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EVPP 110 Lecture - Fall 2002

Prepared by Danielle Derwin

The questions below are intended as an extra-credit project for students in EVPP 110 Lecture. This project will be worth up to a total of 15 addition points towards the course total. In order to complete the questions, each student who chooses to participate must go to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Above each question, or group of questions, is listed the heading that the zoo uses to identify the different signs around the zoo. I will give the basic directions for you too follow to answer the questions, but do be careful not to wander off the correct trail. Generally, if you stick by the display headings given and the directions, you should be able to find each question without any problems. The questions listed deal mostly with conservation problems and animal behavior.

This should be a fun exercise, and few of us take advantage of living so near to the Smithsonian’s. So make a day trip out of this, and wander around the zoo and enjoy it!!

The questions will be due Friday, November 29, 2002, by 3:00pm. If you do not have Danielle Derwin as your lab professor, please make sure that your questions are in her mailbox located in 3042 Davis King Hall by the appointed date. If you do have her as a lab professor, you may hand it in during your lab period, or put in her mailbox.

Go down the Olmstead Walk toward the Cheetah Conservation Station. Note that everything on this list is on the Olmstead Walk.

Cheetah Conservation Station

Time is Running Out

1. Where was the original range of the Cheetahs? _____________________________________________________________________
2. Where is it now?

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3. By how much do scientists estimate the population has dropped by in the last century? ________________________________________________________________________

4. What are the seven steps to survival?

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2.__________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________

4.__________________________________________________________

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7.__________________________________________________________

Big Strides

5. At top speed, how far can a cheetah cover in a single stride? ________________________________________________________________________

What’s Not Going on Here?

6.Why is the zoo not mowing anymore? ________________________________________________________________________

Today’s Zoo

7. How can a zoo-born animal be used? ________________________________________________________________________

Now go down the Olmstead Walk and make a left toward the American Prairie

The Cycles of Fire

What burns to Survive?

8. What does the fire do? ________________________________________________________________________

9.Without fire, what will happen to the prairie? ________________________________________________________________________

Conservation Pioneer

10. In the late 1800s, who lead the fight to save the Bison?

_______________ ________________ __________________

Now go to the Bison Section of the American Prairie exhibit

11. In 1800, there were an estimated ________________________ bison in North America.

12. By 1889, how many Bison remained?______________________________________

13. How many Bison are today in North America? _______________________________

Go back to the Olmstead Walk and make right toward the Pandas.

Go into the Panda exhibit. Be sure to walk through the prairie dog exhibit!

Inside the Panda building:

14. To save the giant pandas, what must we protect?______________________________

15. What else will be saved? ________________________________________________________________________

Tian Tian and Mei Xiang Faqs

16. Are the giant pandas bears? ________________________________________________________________________

Back Outside

Giraffes

17. What aren’t giraffes endangered? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Back to the Olmstead Walk

Camels

18. There are two types of camels, __________________ with two humps and __________________ with one hump.

Small Mammal House

Return to the Wild – The Golden Lion Tamarin Story

19. Only ____________ to ______________ survive in the wild.
20. What helped push the species to the edge of extinction? ____________________________________________________________________

Reptile House

Threats to Amphibians and Reptiles

21. What are the five threats?

1.__________________________________________________________

2.__________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________

4.__________________________________________________________

5.__________________________________________________________

Back Outside

Victoria’s Water Lily

22. These lilies can have a diameter of _________________ and support the weight of a ______________________ pound person.

Think Tank

What’s Size Got to Do With It?

23. What is the size of an animals brain related to? ________________________________________________________________________

Chimpanzee – Tool Kits

24. What are four tool kits?

2.__________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________

4.__________________________________________________________

Simple Minds

25. List one of the four examples given in detail. ________________________________________________________________________

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Understanding Animal Speech

What’s All the Commotion?

26. Ververs have three distinctive calls. What are they and what is the reaction when the call is given?

2.________________________ _______________________________

3.________________________ _______________________________

Scientists at Work – Language

27. Give two examples of animals listed.

Creature of Habit

28. Who discovered that bees use the sun to navigate and what did he call this dance?

_____________ _______________ and the _____________________ dance.

Social Living

29. What are the five costs and benefits for animals that live in groups?

2.__________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________

4.__________________________________________________________

5.__________________________________________________________

Who’s Fooling Whom?

30. List four ways that chimps have been seen to deceive each other?

2.__________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________

4.__________________________________________________________

Getting the Job Done Right

31. List and discuss in detail one of the two ways that chimpanzees use to "clean" food. _____________________________________________________________________________________

Measuring It

32. Who was Clever Hans and what was he thought to do?

Exceptional Abilities

Clarks Nut Crackers versus the Scrub Jay

33. When tested, Clarks Nut Cracker could remember more hiding places than Scrub Jays. Is the Nut Cracker just smarter than the Scrub Jay? What do you think and why? _____________________________________________________________________________________

Back outside.

Great Cats.

Our Last White Tiger

34. What is wrong with the White Tiger species?