| 1. Where are lions still found in the wild? | | | | TOPICS: In the wild, chimpanzees and orangutans |
| A. Africa south of the Sahara Desert | | | | are known to make simple tools, such as |
| B. Northwest India | | | | sharpened sticks used to extract insects from |
| C. Both A and B | | | | holes in tree trunks. Toolmaking involves a |
| D. The zoo | | | | preconceived image of what the tool will look like, |
| C. Both A and B | | | | a visualization ability that is only possible with an |
| TOPICS: Today, lions are found in the wild in only | | | | advanced brain. Orangutans have even been |
| two places on earth. About 100,000 lions survive | | | | observed untying knots, working out for |
| in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Another 300 | | | | themselves the steps necessary to achieve this |
| lions, called Asian lions, live in a reserve called the | | | | complex task. |
| Gîr National Park and Lion Sanctuary in | | | | 6. Which Zebra trait is NOT true? |
| northwest India. | | | | A. Zebras can recognize other zebras by the |
| 2. Elephants are the largest land animals and | | | | pattern of stripes on their bodies |
| among the longest-lived. How long does the | | | | B. Mountain zebras take a dust bath almost every |
| average elephant live? | | | | day |
| A. 100 years | | | | C. Grevy's zebra and the mountain zebra are |
| B. 60 years | | | | endangered due to illegal hunting and habitat |
| C. 40 years | | | | destruction |
| D. 20 years | | | | D. Larger than a horse |
| B. 60 years | | | | D. Larger than a horse |
| TOPICS: Highly intelligent and strong, elephants are | | | | TOPICS: Zebra, striped mammal native to Africa, |
| the largest land animals and are among the | | | | smaller in size than the related horse and greatly |
| longest-lived, with life spans of 60 years or more. | | | | resembling the wild ass in habit and form, having a |
| Healthy, full-grown elephants have no natural | | | | short, erect mane, large ears, and a tufted tail. |
| enemies other than humans. | | | | The stripes, which distinguish this animal from |
| 3. Apes are highly intelligent primates. How many | | | | other members of the horse family, serve as |
| species of ape are there? | | | | protective coloration in its natural habitat. |
| A. 2 | | | | 7. Despite their immense strength, lions do not |
| B. 13 | | | | have an easy life in the wild. They suffer from |
| C. 202 | | | | parasites and disease, they get injured or even |
| D. 313 | | | | killed while hunting or fighting with each other, and |
| B. 13 | | | | they may starve when food is scarce. How many |
| TOPICS: An ape is any of 13 species including | | | | cubs die before they are 1 year old? |
| chimpanzees, gorillas, gibbons, and orangutans. | | | | A. One-quarter |
| Apes are sometimes confused with monkeys, but | | | | B. Two-thirds |
| unlike their smaller primate counterparts, apes do | | | | C. Half |
| not have tails and their arms are usually longer | | | | D. Nearly all |
| than their legs. Apes live in tropical woodlands and | | | | B. Two-thirds |
| forests of Africa and Asia. | | | | TOPICS: About two-thirds of all cubs die before |
| 4. Hippopotamuses are often called river horses | | | | they are 1 year old. Adult males are usually old |
| for what trait? | | | | and battered by age 10, if they survive that long, |
| A. They are horses that only graze with a river in | | | | and they rarely live longer than 12 years. Females |
| sight | | | | may live longer, up to 16 years, and some are still |
| B. They are horses who choose to spend most | | | | breeding at 15. In zoos, where they receive |
| days in water | | | | veterinary care and plenty of food-and are not |
| C. They can breathe underwater thanks to the | | | | allowed to fight-lions can live as long as 25 years. |
| gills behind their ears | | | | 8. Fossils of elephant ancestors indicate they once |
| D. Their noses have special flaps that close when | | | | lived on what continents? |
| they go underwater | | | | A. Only Africa and Asia |
| D. Their noses have special flaps that close when | | | | B. Australia and Antarctica |
| they go underwater | | | | C. All except Australia and Antarctica |
| TOPICS: Hippopotamuses actually resemble pigs | | | | D. Europe and the Americas |
| more than horses. They have large heads with | | | | C. All except Australia and Antarctica |
| small eyes and small ears; their nostrils, | | | | TOPICS: Fossils of elephant ancestors indicate |
| surrounded by sparse, bristly hairs, are equipped | | | | they once lived on every continent except |
| with special flaps that close down when the animal | | | | Australia and Antarctica, but elephant habitat |
| goes underwater. | | | | today is restricted to Africa and parts of |
| 5. Great apes have well-developed brains and are | | | | Southeast Asia. Elephants occupy an array of |
| among the most intelligent of all animals. What | | | | environments in Africa and Southeast |
| trait do they demonstrate that we thought only | | | | Asia-grasslands, marshes, forests, deserts, and |
| humans possess? | | | | mountains. They are herbivores, or plant eaters, |
| A. Creating Haiku poetry | | | | and need great quantities of food to sustain their |
| B. Making alcoholic beverages | | | | massive size. They also need a lot of drinking |
| C. Space travel | | | | water and so are restricted to areas with ample |
| D. Making tools | | | | vegetation and adequate water. |
| D. Making tools | | | | |