Vocabulary
Elephants Aka Zoology
Writing Skills 101
SF History
American Culture (Reading Content)
100

This is the name of the female leader in a mammal group. 

What is a matriarch?

100
These are some long-term effects of poaching. 

What are stressed behavior, developing populations of tuskless elephants, orphaned elephants, etc?

100

Give an example of inference vs. prediction. 

The car honking and tires screeching (infer a car crash) and calling the police or ambulance appearing next (prediction)

100

This is a famous landmark (place) that all tourists in SF visit. (think of your orientation)

What is the Golden Gate Bridge?

100

What was the famous coffee chain mentioned?

Starbucks

200

To evolve is to ____________________. 

What is develop and change over time?
200

Elephants are afraid of these tiny life forms, which are used sometimes by farmers. 

What are bees?

200

Methods of research involve typing in these terms, or ________. 

Keywords

200

This area of green is a park in the center of the city, and has several museums and nature areas.  

What is Golden Gate Park?

200

Which broadcasting system did we begin learning about?

PBS, a network of publicly supported television stations

300

Provide a synonym of what it means to grieve. 

To feel extremely sad, especially because a loved one has died

300

A matriarch is an elephant that can lead her herd, especially when ____________

There are droughts and not enough water can be found. Matriarchs can influence decisions, but not command the herd. 

300
The thesis appears in this paragraph. 

The first paragraph, last sentence (1-3 usually)

300

Reconstructed after the 1912 earthquake, it was designed based on its community and the cultural connections. 

(They spoke other languages, and this part still exists in SF)

What is Chinatown?

300

This is the best definition for a mission statement. 

What is the promise a company makes to its community, customers, and employees? 

400

Tusks can be defined as this. 

Two long teeth on either side of an elephant's trunk, based on genetics and not gender

400

In the article "Capturing Majesty," the perspective of comparing elephants to human behavior is done for what?

Provoking sympathy about the elephants' treatment, and stressed behaviors

400

These details involve the writing of an effective conclusion. 

What is using new words to explain the main points, not putting all main points in a sentence, avoiding phrases that state directly summarizing, etc 

400

Made for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition of cultures, it has been preserved and sits on the Marina on Baker St.

What is the Palace of Fine Arts?

400

These are some circuses mentioned in the zoology readings.

What are Barnum and Bailey or Ringling Bros?

500

To do something sustainably means _________?

To do something in a way that does not cause damage to the environment. 

500

Define conservation.

What is the protection of naturalk things such as animals, plants, forests
500

This process is used for a thesis driven essay. (3)

What is a general overview, narrowed topic, and a thesis statement?

500

This area of San Francisco was home to soldiers and used as a navy base. It is called...

What is the Presidio? (look up Lover's Lane for a workout!)

500

The elephant being researched as matriarch by Dr. Cynthia Moss was......?

Echo the elephant, a very resourceful elephant