Sizing Up the Anaconda: teacher key

Green Anacondas, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. Is the green anaconda the longest snake, or the heaviest? Look at its size, its senses and how it lives in the wet lands of South America.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. As of November 2026, which is true of the green anaconda?
   • It is the heaviest snake in the world (answer)
   • It is the lightest snake
   • It lives in Antarctica
2. What does National Geographic say about the reticulated python?
   • It is much heavier
   • It can reach slightly greater lengths (answer)
   • It lives in the water all day
3. How big was the largest litter on record, as of November 2026?
   • 8 young
   • 820 young
   • 82 young (answer)
4. An anaconda waits in the water for animals to come by. What does that tell you about how it hunts?
   • It does not chase far (answer)
   • It is always running
   • It flies
5. What is a litter?
   • A kind of snake
   • A group of babies born together (answer)
   • A wet field

Words

• constrictor: a squeezing snake
• litter: baby group
• reticulated: a python type