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WorksheetsThe Amazing World of Sea Otters Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Based on the text, what can you infer about the fur of sea otters?
It is very thin.
It changes color with the seasons.
It is waterproof.
No other animal has fur thicker than them.
What piece of text evidence best supports how sea otters use tools in the wild?
They use shells to dig in the sand.
They use leaves to build nests.
They use sticks to catch fish.
They use rocks to crack open hard-shelled prey, which shows they use tools to access food.
Based on the information provided, choose TWO pieces of evidence on how sea otters stay warm in cold ocean waters.
They have blubber.
Thick fur.
Huddle together in groups.
Up to one million hairs per square inch.
Based on the information provided, what can you infer about the eating habits of a typical adult sea otter?
Support your answer with details from the text.
They need to eat about 25% of their body weight daily, which suggests they have a high metabolism and require a lot of food to survive.
They need to eat about 10% of their body weight daily, which suggests they have a low metabolism and require little food.
They need to eat about 5% of their body weight daily, which suggests they can survive on very little food.
They need to eat about 50% of their body weight daily, which suggests they are constantly eating.
What can you infer about how sea otters locate their food based on the information provided?
They rely on their sense of smell to find prey.
They dive deep into the ocean to search for food.
They follow other animals to locate prey.
They use their sensitive whiskers to detect prey.
Based on the information provided, what can you infer a group of sea otters is called?
Support your answer with details from the text.
A raft.
A pod.
A school.
A pack.
Based on the information provided, what can you infer is the main reason sea otters hold paws while sleeping?
To catch prey.
To communicate with each other.
To stay warm.
To avoid drifting apart.
Based on the text, what can you infer is a reason sea otters were hunted in the past?
For their thick fur.
For their bones.
For their oil.
For their meat.
Based on sea otters eating habits what do you think would happen to the kelp forests if there were no longer any sea urchins in the ocean's ecosystem? Choose all that could apply.
The water would be too clean and no more salt would exist.
They'd have to plant kelp seeds.
Sea otters would have nothing to eat or would have to find an alternative.
The ocean's ecosystem would be at risk of being off balance.
Based on how sea otters learn to use tools how are they similar to humans?
They can be taught things.
By instinct.
By trial and error.
