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Bats!!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many different types of bats exist?

a)

57

b)

about 1,200

c)

over 2,000

d)

1,000

e)

120

2.

Fruit bats are generally larger than insect-eating bats.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

What type of bat is this?

a)

wrinkled lip bat

b)

fringed lip bat

c)

vampire bat

d)

silky short-tailed bat

4.

There are three types of bats that drink the blood of animals like deer and are called (a)   bats. (7 letters, no capital letters or spaces!)

5.

Bats are active at night. This means they are (a)   . (9 letters, no capital letters, no spaces)

6.

Chiroptera means ________________.

a)

to have hand wings.

b)

to have winged feet.

c)

to have three fingers.

d)

to use echolocation.

7.

Big ​ (a)   help bats see by using sound.​

8.

What is echolocation?

a)

Echolocation is how bats locate insects in the night.

b)

Echolocation is how bats sleep at night.

c)

Echolocation is how bats use their eyes to find things.

d)

Echolocation is how bats find insects during the day.

9.

What type of bat is this?

a)

big-eared bat

b)

Amazonian bat

c)

false vampire bat

d)

spotted bat

10.

What type of bat is this?

a)

big-eared bat

b)

Amazonian bat

c)

false vampire bat

d)

spotted bat

11.

Bats have special (a)   so they don't get dizzy when hanging upside down.

12.

Baby bats are called ____.

a)

pips

b)

pups

c)

kittens

d)

cubs

13.

Bats are like humans because they both:

a)

can fly so high.

b)

don't need help as babies.

c)

have no hair.

d)

are mammals.

14.

In which country does the book talk about how people rescue bats.

a)

Canda

b)

Australia

c)

Brazil

d)

United States of America

15.

Which of the following myths is untrue?

a)

The saying "blind as a bat" is true. Bats can't see well!

b)

Bats are dirty.

c)

Bats get stuck in hair because they can't fly well.

d)

ALL OF THESE MYTHS ARE UNTRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

16.

The smallest bat in the world is the (a)   bat. (no capital letters or spaces!)

17.

Mexican free-tailed bats can fly up to _ thousand feet up in the sky.

(a)  

18.

The Hondurian white bat makes tents out of leaves to protect itself from constant _ . (no capitals or spaces)

(a)  

19.

What is the largest bat on the planet?

a)

flying dog bat

b)

hog-nosed bat

c)

whale bat

d)

flying fox

20.

Why are bats important?

Use details from the book (p. 27 especially) to identify at least 2 things bats do to help ecosystems.

You might start this by writing: "Bats are super important? They help ecosystems by.... They also..... This is important because....

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