The Widest-Ranging Big Cat: teacher key

Leopards, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. Leopards live over a wider range than any other big cat. Learn what they eat, how they hunt and climb, how they keep their food in trees and what a leopard's life is like.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. As of November 2026, which big cat has the widest range?
   • The house cat
   • None of them
   • The leopard (answer)
2. What weight of prey do leopards prefer?
   • Over 400 kilograms
   • Under 1 kilogram
   • Between 10 and 40 kilograms (answer)
3. What does a leopard do with its food?
   • Buries it in sand
   • Carries it up a tree (answer)
   • Throws it in water
4. A leopard can carry food heavier than its own body up a tree. What does that show?
   • It is a strong climber (answer)
   • It cannot climb
   • It is slow
5. What is prey?
   • The animals a hunter eats (answer)
   • A kind of rosette
   • A tree trunk

Words

• prey: hunted animals
• subspecies: a smaller kind
• rosettes: flower-shaped spots
• hoofed: having hard feet