Quiz AnswersTracking Animal Movement
1. You are camping in the mountains and go outside one morning to see the garbage overturned and tracks in the mud next to the trash bins. The tracks are small and have five long toes with dots at the tip of each toe. The animal that made this mess is probably…
A. a cat.
B. a bear.
C. a raccoon.
D. a deer.
2. While hiking in the forest, you see a fresh set of animal tracks in the mud. They look like a wide human foot, with five same-sized toes and a large flat ball. There are marks above each toe. While you are examining the tracks, you hear a rustling in the bushes. You should…
A. Keep walking on the path and explore, hoping to catch sight of a deer.
B. whistle and call for your dog that is probably the animal that left these tracks.
C. look at your friend’s feet to see if he took his shoes off.
D. turn around and quietly leave because it is probably a bear!
3. Which of the following might represent the tracks of a rabbit running across the snow?
A. small tracks in groups of four separated by a longer distance
B. a single line of evenly spaced eight inch prints
C. a straight line, as if something had been dragged across the snow
D. a line of tiny three-toed tracks with circles
4. Which animal makes tracks that look somewhat like a zipper?
A. grasshoppers
B. frogs
C. ducks
D. elk
5. Coyotes are in the same family as
A. tigers
B. leopards
C. dogs
D. cats
6. Which of the following animals walks in a diagonal path?
A. bear
B. deer
C. rabbit
D. wild turkey
7. What is “scat?”
A. a type of bird dance
B. animal poop
C. plants that have been trampled by an animal
D. dog food
8. How would you know if your cat recently caught a mouse?
A. bloody paw prints in the cheese
B. a happy cat
C. bones in its scat
D. an angry call from the Disney company
9. Which of the following would be very useful when looking for a lost dog?
A. use another dog to follow its scent
B. look for paw prints in mud
C. check for broken branches or trampled flowers to find tracks
D. all of the above
10. There is a single line of tiny paw prints followed by a large dent in the snow with no prints beyond. Which scenario is plausible?
A. a goose was running on the ground and took off into the air to fly
B. a chipmunk ran one direction and then turned around and went back the other way
C. a mouse was captured by a hawk
D. a dog was walking on tiptoes and then dug a tunnel under the snow
11. What is a good method for tracking a clouded leopard, an animal that hunts at night?
A. a Crittercam
B. sitting in a Jeep with night vision goggles
C. a camera trap
D. scattering pans of glow-in-the-dark the paint throughout the territory
12. Where is the best place to set up a camera trap if you want to capture images of an Asian elephant?
A. on top of a large rock in the middle of a field
B. in the bushes near a waterhole
C. in the canopy of a tall set of trees
D. on the ground at the edge of a waterhole
13. What would a Crittercam allow us to do that we could not do scuba diving?
A. see the coral reefs and ecosystems
B. follow seals and other marine mammals throughout the ocean depths without having to wait for our bodies to adjust to cold and pressure
C. estimate the weight and size of seals
D. take underwater photographs
14. What would be the best way to attach a Crittercam to a giant sea turtle?
A. glue
B. suction cup
C. harness
D. fin clamp
15. How do scientists study how a dragonfly migrates?
A. attach a radio transmitter to its abdomen with superglue and follow it with a radio receiver on board an airplane
B. use satellite imagery to track the flight patterns
C. trace a line between individual droppings
D. follow the migratory patterns of Kingfishers, birds that eat dragonflies
16. What is a baby deer called?
A. a pup
B. a fawn
C. a fowl
D. a cub
17. Which of the following is an animal that eats both meat and plants?
A. omnivore
B. herbivore
C. carnivore
D. there are not any animals that eat both meat and plants
18. How can we help end the disappearance of the ocelot from Texas?
A. reduce habitat destruction
B. build tunnels under highways for ocelots to travel through
C. plant shrubs and bushes to provide cover
D. all of the above
19. Snakes use their tongues to
A. eat.
B. scare enemies away.
C. act mean towards other snakes.
D. smell.
20. Why are polar bears threatened?
A. people hunt them to make fur coats
B. global climate change threatens to destroy their habitat by melting polar ice
C. penguins are eating all of their fish
D. the Ozone Hole is leading to increased rates of cancer
21. What is the best way to study sea turtle migration?
A. looking for changes in the Earth’s magnetic field
B. follow a turtle in a boat
C. use a Crittercam
D. use satellite technology
22. Which of the following animals are marsupials and have pouches?
A. kangaroo
B. opossum
C. koala bear
D. all of the above
23. What type of transportation do scientists use to reach polar bears in the freezing Arctic?
A. helicopters
B. jet skis
C. pick-up trucks
D. jet planes
24. Researchers are tracking which of the following animal using cameras and satellites?
A. polar bears
B. sea turtles
C. elephant seals
D. all of the above
 

QuizTracking Animal Movement
1. You are camping in the mountains and go outside one morning to see the garbage overturned and tracks in the mud next to the trash bins. The tracks are small and have five long toes with dots at the tip of each toe. The animal that made this mess is probably…
A. a cat.
B. a bear.
C. a raccoon.
D. a deer.
2. While hiking in the forest, you see a fresh set of animal tracks in the mud. They look like a wide human foot, with five same-sized toes and a large flat ball. There are marks above each toe. While you are examining the tracks, you hear a rustling in the bushes. You should…
A. Keep walking on the path and explore, hoping to catch sight of a deer.
B. whistle and call for your dog that is probably the animal that left these tracks.
C. look at your friend’s feet to see if he took his shoes off.
D. turn around and quietly leave because it is probably a bear!
3. Which of the following might represent the tracks of a rabbit running across the snow?
A. small tracks in groups of four separated by a longer distance
B. a single line of evenly spaced eight inch prints
C. a straight line, as if something had been dragged across the snow
D. a line of tiny three-toed tracks with circles
4. Which animal makes tracks that look somewhat like a zipper?
A. grasshoppers
B. frogs
C. ducks
D. elk
5. Coyotes are in the same family as
A. tigers
B. leopards
C. dogs
D. cats
6. Which of the following animals walks in a diagonal path?
A. bear
B. deer
C. rabbit
D. wild turkey
7. What is “scat?”
A. a type of bird dance
B. animal poop
C. plants that have been trampled by an animal
D. dog food
8. How would you know if your cat recently caught a mouse?
A. bloody paw prints in the cheese
B. a happy cat
C. bones in its scat
D. an angry call from the Disney company
9. Which of the following would be very useful when looking for a lost dog?
A. use another dog to follow its scent
B. look for paw prints in mud
C. check for broken branches or trampled flowers to find tracks
D. all of the above
10. There is a single line of tiny paw prints followed by a large dent in the snow with no prints beyond. Which scenario is plausible?
A. a goose was running on the ground and took off into the air to fly
B. a chipmunk ran one direction and then turned around and went back the other way
C. a mouse was captured by a hawk
D. a dog was walking on tiptoes and then dug a tunnel under the snow
11. What is a good method for tracking a clouded leopard, an animal that hunts at night?
A. a Crittercam
B. sitting in a Jeep with night vision goggles
C. a camera trap
D. scattering pans of glow-in-the-dark the paint throughout the territory
12. Where is the best place to set up a camera trap if you want to capture images of an Asian elephant?
A. on top of a large rock in the middle of a field
B. in the bushes near a waterhole
C. in the canopy of a tall set of trees
D. on the ground at the edge of a waterhole
13. What would a Crittercam allow us to do that we could not do scuba diving?
A. see the coral reefs and ecosystems
B. follow seals and other marine mammals throughout the ocean depths without having to wait for our bodies to adjust to cold and pressure
C. estimate the weight and size of seals
D. take underwater photographs
14. What would be the best way to attach a Crittercam to a giant sea turtle?
A. glue
B. suction cup
C. harness
D. fin clamp
15. How do scientists study how a dragonfly migrates?
A. attach a radio transmitter to its abdomen with superglue and follow it with a radio receiver on board an airplane
B. use satellite imagery to track the flight patterns
C. trace a line between individual droppings
D. follow the migratory patterns of Kingfishers, birds that eat dragonflies
16. What is a baby deer called?
A. a pup
B. a fawn
C. a fowl
D. a cub
17. Which of the following is an animal that eats both meat and plants?
A. omnivore
B. herbivore
C. carnivore
D. there are not any animals that eat both meat and plants
18. How can we help end the disappearance of the ocelot from Texas?
A. reduce habitat destruction
B. build tunnels under highways for ocelots to travel through
C. plant shrubs and bushes to provide cover
D. all of the above
19. Snakes use their tongues to
A. eat.
B. scare enemies away.
C. act mean towards other snakes.
D. smell.
20. Why are polar bears threatened?
A. people hunt them to make fur coats
B. global climate change threatens to destroy their habitat by melting polar ice
C. penguins are eating all of their fish
D. the Ozone Hole is leading to increased rates of cancer
21. What is the best way to study sea turtle migration?
A. looking for changes in the Earth’s magnetic field
B. follow a turtle in a boat
C. use a Crittercam
D. use satellite technology
22. Which of the following animals are marsupials and have pouches?
A. kangaroo
B. opossum
C. koala bear
D. all of the above
23. What type of transportation do scientists use to reach polar bears in the freezing Arctic?
A. helicopters
B. jet skis
C. pick-up trucks
D. jet planes
24. Researchers are tracking which of the following animal using cameras and satellites?
A. polar bears
B. sea turtles
C. elephant seals
D. all of the above
 

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