Lesson 31

Question 1

Pouch

Answer 1

Bag

Question 2

Rodent

Answer 2

Any of various small mammals with large sharp front teeth, such as mice and rats

Question 3

Reptile

Answer 3

An animal which produces eggs and uses the heat of sun to keep its blood warm

Question 4

Carnivore

Answer 4

Animal that eats a diet that is mainly or exclusively meat

Question 5

Herbivore

Answer 5

Animal that eats a diet that is mainly or exclusively grass/vegetation

Question 6

Predator

Answer 6

Animal that hunts/eats other animals

Question 7

Scavenger

Answer 7

Animal that feeds on dead animals which it has not killed itself

Question 8

Warm-blooded

Answer 8

Warm-blooded animals have temperatures that stay the same (opp. Cold-blooded)

Question 9

Docile

Answer 9

Behaves very gently

Question 10

Tame

Answer 10

Not afraid of humans, usually because of training or long involvement with humans

Question 11

Domesticated

Answer 11

Live with or are used by humans

Question 12

Savage

Answer 12

Extremely violent or wild

Question 13

Fierce

Answer 13

Behaves aggressively

Question 14

Natural habitat

Answer 14

Natural place for living and breeding

Question 15

Become extinct

Answer 15

Died out

Question 16

Game reserves / game parks

Answer 16

Areas of land where animals are protected from hunting

Question 17

Bird sanctuary

Answer 17

Protected natural area where birds can live and breed

Question 18

Animal (rescue) shelter

Answer 18

Place where stray pets that have lost their home are given food and a place to live

Question 19

Stray

Answer 19

A pet that no longer has a home or cannot find its home

Question 20

Blood sports

Answer 20

Sports whose purpose is to kill or injure animals

Question 21

Fur trade

Answer 21

The selling of animal furs for coats, jackets, etc

Question 22

Poachers

Answer 22

People who hunt animals illegally

Question 23

The ivory trade

Answer 23

The buying and selling of ivory from elephants’ tusks

Question 24

Animal rights activists

Answer 24

People who actively campaign for the protection and rights of animals

Question 25

Horn

Answer 25

Hard pointed, often curved, part growing from the head of an animal

Question 26

Mammal

Answer 26

Animal that gives birth to live babies, not eggs, and feeds them on its own milk