TIGERS OF INDIA
There is so much to learn and many interesting facts about our tigers. The following worksheet
is an interactive lesson. As you watch the show, listen carefully for the answers to the following
questions. If you don't hear the answer during the show, be sure to ask the animal handlers
right after the show is finished!
1.
How many color patters can a Bengal tiger have?
Can you name them?
2.
What is the average weight for each the female and male Bengal tiger?
3.
Do tigers 'purr' like a housecat?
4.
In which type of environment does a Bengal tiger live?
5.
What is the Bengal tiger's primary hunting technique?
6.
Humans are classified as 'omnivores.'
7.
Aside from the fur patterns, can you name a major difference between tigers and lions?
8.
How long do Bengal tigers typically live?
9.
The Bengal tiger is listed as 'endangered.'
How is a tiger classified?
In captivity?
In the wild?
What does that mean?
10.
What is the estimated number of Bengal tigers left in the wild?
11.
What are the main reasons that tigers are disappearing?
12.
What effect would the extinction of the tiger have on it's environment?
13.
After seeing the tigers in person, what most surprised you about them?
14.
Of all the tigers you met today, which one was your favorite?
Why?