A Cat That Keeps Balance: teacher key

Jaguars, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. How is a jaguar different from a leopard? Look at the coat, the build and the home, and see why jaguars matter.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Which cats are bigger than a jaguar?
   • Leopards and cheetahs
   • Only lions
   • Lions and tigers (answer)
2. What can you see inside many jaguar rosettes?
   • A spot (answer)
   • A stripe
   • Nothing
3. Jaguars live in rainforests, swamps, grasslands and dry places. What does that show?
   • They only live near the sea
   • They can live in many kinds of places (answer)
   • They only live in dry places
4. What is the Jaguar Corridor?
   • A kind of cat
   • A river in Brazil
   • A plan to link places where jaguars live (answer)
5. What does a black panther name?
   • Black leopards and black jaguars (answer)
   • Its own kind of cat
   • A cat from the Arctic
6. What does a keystone species do?
   • Digs for stones
   • Helps keep other animals in balance (answer)
   • Lives in a group

Words

• rosettes: dark spots
• melanistic: colored black
• keystone: balances animal numbers
• pouncing: jumping at