Where the Leopard Roams: teacher key

Leopards, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. Leopards live over a wider range than any other big cat. See what they eat, how they hunt and use trees, where they live, how the Red List lists them and what a leopard's life is like.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How does the IUCN Red List list the leopard as of November 2026?
   • Vulnerable (answer)
   • Safe
   • Gone
2. What threatens leopards?
   • Rain
   • Illegal trade and poaching for their skins and other body parts (answer)
   • Sleeping
3. What kind of animals do leopards often hunt?
   • Whales
   • Mid-sized hoofed animals (answer)
   • Tiny bugs only
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 a subspecies?
   • A smaller kind within one kind of animal (answer)
   • A tree
   • A kind of food

Words

• prey: hunted animals
• subspecies: a smaller kind
• rosettes: flower-shaped spots
• IUCN: conservation group
• Vulnerable: at risk