Quiet Feet and Tufted Ears: teacher key

Bobcats, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. Find out how a bobcat hunts without making noise, where it makes its den and how its kittens grow up.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does a bobcat do with its back feet when it hunts?
   • It drags them
   • It puts them where its front feet stepped (answer)
   • It stamps them loudly
2. How far can a bobcat leap?
   • As far as 2 feet
   • As far as 120 feet
   • As far as 12 feet (answer)
3. What does it mean to be a habitat generalist?
   • To live in many kinds of places (answer)
   • To live in only one forest
   • To sleep all winter
4. Why do bobcats step in the same spots with their back feet?
   • It makes them faster
   • It reduces noise when they hunt (answer)
   • It keeps their feet warm
5. When do kittens begin to leave the den?
   • At two days old
   • At one year old
   • At about four weeks old (answer)
6. What does a bobcat do in winter?
   • It stays active all year (answer)
   • It hibernates
   • It moves to Mexico

Words

• carnivore: meat eater
• generalists: uses many habitats
• hibernate: sleep through winter
• territory: an animal's area
• tufts: little fur bunches