nile Crocodiles are attentive parents. They deposit between 40 and 60 eggs. How many days before crocodile eggs hatch?
30 days (1 month)
30 - 60 days (1 - 2 months)
80 - 90 days (2.5 - 3 months)
Visit the Giants of the Savanna Section of the Dallas Zoo. What is one animal do you find here?
While here, find and observe a stationary cheetah. Estimate the angle between its neck and its back. What type of angle is the giraffe’s neck–back angle?
What is one way that we can support the animals in the zoo?
