Red fox: Clues from Nature

Question 1 · multiple choice

Choose the habitat that best matches the everyday needs of a Red fox.

woodlands, farms, grasslands, deserts, and cities sandy or muddy Atlantic coasts, bays, and estuaries films of water around moss, lichen, soil, and freshwater plants tropical and subtropical seas, seagrass beds, and nesting beaches

Question 2 · multiple choice

A scientist analyses food remains from a Red fox. Which result is most likely?

worms, insect larvae, crustaceans, and small fish rodents, rabbits, insects, fruit, eggs, and scraps zooplankton, eggs, larvae, and tiny drifting animals insects and other spiders

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which time-use clue would fit a Red fox rather than the other choices?

often hides by day and forages at night active by day most active from dusk to dawn, especially around people usually active by day

Question 4 · multiple choice

Which movement pattern makes sense for the body design of a Red fox?

runs rapidly on long legs climbs trunks with two toes forward, two backward, and a stiff tail brace glides over ground, climbs, and swims trots quietly and pounces high onto prey hidden under grass or snow

Question 5 · multiple choice

What specialised feature helps a Red fox solve an everyday survival problem?

large ears pinpoint small sounds while a bushy tail aids balance and warmth comb-like bill structures filter food while the head is held upside down forked tongue samples airborne chemicals while serrated teeth and venom weaken prey wide mouth and filter pads separate tiny prey from huge volumes of water

Question 6 · multiple choice

A field diary describes the early life of a Red fox. Which entry is correct?

females lay several clutches on tropical beaches during a season kits are raised in an underground earth and fed by adults eggs develop inside a water-filled burrow chamber the queen lays eggs and workers feed larvae different diets

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which relationship pattern is normal for a Red fox?

mostly solitary and den-based mostly solitary but gathers in huge overwintering clusters usually lives alone or in a small family group mostly solitary and strongly territorial around rich flower patches

Question 8 · multiple choice

Which ecosystem job can be connected to a Red fox?

predates aquatic invertebrates and small vertebrates consumes plankton and feeds turtles, fish, and other predators controls many small insects controls rodents and disperses seeds from fruit

Question 9 · multiple choice

What protection strategy best matches a Red fox's body and behaviour?

uses speed, zigzagging, dens, and a strong musky scent hard shell, spines, and a tail used to right the body enters cryptobiosis rather than fighting or fleeing uses a hard shell and powerful swimming to escape threats

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A red fox can use Earth’s magnetic field as one cue when pouncing on hidden prey.

True False