Living Alone, Sharing Ground: teacher key

Honey Badgers, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. Honey badgers live mostly alone but share the same areas. Learn how they raise a cub, how long they live and why the Red List says they are not at high risk.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How long does a honey badger's pregnancy last?
   • About 5 to 7 days
   • About 50 to 70 days (answer)
   • About 12 to 16 months
2. How long does a cub depend on its mother?
   • About 12 to 16 months (answer)
   • A few days
   • Twenty years
3. What does Least Concern mean?
   • Every animal is counted
   • It is not at high risk of dying out (answer)
   • It lives only in zoos
4. Honey badgers mostly live alone. What else does the text say about their ranges?
   • They never touch
   • They overlap a lot (answer)
   • They are all the same size
5. What does overlap mean in the text?
   • Share part of (answer)
   • Run away from
   • Dig under

Words

• grating: rough, scratchy
• overlap: share part of
• Kalahari: a dry region
• pregnancy: time before birth
• Concern: worry