Female Giants of the Amazon: teacher key

Green Anacondas, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. Female green anacondas grow much bigger than males. Learn how big, where they live and how they live.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. As of November 2026, how much bigger are breeding females than breeding males?
   • At least five times the size (answer)
   • The same size
   • Half the size
2. Which snake can reach slightly greater lengths than a green anaconda, National Geographic says?
   • A garter snake
   • A reticulated python (answer)
   • A rat snake
3. How long does a green anaconda's pregnancy last?
   • About seven days
   • About seven years
   • About seven months (answer)
4. Why might a female anaconda breed only about every other year?
   • It takes a lot of energy to breed and she needs to recover (answer)
   • She has no food in the water
   • She sleeps all year
5. What does solitary mean?
   • Living in a group
   • Living alone (answer)
   • Living in a tree

Words

• solitary: living alone
• Orinoco: a river
• constrictor: a squeezing snake
• reticulated: a python type