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Internet Scavenger Hunt-Answer Key

Animal Facts

 

 

Here are 5 websites where you can get animal facts.

  • search the first page of the website for a clue that will take you to another page
  • find the answer on the second or third page
  • write the answers on the answer sheet
  • repeat for each website

 

Jump to Site: 1 2 3 4 5

 

Go to Web site: #1 Kidport
Question 1: Find the pictures of three reptiles. What are they? 
Answer lizard, snake, alligator
Click on Kidport then click on reptiles
Source: http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Reptiles.htm
Question 2: How many species of birds are there in the world? 
Answer over 8,000
Click on Kidport then click on birds
Source: URL http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Birds.htm

Go to Web site #2 Yahooligans
Question 1: What do polar bears mainly eat?
Answer young seals,  walruses
Click on Yahooligans, click on mammals, click on polar bears
Source: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/species/4179.html
Question 2: What is the habitat of the bald eagle?
Answer: wetlands,   lakes,   rivers,   coastlines
Click on Yahooligans, click on birds, click on bald eagle
Source http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/species/2398.html

Go to the Web site: #3 Kidsgowild
Question 1: How much can an alligator snapping turtle weigh?
Answer: over 200 pounds
Click on Kidsgowild, click on alligator snapping turtle
Source http://kidsgowild.com/kidsgowild/animalfacts/87891/87931
Question 2: What does a snow leopard eat?
Answer: wild goats, sheep, wild boar, small mammals, some birds
Click on Kidsgowild, click on snow leopard
Source http://kidsgowild.com/kidsgowild/animalfacts/88075/88538

Go to Web site: #4 National Geographic
Question 1: How tall can giraffes grow to? 
Answer: 18 feet
Click on National Geographic, click on giraffes, click on fun facts
Source http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0111/giraffes2.html
Question 2: How much can tigers eat in one meal?
Answer: 12 pounds of meat
Click on National Geographic, click on tigers, click on fun facts
Source http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0012/tigers2.html

Go to Web site: #5 Kids net
Question 1: What are Plovers?
Answer: a kind of endangered bird
Click on Kidnet, click on plovers,
Source http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/g/greyplover/index.asp
Question 2: Is a Pika a bird, a mammal, or reptile?
Answer: mammal
Click on Kidnet, click on pika
Source http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/smgame/pikas.php

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Created by: Tracy Lahooti
Last Modified: November 11,2005
Haigh Elementary
Dearborn Public Schools
Created for MET6203, Computer Applications in Education, Lawrence Technological University