Measured on the Run: teacher key

African Wild Dogs, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. Collars on wild dogs in Botswana measured how fast a pack runs in a chase. See how the pack lives and hunts, how many wild dogs are left and how the mother raises her pups in a den.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did the GPS collars on a pack in Botswana measure?
   • A top running speed in a chase (answer)
   • How many pups were born
   • How hot the ears were
2. How many toes does a wild dog have on each front foot?
   • Five
   • Four (answer)
   • Two
3. About how many African wild dogs are left in the wild as of November 2026?
   • About 6,600 or fewer (answer)
   • About 66 million
   • About 660
4. Who helps feed the pups?
   • Only the mother
   • The whole pack (answer)
   • Only the breeding pair
5. Wild dogs once lived across most of Africa south of the Sahara. What does the page suggest?
   • They live in fewer places now (answer)
   • They live in more places now
   • They have never moved
6. What does fragmentation mean in: habitat fragmentation?
   • Land cut into small pieces (answer)
   • A fast run
   • A type of collar

Words

• collar: neck band
• GPS: location tracker
• fragmentation: cut into pieces
• snares: wire loops
• litter: pups born together