Zoo Habitats
This vocabulary word refers to a place where an animal finds the food, shelter, and water it needs to survive.
What is a Habitat?
This flightless bird from Africa is the largest bird in the world.
What is the ostrich?
This striped equine is related to the horse.
What is the zebra?
This African animal creates watering holes and pathways that benefit other species, earning it the title “ecosystem engineer.”
What is the elephant?
This mammal has the longest migration of any land animal.
What is the caribou/reindeer?
A bird habitat at the zoo would have several _____ in the enclosure.
What are Trees?
This tall animal has a purple tongue and can reach leaves high in the trees.
What is the giraffe?
This large, fluffy animal, once nearly extinct, was saved with help from zoo breeding programs.
What is the Giant Panda?
This rain-forest cat is an excellent swimmer and has rosette-shaped spots.
What is the jaguar?
What is the largest animal in the world?
What is the Blue Whale?
What specific kind of tree do koalas need in their zoo habitats to climb and eat?
What are Eucalyptus trees?
What is the only zoo mammal that can fly?
What are Bats?
What is the most endangered animal in the world right now?
What is the White Rhino?
This cold-weather species forms large colonies called “rookeries” during breeding season.
What are penguins?
This bird has the fastest diving speed of any animal on earth.
What is the peregrine falcon?
What habitat do the giraffe and lion enclosures mimic at the zoo?
What is Savanna?
Where do turtles lay their eggs?
Where is On the beach / In the sand?
These birds can rotate their heads up to 270 degrees.
What are owls?
This nocturnal primate with huge eyes is native to Madagascar’s forests.
What is the lemur?
This fish, capable of electrical discharges strong enough to stun prey, is not actually an eel.
What is the electric eel (a type of knifefish)?
The San Antonio Zoo is accredited by this major zoological association in the United States.
What is the AZA (Association of Zoos & Aquariums)?
Name an egg-laying mammal.
What is the Platypus or Echidna?
What famous zoo bird went extinct due to humans?
What is the Dodo Bird?
This reptile is the world’s largest living lizard.
What is the Komodo dragon?
What is Dr. Brown's favorite zoo animal?
What is the Polar Bear?