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Man and Manatee Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1-10.
1.

Where do Florida manatees choose to live along the Florida coast in winter?

a)

Fort Lauderdale

b)

Miami

c)

Kings Bay

d)

Gulf of Mexico

2.

What is the temperature of the water in Kings Bay where manatees stay in winter?

a)

25° Celsius

b)

15° Celsius

c)

20° Celsius

d)

30° Celsius

3.

What is the population of Florida manatees?

a)

8,000

b)

6,000

c)

4,000

d)

2,000

4.

What is the common ancestor of manatees?

a)

Lions

b)

Whales

c)

Elephants

d)

Dolphins

5.

What is the biggest threat to manatees from watercraft?

a)

Oil spills

b)

Injuries

c)

Noise pollution

d)

Overcrowding

6.

What is the main concern with overcrowding in Kings Bay?

a)

Lack of food for manatees

b)

Lack of space for tourists

c)

Stress for manatees

d)

Stress for visitors

7.

What is the annual tourism revenue brought to the area from tourists visiting manatees?

a)

$30 million

b)

$40 million

c)

$10 million

d)

$20 million

8.

What is the ratio of manatees' brains to their body size compared to other mammals?

a)

Highest

b)

Lowest

c)

Average

d)

Not mentioned

9.

How often do manatees breathe air?

a)

Every four minutes

b)

Every minute

c)

Every two minutes

d)

Every three minutes

10.

What do manatees use their whiskers for?

a)

Smelling

b)

Hearing

c)

Seeing

d)

Tasting

11.

What did you learn from the diagram that you did not learn from the reading?

a)

Manatees live in Florida.

b)

Manatees can't survive in cold water.

c)

Manatees eat 10 percent of their body weight in plants every day.

d)

Manatees have a shared ancestor with elephants.

12.

What text feature is shown in the picture?

(a)  

13.

The subheading "Overcrowding" in the picture tells me that the section below with be about what overcrowding is and why it is a problem. Select true or false below.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

What can the reader learn from the map?

a)

Where Florida is.

b)

Where Manatees live at different times of the year.

c)

Where the Atlantic ocean is.

d)

Where King's Bay is.

15.

Name a text feature.

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16.

Which text feature best supports the main idea of this paragraph?

a)

b)

c)

d)

17.

Which detail from the text supports the idea that Manatees don't want anything to do with people?

a)

Most visitors are respectful.

b)

Manatees are wild animals.

c)

If a manatee chooses to come closer, that's up to the manatee but swimmers should never crowd manatees.

d)

Don't get in the way when they are swimming.

18.

Which part of the selection can the reader find information about where manatees live in the winter?

a)

Manatees on the move

b)

Overcrowding

c)

The Perfect Home

d)

Making contact

19.

What caption would you write for this photograph?

a)

Most visitors are respectful.

b)

Some people try to ride the manatees.

c)

Overcrowding at King's Bay.

d)

Manatees live in the water.

20.

How would the book have been different if the author had not included text features?

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