A Pack's Home Range: teacher key

African Wild Dogs, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. A wild dog pack needs a home range of hundreds to thousands of square kilometers, and wild dogs now live in far fewer countries than they once did. See how fast they run, how many are left and how the pups are raised.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How large can a wild dog pack's home range be?
   • 200 to 2,000 square kilometers (answer)
   • About 2 square kilometers
   • One square meter
2. In how many countries do wild dogs live as of November 2026?
   • 39
   • 14 (answer)
   • 3
3. How was the speed of 68.4 kilometers per hour found?
   • It was a guess from fact sheets
   • GPS collars measured it in a chase (answer)
   • A person timed it with a watch
4. Which speed on the page is called an estimate?
   • The 37 to 41 miles an hour on fact sheets (answer)
   • The 68.4 kilometers per hour
   • Neither one
5. Wild dogs once lived in 39 countries and now live in 14. What does that tell you?
   • They live in fewer places now (answer)
   • They moved to one country
   • They are everywhere
6. What does estimate mean in: an estimate, not a measurement?
   • A careful guess (answer)
   • An exact count
   • A fast run

Words

• estimate: careful guess
• fragmentation: cut into pieces
• snares: wire loops
• rabies: a disease
• antelope: gazelles, impalas