Built for the Branches: teacher key

Leopards, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. A leopard's body is made for the tree. Read about its climbing, its claws, its leaps and its senses, then how it keeps its food, where it lives, how the Red List lists it and how its cubs begin.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do a leopard's claws help it do?
   • Swim
   • Grasp prey and climb trees (answer)
   • Fly
2. How high can a leopard climb up a favorite tree?
   • As high as 50 feet (15 meters) (answer)
   • As high as 5 feet
   • It cannot climb
3. How long do leopard cubs' eyes stay closed after birth?
   • The first month
   • The first week (answer)
   • One day
4. A leopard can carry food heavier than its body up a tree. What does that say about its strength?
   • It is weak
   • It is very strong (answer)
   • It does not matter
5. What does ultrasonic mean?
   • Too high for people to hear (answer)
   • Very heavy
   • Made of metal

Words

• claws: sharp curved nails
• rosettes: flower-shaped spots
• ultrasonic: beyond hearing
• hoofed: having hard feet