Film Science: Questions for:

The Search For Canada's Most Secret Animal

1. a) In which part of Canada do we find walrus?

b) How do its whiskers help the walrus?

2. a) Orca is the largest member of which family?

b) The Orca is a gentle predator. T,F

c) Orca calves remain with their mother for about how long?

3. What is unusual about the hours during which the snowy owl hunts?

4. The goose has what range?

5. a) What are the three ways the whitetail door signals danger to its herd members?

b) A whitetail deer can run how fast?

6. What is an unusual meal for fishers?

7. a) Sea otters hide and sleep among what?

b) What is an example of their tool using ability?

8. What aspect of its body design helps the lynx move through deep snow?

9. What keeps harbour seals warm?

10. Why does a lone wolf howl?

11. The sounds of male Dall sheep (rams) bashing their horns together during a fight travel how far?

12. How does the puffin move about underwater?

13. How does changing day length affect the coat of the Arctic fox?

14. Why do caribou sometimes lay on sheltered snowbanks during the summer?

15. a) How does a moose try to ward off insects?

b) A moose can reach what weight?

16. Why was the wapiti once hunted?

17. a) How do the polar bear's feet help it swim?

b) How sensitive is the polar bear's nose?

18. What formation does a herd of musk ox take when faced with danger?