A Territory of Their Own: teacher key

Cougars, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. Cougars have about 40 names and live from Canada to Chile. Read how they hunt, how kittens grow, and how young cougars find a place of their own.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What are cougars called in Florida?
   • Florida panthers (answer)
   • Florida bears
   • Florida lions
2. Which animal has the largest range of any wild land mammal in the Western Hemisphere?
   • The cougar (answer)
   • The mouse
   • The whale
3. How fast can a cougar go in a sprint, according to zoos?
   • Up to 5 miles per hour
   • Up to 50 miles per hour (answer)
   • Up to 500 miles per hour
4. A cougar's diet depends on where it lives. What does that tell you?
   • Cougars in different places may eat different animals (answer)
   • All cougars eat the same food
   • Cougars do not eat
5. What happens to a cougar's spots as it grows?
   • They fade (answer)
   • They get bigger
   • They turn blue
6. What does territory mean?
   • An animal's area (answer)
   • A loud sound
   • A kind of food

Words

• prey: hunted animals
• ambushes: springs out
• stalks: sneaks up
• territory: an animal's area
• litter: kittens born together
• catamount: a cougar