Brown bear: Habitat to Habit

Question 1 · multiple choice

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

rock pools, rocky coasts, and shallow seabeds humid West African forest floor and burrows forests, mountains, tundra, and river valleys open savanna, semi-desert, and dry grassland

Question 2 · multiple choice

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

marine algae scraped from rocks crabs, shrimp, fish, and molluscs caterpillars eat tree leaves while adults do not feed roots, berries, insects, fish, carrion, and mammals

Question 3 · multiple choice

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

activity varies, often increasing at dawn, dusk, or night near people workers remain active around the clock inside protected tunnels often feeds during daylight and rests in groups basks by day and hunts in water

Question 4 · multiple choice

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

walks through covered galleries between food and nest walks plantigrade, runs surprisingly fast, swims, and digs soars on thermals and swims using webbed feet swims with a powerful tail but moves awkwardly on land

Question 5 · multiple choice

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

dense feathers, fat, and huddling reduce heat loss eyes move independently while a projectile tongue captures prey stores large fat reserves before spending winter in a low-metabolism den fused beak-like teeth crush shells and the stomach inflates with water

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which parent-and-young scenario belongs to a Brown bear?

lays an egg enormous relative to the female’s body size the male carries fertilised eggs in a brood pouch and gives birth releases eggs and sperm into the water during synchronised spawning cubs are born in the winter den and nurse before spring emergence

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which observation accurately describes communication or cooperation in a Brown bear?

mostly solitary, though food-rich places can attract many individuals usually solitary, sometimes concentrating in shrinking pools mostly solitary and territorial around feeding sites pairs share nesting duties and may use the same site repeatedly

Question 8 · multiple choice

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

grazes algae and moves marine nutrients onto land spreads seeds, turns soil, and moves salmon nutrients inland controls small crustaceans and fish in coastal food webs caterpillars transfer tree energy to birds and other predators

Question 9 · multiple choice

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

withdraws into the shell and blocks the entrance with a claw uses pincers first and a relatively mild sting if necessary stands, huffs, bluff-charges, or fights when escape is not possible sprints, changes direction rapidly, and kicks forward

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A brown bear winter denning is not the same as the deep uninterrupted hibernation of some small mammals.

True False