A Habitat on the Move: teacher key

King Cobras, grade 12 edition, written for 12th grade and up. A 2025 model of king cobra habitat in Nepal looks ahead to 2050 and 2070. It shows how a scientific map can guide conservation, and where scientists still disagree.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did the 2025 Nepal study use to build its model?
   • Satellite photos of nests
   • Tracking collars
   • 553 occurrence records of king cobras (answer)
2. What does the model project for suitable habitat by 2050?
   • A decline of 22 percent (answer)
   • No change
   • A rise of 9 percent
3. In Nepal, where does over 60 percent of suitable king cobra habitat lie?
   • Outside protected areas (answer)
   • Inside parks
   • On farms
4. At what elevations do king cobras typically nest in Nepal?
   • Below 500 meters
   • 2000 to 2500 meters
   • 1000 to 1500 meters (answer)
5. In this book, what does taxonomy mean?
   • How species are sorted and named (answer)
   • How a nest is built
   • How venom works

Words

• occurrence: recorded sighting
• taxonomy: sorting species
• elevations: heights
• speciation: species forming
• habitat: home place