Komodo dragon: Habitat to Habit

Question 1 · multiple choice

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

dry grasslands, shrublands, and desert plains shallow saline lagoons, mudflats, and coastal wetlands dry forest, savanna, and coastal scrub on Indonesian islands warm open ocean, coastal upwellings, and seasonal feeding areas

Question 2 · multiple choice

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

tiny animals, algae, or plant cells depending on species rodents, rabbits, insects, fruit, eggs, and scraps grasses, shrubs, hay, and other fibrous plants deer, pigs, smaller dragons, carrion, and other animals

Question 3 · multiple choice

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

often hunts by day and rests during hottest hours mostly active at dusk and night active by day and travels between fruiting trees often active in dim light and at night

Question 4 · multiple choice

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

walks and digs, can swim, and may cross water by holding its breath walks, sprints briefly, swims, and follows scent trails flies with deep wingbeats interrupted by glides walks along the bottom and swims with tail waves

Question 5 · multiple choice

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

uneven ear openings and a facial disc pinpoint sounds in darkness skin cells change colour and texture while flexible bodies squeeze through gaps forked tongue samples airborne chemicals while serrated teeth and venom weaken prey milkweed toxins stored from the caterpillar diet make adults distasteful

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which parent-and-young scenario belongs to a Komodo dragon?

gives birth to live young in shallow nursery areas eggs develop through larval and pupal stages before adulthood pups are born in a protected underground chamber females bury eggs in nests and can sometimes reproduce without a male

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which observation accurately describes communication or cooperation in a Komodo dragon?

mostly solitary, gathering around large carcasses mostly solitary except for mothers, cubs, and temporary gatherings mostly solitary except mothers with cubs and brief pairings pairs defend broad territories and may hunt separately

Question 8 · multiple choice

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

feeds within tiny moss and soil food webs acts as a top predator and scavenger on its islands controls rodents and disperses seeds from fruit grazes with less soil damage than hard-hoofed livestock

Question 9 · multiple choice

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

leans back on its tail and delivers strong kicks if trapped forms dense groups and flies to safer open water uses camouflage, a muscular tail, claws, teeth, and venom relies on enormous size and a thick spotted skin

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A komodo dragon young dragons spend much time in trees to avoid being eaten by larger adults.

True False