Andes: the Dragon S Back True Or False

Andes: the Dragon’s Back True or False?

______1. Around Cape Horn is the world’s roughest sea.

______2. Magellanic Penguins choose a different mate every year.

______3. The Kodkod is the largest cat in the Americas.

______4. The Pudu is the world’s smallest deer.

______5. Southern Chile gets about 5 feet of rain per year.

______6. The Magellanic Penguin is also known as the “Jackass Penguin.”

______7. Artic winds have carved the Andes into “spines.”

______8. The Guanaco is the “New World Giraffe.”

______9. Pumas are found from Canada to Chile.

_____ 10. Condors have a maximum wing span of 6 feet.

_____ 11. The Spanish word “zorro” means “fox.”

_____ 12. Zorros usually stay in one den for life.

_____ 13. The Andes are older than the Himalaya Mountains.

_____ 14. There are relatively few fish along the Chilean coast.

_____ 15. The Atacama Desert is the driest desert in the world.

_____ 16. The feet of the Guanaco are well-adapted to snow but not to sand.

_____ 17. Penguins stay far away from the Atacama Desert.

_____ 18. Sea lions will hunt penguins in the water but not on land.

_____ 19. Sea fog brings some water to the Atacama. _____ 20. From the air can be seen giant figures of animals carved in the desert.

_____ 21. Salt is rarely found in the Andes Mountains.

_____ 22. Andean flamingos, once plentiful, are now almost extinct.

_____ 23. It’s a legend and untrue that Flamingos sometimes “dance.”

_____ 24. Temperatures in the Altiplano can range from 50° by day to –30° by night.

_____ 25. Geysers are a source of warmth in the Altiplano.

_____ 26. Viscachas look like rabbits but are really more like giant mice.

_____ 27. The wool of the Vicuña is unsuitable for human use.

_____ 28. About 2,000 volcanoes can be found in the northern Andes.

_____ 29. The Andes block clouds and moisture from the Atlantic Ocean.

_____ 30. The Spectacle Bear can climb into tree tops.

_____ 31. The Grey Tree Fox lives mainly on birds’ eggs.

_____ 32. The Amazon River holds a tenth of all the world’s river water.

_____ 33. In the Andes, waterfalls can be a good place to fish.

_____ 34. Machu Picchu was built by the Incas.

_____ 35. Potatoes, though known to the Incas, were not an important crop for them.

_____ 36. Two hundred Spanish conquistadors defeated 15 million Incas. Answer Key

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