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The Giraffe Who Was Afraid of Heights - For Creative Minds

 

 

 

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1. What is an adaptation?

When a family takes care of a baby animal who doesn’t have parents
A behavior that helps an animal survive where they live
Another name for the African Savannah
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2. The giraffes tongue is considered an adaptation because:

It's extra long
It breaks leaves off the tree easily
Both of these are correct
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3. What body part helps giraffes standing and running on the rough and uneven land?

Hoofed feet
Long legs
Spots of different sizes and colors on their skin
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4. Vervet Monkeys have long, strong tails. The tail is used:

Like a sword to fight off enemies
To balance as it moves through the trees
To swing from branch to branch
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5. Hippos’ feet:

Are just like humans, with five toes and no webs
Have no toes and are completely webbed
Are special to help them “walk” underwater, with four toes and small webs

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6. Crocodiles can see underwater because:

They have see-through eye lids
They open their eyes underwater
Their eyes are on the top of their head and they never go completely underwater
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7. How tall is a full grown giraffe?

6 feet
10 feet
16 feet
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8. Vervet monkeys are found in both Africa and parts of the Caribbean. How did the monkeys most-likely cross the Atlantic Ocean?

The most likely swam across the Atlantic Ocean
They most likely have been there for forever and were there before any humans
They are descendants of monkey brought over on ships as pets by settlers and explorers
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9. A hippopotamus is an herbivore. What does this mean?

They eat only plants
They eat both animals and plants
They eat only animals
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10. Baby hippos are born

On land
In water
They can be born both on land and in water

 
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