Cheetah: Habitat to Habit

Question 1 · multiple choice

A rescue team is planning a habitat release for a healthy Cheetah. Which setting fits best?

open grasslands, scrub, and lightly wooded plains tropical reefs, lagoons, and productive coastal waters tropical savanna soils and large ventilated mounds large lakes, deltas, lagoons, and sheltered coasts

Question 2 · multiple choice

To avoid giving unsuitable food, which menu should a Cheetah receive in a specialist wildlife centre?

worms, insects, larvae, fruit, and other small foods small to medium antelopes, hares, and ground birds tiny crustaceans sucked through a tube-shaped snout sugars from symbiotic algae plus filtered plankton

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which observation plan is best aligned with a Cheetah's usual active period?

usually rises at night and retreats deeper by day mostly feeds at night often hunts in daylight when larger predators are less active active by day

Question 4 · multiple choice

Which movement clue would help identify a Cheetah without using colour or sound?

moves by jetting water from a funnel walks slowly and sways like a twig in wind flies between feeding areas and hangs acrobatically while building accelerates rapidly in a short chase using a flexible spine

Question 5 · multiple choice

A young engineer studies a Cheetah for a nature-inspired design. Which feature should be copied?

semi-retractable claws add grip while the tail helps steer large compound eyes and independently controlled wings track prey in flight nostril structures manage airflow while a third eyelid protects the eye dark skin absorbs heat and salt glands sneeze excess salt from the nose

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which parent-and-young scenario belongs to a Cheetah?

eggs are laid in a tunnel excavated in a riverbank cubs remain with their mother while learning to hunt females guard mound nests and may carry hatchlings to water adults build a foam nest where eggs and young receive protection

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which observation accurately describes communication or cooperation in a Cheetah?

mostly solitary but crowds around breeding ponds and food may queue and swap shells when a better empty shell appears females are mostly solitary while brothers may form coalitions mostly solitary but may tolerate others in roomy shelters

Question 8 · multiple choice

Which environmental change is most directly linked to the normal activities of a Cheetah?

turns soil and leaf litter and consumes many invertebrates preys on small crustaceans and provides food for larger fish filters water and builds calcium-carbonate habitat selects vulnerable prey and becomes food for scavengers when kills are stolen

Question 9 · multiple choice

How is a Cheetah most likely to respond when escape becomes difficult?

avoids fights by surrendering prey to stronger competitors uses size, speed, and deep-water escape rather than a venomous sting soldiers block tunnels or use large jaws while workers seal damage uses size, bill jabs, and group vigilance

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A cheetah cannot roar like a lion but uses chirps, purrs, growls, and calls.

True False