What the Field Studies Found: teacher key

Leopards, grade 10 edition, written for 10th grade. Camera traps, GPS collars and prey records have shown how many leopards live in a reserve, how far they roam and how often they use a tree.

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Questions and answers

1. How many individual leopards did researchers identify in three years of camera trapping on Ongava Game Reserve?
   • 12
   • 29 (answer)
   • 104
2. What did the Panthera study in Sabi Sands find about prey?
   • Leopards never used trees
   • Leopards hoisted all of them
   • Leopards hoisted just over 50 percent into trees (answer)
3. Which body parts assist in gaining lift when a leopard climbs?
   • Its whiskers
   • Powerful forequarters and an enlarged scapula (answer)
   • Its spots
4. Leopards hoisted just over 50 percent of their prey into trees. What is true of the rest?
   • All were hoisted
   • They were not hoisted (answer)
   • None were counted
5. What does hoisted mean?
   • Hidden under leaves
   • Lifted up into trees (answer)
   • Counted by camera

Words

• rosettes: flower-shaped spots
• density: animals per area
• scapula: shoulder blade
• hoisted: lifted up
• nocturnal: active at night