Wildlife Jeopardy

Wildlife Animals

100

Is known for surrounding its calves in a circle to protect them from predators?

Musk Ox

200

This animal can jump over 8 ft in the air?

Whitetail deer

300

This animal closely resembles the Arkansas Razorbacks Mascot?

Wild Boar

400

This animal has spots and a white bib on their neck?

Axis

500

Is the mascot for the Colorado Buffaloes

Ralphie the Buffalo

FOTD Animals

100

It has a long, spiraled tooth that can grow up to ten feet; this tooth is actually a sensitive organ capable of detecting changes in the environment.

Narwhal

200

What animal has a body part that contains over 40,000 muscles and can pick up objects as small as a single grain of rice; They also use low-frequency sounds that can travel several miles through the ground?

Elephant

300

 It’s the only mammal with large protective keratin scales; when threatened, it curls into a tight ball that predators struggle to open.

Pangolin

400

 It has no teeth at all; its tongue can flick in and out 150 times per minute to catch insects.

Anteater

500

 It senses electrical signals from prey through its bill; males have venomous spurs on their hind legs.

Platypus

Terminology

100

What do you call a male sheep?

Ram

200

When a mule deer's antlers are made equally forked it is referred to as what?

Dichotoumas, or Bifurcated

300

A plant or animal not native to an area that causes harm to the environment

Invasive Species

400

What is a baby Bison called?

Calf

500

An area of land where all the water drains into the same river, lake, or ocean

Watershed

Crossword Facts

100

This animal has a greyish strip of color around their neck?

Collared Peccary

200

Known as the second fasted land mammal?

Pronghorn Antelope

300

Uses its antlers to fight other bulls over cows?

Elk

400

Known for their keen sense of smell, they can "wind" their predators?

Whitetail Deer

500

They have spots and a white bib on their neck?

Fallow

Did You Know What Animal

100

This animal has three hearts and can squirt ink when threatened?

Octopus

200

This animal moves so slowly that algae can grow on its fur?

Sloth

300

This large green parrot from New Zealand is nocturnal and cannot fly?

Kakapo

400

This lemur from Madagascar taps on wood with its long finger to find insects?

Aye-Aye

500

What was the name of the alligator snapping turtle in the video we watched in class last Friday?

Raphael