The Lion King Analysis Questions

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1. When “The Circle of Life” is playing, and the sun is rising, what level of organization of the environment is shown? Explain

2. Based on what you can see in the setting of the movie, what biome does The Lion King take place? What is the average temperature and precipitation for this region of the world.

3. What abiotic factors impact the lives of the organisms shown, explain.

4. How would you expect the setting of The Lion King to compare to our local region in terms of longitude? Why?

5. What organisms are native to this environment? Do you think they would be able to survive in the tundra? Why or why not?

6. Describe how competition among organisms impacts the survival of at least two species of organisms in this movie.

7. About 10 minutes into the movie, Mufasa explains the carbon cycle as “the great cycle of life” and tells Simba to respect the antelope. Explain how what he says relates to the carbon cycle. 8. Explain how the niche of the lions compares to the niche of at least one other species of organisms in the movie.

9. Explain the trophic level of Simba as compared to that of Timon and Pumbaa.

10. Do you think the female and male lions fill the same niche? Explain.

11. During Simba’s singing, he states that he is “working on his roar”. How does a lion’s roar impact it’s chance of survival? What characteristic of living thing does a lion’s roar relate to?

12. About 20 minutes into the movie, Zazu is nervous about crossing over into Hyenas’ territory. Why does territory matter to living organisms in natural habitat?

13. Explain how characteristics of habitats and organisms help keep Simba alive during the Hyena scene? Describe an organism that would be better suited to the habitat shown than the hyenas.

14. If a major fire wiped out the living things in the setting of the movie, but soil were left, what type of succession would the area have undergone? 15. What content in The Lion King was biologically accurate, what do you think was completely fictional? Why do you think the parts described were included in the movie?