Webpage safari

through the Sahara

of Africa

Look a
Lion!!!
Websites:
1. https://kidskonnect.com/animals/lion/
2. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/afr
ican-lion/

1.
What family does the African lion
belong to?
___________________________________________
2.
What do lions eat? Give two examples.
___________________________________________
3.
What are baby lions called?
___________________________________________
4.
What is a group of lions that stay and
hunt together called?
___________________________________________
5.
How much on average does a lion
weigh?
___________________________________________
6.
What is the African lions protection
status?

____________________________________
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Look a
giraffe!
Websites:
1. https://kidskonnect.com/animals/giraffe/
2. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/gir
affe/?source=A-to-Z

1.
About how much sleep does a giraffe
need?
___________________________________________
2.
How many years can giraffes live for?
___________________________________________
3.
What are baby giraffes called?
___________________________________________
4.
What are 3 noises that giraffes have
been known to make?
___________________________________________
5.
How fast can a giraffe run?
___________________________________________
6.
About how long is a giraffes tounge?
___________________________________________

Look a
Zebra!
Websites:
1. https://kidskonnect.com/animals/zebra/
2. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/ze
bra/?source=A-to-Z

1.
What are the three species of zebras in
Africa?
___________________________________________
2.
What is the average life span of a
zebra?
___________________________________________
3.
What is the male leader in a herd
referred to as?
___________________________________________
4.
What are the zebras main predators?
___________________________________________
5.
How do zebras communicate?
___________________________________________
6.
What is a baby zebra called?
___________________________________________

Look
an
Elephant!!!
Websites:
1. https://kidskonnect.com/animals/elephant/
2. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/
african-elephant/?source=A-to-Z

1.
What is the average lifespan?
___________________________________________
2.
What is the nose of a elephant called?
___________________________________________
3.
How much can an adult elephant eat in
one day?
___________________________________________
4.
How many muscles does the trunk
contain?
___________________________________________
5.
What are elephants usually hunted by
poachers for?
___________________________________________
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6.
What family do elephants decend from
in the ice age period?
____________________________________

Look a
Rhinoceros
Websites:
1. https://kidskonnect.com/animals/rhinoceros/
2. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bla
ck-rhinoceros/?source=A-to-Z

1. How long have rhinos been on earth?

____________________________________________
2. What is the life span of the rhinoceros?
____________________________________________
3. How fast can a rhino run?
____________________________________________
4. How many horns does the black Rhino
have
on
its
head?
______________________________________
5. How long does a mother and baby calf
stay together?
____________________________________________
6. How much does a baby calf weigh when it
is born?
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Answer key
Page 2, Lions:
1. Felines
2. Meat: carnivorous 1) wildebeest 2) zebras 3) ect.
3. Cubs
4. A pride
5. 300-500 pounds
6. Vulnerable
Page 3, Giraffe:
1. 10 minutes to 2 hours a day
2. 28 years
3. Calves
4. Cough, whistle, bellow, moo, grunt, snort, hiss
5. Short distance- 35 mph long distance- 10 mph for
hours
6. Around 21 inches
Page 4, Zebra:
1. Plains zebra, mountain zebra, and gravy zebra
2. 25 years
3. stallion
4. lions and hyenas
5. barking, snorting, whinnying
6. foal
Page 5, Elephant:
1. up to 70 years
2. a trunk
3. 300 pounds food
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4. 40,000 or 100,000
(articles say two different
things)
5. Ivory tusks
6. Mammoths and mastodons
Page 6, Rhino:
1. 50 million years
2. 35-40 years
3. 40 mph
4. 2
5. 2-4
6. 100 pounds

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