By Ashley and Dustin

1. The National Zoo has some squirrel monkeys.  The squirrel monkey's live on average about 18 years and have about 2 offspring a year.  But, they can't have kids until they're at least 6 months old.  How many offspring would a squirrel monkey have in their lifetime?
2. There are many elephants at the zoo.  The elephants eat mainly leaves and grass and they drink a lot of water (190 liters per day.) How much water would they drink in one week? A 30 month? One year?

3. Two ferrets have a disease that will spread to 15 more ferrets by the day.  If the medicine, which cures the disease, will arrive in 25 days and there are 502 ferrets how many ferrets will not be effected by the disease?

4. Three mongooses eat five pounds of food each day.  If there are 36 mongooses in the zoo how much food will the zoo need?

5. A family of two chinchillas multiplies in litters of two every year, if there were two families now, how many chinchillas would there be in year one? Two? Three?

    

Answers to Word Problems

Contributed by Ashley

  Search for http://www.natzoo.si.edu/
Answer the following question: 

1. When did the Sumatran tiger cub Bernai make his official outdoor debut on Lion/ Tiger Hill?
2. Where was the Kandula elephant born? When was she born? How many pounds does she gain in a day?
3. What hours is the elephant house open?

1. Name two animals that have displayed the capacity to use-or even make-tools.

1. How deep can the seals dive and how long can they stay underwater?
2. When do they do when they come together in the Canadian Maritimes?
3. What do they do when they come together?

1. What is the name of the two pandas?
2. What time is the best time for someone to try and see how the pandas fare in their daily foraging tasks?

1. How many acres is the Smithsonian National Zoological Park?
2. Who established it? When was it established?
3. At the bottom of the page is a list of a few of the exhibits in the Zoo.  Name at least 3 of them.

Click back to get to the home page.
Look at the left of the page and click on Animal Gallery,
Click on Find Animal Info.
Click on the letter of the animal that you would like to learn about.
Find the animal you are looking for and learn everything you want to about it.
Have Fun Exploring!!!!!!!!!!!

Contributed by Dustin

Go to the web site http://natzoo.si.edu/default.cfm
Click on the link entitled "Animals etc."

1. Name three cams listed under "Asia Trail"

Click back to get to the main page.
Click on the link "Asian Elephants"

2. What year was the baby elephant Kandula born

Click back to get to the main page.
Click on the link " Track Kandula's Growth"

3. How much did Kandula weigh at 13 months

1.___________ The National Zoo in Washington DC is 163-acres.
2.___________ An Act of Congress established the zoo in 1989.
3.___________ The zoo has ants.
4.___________ There are endangered lemurs at the zoo.
5.___________ They have a komodo dragon in the zoo.
6.___________ Over five-million people visit the zoo per year.

Answers to Fact or Fiction

     The National Zoo is one of the best places to go when you are in Washington D.C.  It has a great purpose and history that goes many years back.  It also has many exhibits and habitats. All in all, the National Zoo is a great place to visit.
     The National Zoo is part of the Smithsonian and was founded by an act of Congress in 1985 to study and protect animals and their habitats.  Since it was built the National Zoo is one of the Smithsonian's most popular tourist attractions.  It welcomes a total of three million visitors all year long.  The amazing thing is that the National Zoo is free to visit with no charge or tickets.
     The National Zoo houses some of the world's most amazing exhibits. The National Zoos 163-acre park contains hundreds of animals and their habitats.  Currently there is a project going on to breed pandas in captivity.  Also the zoo now houses two giraffes, one male and one female.  Because the zoo has so many habitats the animals that you will see will be worlds apart.  For example you will see animals ranging from cheetahs to penguins, field mice to rhinos and from anacondas to polar bears.
     The National Zoo is one of the most popular places to visit when you're at the National Mall. You get to see rare animals and where they live, and learn about some history of the zoo itself. The best part of the zoo, however, is that entrance is free.

Answers to Word Problems.

1.  35
2. Week- 1330 liters
   Month- 5700 liters
   Year- 69350 liters
3. 127
4. 60 lbs.
5. 8, 16, 32

Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. When did the Sumatran tiger cub Bernai make his official outdoor debut on Lion/ Tiger Hill?  Friday, March 22, at 10 A.M.
2. Where was the Kandula elephant born? When was she born? How many pounds does she gain in a day?  Asia, November 25, 1 to 4 pounds.
3. What hours is the elephant house open?  Daily from 10 A.M.

1. Name two animals that have displayed the capacity to use-or even make-tools. Chimpanzees, Capuchin monkeys

1. How deep can the seals dive and how long can they stay underwater? 475 feet, and can stay underwater for 20 minutes at a time.
2. When do they do when they come together in the Canadian Maritimes? Between December and February
3. What do they do when they come together?  Molt, raise pups, and breed

1. What is the name of the two pandas?  Mei Xiang, Tian Tian
2. What time is the best time for someone to try and see how the pandas fare in their daily foraging tasks?  7:30 A.M. EST

1. How many acres is the Smithsonian National Zoological Park?  163 acres
2. Who established it? When was it established?  Act of Congress in 1889
3. At the bottom of the page is a list of a few of the exhibits in the Zoo.  Name at least 3 of them.  Example:  American Prairie, Amazonian Exhibit and Science Gallery, Bears, Beaver Valley, Bird House.

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1. Giant Panda Cam
   Tiger Cam
   O-Line Cam
   Gavial Cam
2. 2001
3. 1,100

Answers to Fact and Fiction

1.  Fact
2.  Fiction: 1889
3.  Fact:  Leaf-cutter-ants
4.  Fact
5.  Fact
6.  Fiction: Three-million

Return to questions

Simpson, Jeanne. "Washington DC Unit." National Zoo (1992): 00.

Smithsonian Institute, . "National Zoological Park." National
                 Zoological Park. 2002, March 28. 29 March, 2002.
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"Smithsonian National Zoological park." . . Smithsonian Institute. 5/1/03          
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