Inside the World of the Tiger

Question 1 · multiple choice

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

humid West African forest floor and burrows open savanna, semi-desert, and dry grassland warm coral reefs with host sea anemones forests, grasslands, mangroves, and reed beds

Question 2 · multiple choice

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

deer, wild pigs, and other medium to large prey crabs, shrimp, fish, and molluscs caterpillars eat tree leaves while adults do not feed mainly fruit, plus insects and small animals

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which activity schedule best describes a Tiger?

often feeds during daylight and rests in groups often hunts from dusk through night basks by day and hunts in water often hunts separately at night after schooling by day

Question 4 · multiple choice

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

soars on thermals and swims using webbed feet swims with a powerful tail but moves awkwardly on land stalks silently, bursts forward, swims well, and can climb swims with a tall dorsal fin and wide sweeping turns

Question 5 · multiple choice

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

dense feathers, fat, and huddling reduce heat loss eyes move independently while a projectile tongue captures prey fused beak-like teeth crush shells and the stomach inflates with water vertical stripes break up its outline among vegetation and shadow

Question 6 · multiple choice

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

cubs remain with their mother while learning hunting skills 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

Question 7 · multiple choice

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

mostly solitary and territorial around feeding sites mostly solitary, communicating through scent, marks, and calls pairs share nesting duties and may use the same site repeatedly mostly solitary and gathers at some winter dens

Question 8 · multiple choice

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

controls small crustaceans and fish in coastal food webs caterpillars transfer tree energy to birds and other predators acts as a top predator that influences prey numbers and movement disperses large forest seeds far from parent trees

Question 9 · multiple choice

Which defence strategy is actually used by a Tiger?

uses pincers first and a relatively mild sting if necessary sprints, changes direction rapidly, and kicks forward dives among stinging tentacles when threatened uses concealment first and powerful claws and jaws if forced to fight

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A tiger oval red blood cells keep flowing when the animal is dehydrated.

True False