Defense Strategies
This large animal may charge if threatened.
Answer: What is the African elephant?
This African antelope can leap high into the air to confuse predators.
What is a springbok?
If a text states, “The ostrich spreads its wings to appear larger,” what survival strategy is being described?
Answer: What is intimidation or defense display?
A trait that helps an animal survive is called this.
Answer: What is an adaptation?
Both the springbok and ostrich survive by using this skill.
Answer: What is speed?
This animal may kick forward with powerful legs when cornered.
Answer: What is the ostrich?
This bird cannot fly but can run up to about 45 miles per hour.
What is an ostrich?
Which sentence best supports the idea that elephants protect their young?
Answer: Any sentence that describes adults forming a circle around calves.
A plant-eating animal like a springbok is called this.
Answer: What is a herbivore?
Unlike the elephant, the springbok survives mainly by using this strategy.
Answer: What is running or pronking?
This antelope uses high jumps to signal strength and confuse predators.
Answer: What is the springbok?
This animal uses its large ears to help regulate body temperature in hot climates.
What is an African elephant?
If a paragraph describes the springbok’s coloring blending with dry grass, what concept is shown?
Answer: What is camouflage?
The natural home of an animal is its ______.
Answer: What is habitat?
How are the elephant and ostrich different in how they defend themselves?
Answer: Elephants use size and strength, ostriches use speed and powerful kicks.
Why might traveling in herds benefit elephants?
Answer: Protection of young and strength in numbers.
This springbok behavior involves stiff-legged jumping high into the air.
What is pronking?
What text feature would help you quickly locate information about elephant habitats?
Answer: What is a heading or subheading?
An animal that hunts other animals is a ______.
Answer: What is a predator?
Which animal relies most on group protection and social structure?
Answer: What is the African elephant?
Which animal is most likely to rely on camouflage rather than size?
Answer: What is the springbok?
Explain how the ostrich’s long legs are an adaptation for survival.
They allow it to run very fast to escape predators.
Which detail would best support the claim that ostriches are well adapted to African grasslands?
Answer: A detail about speed, strong legs, or wide vision range.
When animals blend into their surroundings to avoid being seen, this is called ______.
Answer: What is camouflage?
Explain one similarity and one difference between the springbok and ostrich defense strategies.
Answer: Both use speed. Springbok pronks to confuse predators, ostrich runs and kicks.