Inside the World of the Giraffe

Question 1 · multiple choice

Which field camp would place a researcher closest to the natural home of a Giraffe?

mangroves, estuaries, and lowland streams open woodland and savanna with scattered tall trees tropical sandy seabeds, lagoons, and coral reefs Antarctic sea ice and surrounding ocean

Question 2 · multiple choice

Which food tray most closely copies what a Giraffe normally finds in nature?

insects, spiders, worms, and other forest-floor invertebrates insects, snails, worms, small animals, pet food, and scraps mostly leaves, flowers, and seed pods reached high in trees algae, carrion, detritus, and small animals

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which activity schedule best describes a Giraffe?

feeding and migration activity varies with season and river flow hunts by day in warm conditions hunts by day, often when flying prey is active often browses in the cooler hours and rests in short periods

Question 4 · multiple choice

A Giraffe must travel through its habitat. Which movement strategy does it actually use?

paces by moving both legs on one side before the other side swims upstream using bursts, leaps, and precise current reading flies forward, backward, sideways, and can hover dives in a high-speed stoop and strikes or grabs prey

Question 5 · multiple choice

A Giraffe succeeds in its habitat partly because of which adaptation?

uses the sun, moon, and polarised sky light to travel in a straight line a long prehensile tongue helps strip leaves from thorny branches a streamlined bill and eye adjustments help judge prey through refracting water pressure sensors around the jaws detect tiny ripples made by prey

Question 6 · multiple choice

A wildlife nursery prepares for a young Giraffe. Which developmental fact should guide the team?

one chick is raised slowly after a lengthy incubation lays paired hard-shelled eggs attached to a protected surface a newborn drops safely to the ground during a standing birth usually gives birth to one well-developed pup after internal development

Question 7 · multiple choice

A group-behaviour study follows a Giraffe. Which result should the team expect?

males defend calling sites while parents provide unusual care mostly solitary but may gather around food mostly solitary but tolerates others on the same plant forms loose groups whose membership can change frequently

Question 8 · multiple choice

If Giraffe numbers fell sharply, which ecosystem service could be affected?

prunes tree canopies and moves seeds between feeding places turns and mixes forest litter while hunting invertebrates consumes many invertebrates but can disrupt ecosystems where introduced cleans carrion and recycles organic material

Question 9 · multiple choice

Which defence strategy is actually used by a Giraffe?

dives quickly and uses sharp dorsal spines if swallowed delivers powerful kicks when threatened by large predators ejects sticky tubes or internal organs in some species and later regrows them groups together and dives away rather than fighting large predators

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A giraffe each individual has a stripe pattern different from every other zebra.

True False