Download Maths Trail - Chester Zoo

Maths Trail
Produced By
Neston and The Whitby High Schools
This trail can be started from five different areas around
the zoo. It covers the following areas/animals:
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Elephants, Monkeys and Rhinos;
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Giraffes, Buffalo and Okapis;
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Aquarium and Penguins;
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Orang-utans and Chimpanzees;
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Lions, Tigers and Dragons.
From the main entrance, head towards the area you
want to start at. Once finished, return to the main
entrance to meet back with your teachers.
Please don’t run, take your time, and carefully observe
the animals and any notices about them. Don’t worry if
you can’t answer all the questions: it’s about having fun
and enjoying your day out at this wonderful zoo.
PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF YOUR TEACHER’S MOBILE CONTACT
NUMBER, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
MOBILE No. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Elephant, Monkeys and Rhinos
Start at the Elephant Exhibit.
Elephants (Elphas maximus)
Asian Elephants are smaller than African elephants and have much smaller
ears. Their backs are also more rounded and they have an extra toenail on
each foot – five on each front foot and four on each back foot. The tusks,
which are specially adapted incisor teeth, are only found on males, although
some males, especially in Sri Lanka, have no tusks. The long sensitive trunk
comprises of the nose and upper lip and is used to feed, plucking at grasses
and passing them into the mouth. They also use the trunk to wash with and to
vocalise.
What they eat - Chiefly
grasses, but also scrub
and bark, fig leaves and
fruit. They eat approx
150kg of vegetation and
drink up to 100 litres of
water a day.
How long they live - Up
to 70 years
Did you know - They
use infrasound to
communicate, which is a
sound level with a
frequency too low to be
detected by the human
ear.
1.
Who eats and spreads seeds?
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2.
How many elephants can you see?
a) Inside _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3.
b) Outside _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Calculate the total amount of water that four elephants could store in their
trunk.
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4.
How old is Maya? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Make your way to the Monkey Exhibit
Monkeys
Spider Monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris) - The very long, spidery limbs of
these primates give them their name. The Colombian monkey is one of a
number of Spider Monkey species which can be found in Columbia and
Panama. The face is hairless, while the rest of the body is covered in coarse
dark to black fur. They have black feet and hands, with long, curved fingers,
but no thumbs.
What they eat - Fruit, nuts, foliage, flowers, some bark, seeds, insects and
occasionally eggs.
How long they live - Up to 20 years.
Did you know – Spider monkeys can hang from the trees just using their
tails.
1. Spider Monkeys are killed for food. What are they also caught for?
------------------------------------------------2. Spider Monkeys are from Columbia. What continent is Columbia in?
---------------------------------------------3. How many fingers and thumbs would 12 Spider Monkeys have?
------------------------------------------------Lion-Tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus)- There are probably fewer than 2500
lion-tailed macaques left in India. Its scientific name means ‘God of the
Woods’.
What they eat - Fruit, flowers, nuts, leaves, buds and insects.
How long they live - Up to 20 years
Did you know – The male is 40% larger than the female.
4. What are Lion-Tailed Macaques killed for?
------------------------------------------------5. The male is 40% bigger than the female. What is 40% of 120kg?
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Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) - The adult males are the largest monkeys in the
world. The female is a third of the size of the male.
What they eat – Fruit, leaves, seeds, nuts, roots and
vertebrates.
How long they live - Up to 25 years
Did you know – Drill means baboon
6. How does the Mandrill warn others to go away?
------------------------------------------------7. Each Mandrill monkey has two hands and two feet. What is the total
number of hands and feet that 32 monkeys would have?
------------------------------------------------Sulawesi-Crested Macaque (Macaca nigra) - is found in Indonesia on the
Sulawesi Island. They are mainly found in the trees in tropical rainforest
areas, although they will often venture to the coastal areas on a hunt for food.
What they eat – Fruit, leaves, seeds, buds and insects.
How long they live - Up to 25 years
Did you know – Their eyes are closed at birth, but they open in only about
two hours
8. What is the life span of the Sulawesi-Crested Macaque?
------------------------------------------------Other Monkeys
9. How far away can the Lar Gibbon be heard?
------------------------------------------------10. How many Pied Tamarins are in one group?
------------------------------------------------11. What is the Pied Tamarin conservation status?
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Make your way to the Rhinoceros
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
This is the largest rhinoceros in Asia, and the fourth-largest land animal after
the elephant and hippopotamus species. It is distinctive for its single horn
which can reach 100cm in length. Its grey brown skin has the visual
appearance of ‘armour plates’ due to its folds and overlaps. The horn is not
present on new-born young but starts to show after about six years.
The rhino can run at up to 25 miles an hour and is an excellent swimmer. Like
its cousins this rhino has a keen sense of hearing, but very poor eyesight.
What they eat – Grasses, leaves, fruit
and aquatic plants.
How long they live – About 45 years.
Did you know – Such is the level of
concern for the survival of this species
that in Nepal government troops patrol
reserves, with one group of rhinoceros
protected by 700 armed guards.
1. Which is the most endangered rhinoceros?
-------------------------------------------------2. What makes the rhino’s feet stay in good condition?
-------------------------------------------------3. The rhinos spend 60% of their day in water or muddy wallow. How many
hours of the day is this?
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Giraffes, Buffalo and Okapi
Start at the Congo/Forest Buffalo Exhibit.
Congo Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus)
These are generally a reddish colour, with a broad, stocky body, a large head
and backwards sweeping horns. They have large, drooping ears, edged with
hairy white to yellow tufts which extend from the insides of the ear to form a
fringe. These are powerful animals with few natural predators. Males are
larger than females, which also bear horns. These buffalos have keen hearing
and reach speeds of more than 50 miles an hour.
What they eat - Vegetation mainly grasses and
leaves.
How long they live - Approx 15 years.
Did you know - Congo Buffalo form distinct social
groups, which research has shown enables some
weaker individuals, such as those maimed in
fights or physically disabled, to survive for longer
than they would if they did not benefit from the
high level of protection provided by the herd.
1. How many toes do the buffalo have on each foot?
-------------------------------------------------2. How long do the buffalo calves suckle for?
-------------------------------------------------3. These buffalo can reach speeds of 50 miles per hour. How far could they
travel if they could run, at full speed, without stopping for 12 hours?
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Make your way to the Red River Hogs Exhibit
Red River Hogs (Potamochoerus porcus)
Red River Hogs live in the swamps and rivers of western and central Africa.
Males are larger than females and have wart-like growths on their snouts.
What they eat - Roots, fruit and bulbs.
How long they live – About 15 years.
Did you know – The red river hogs use snout
boxing as a way of showing their strength.
1. How long can they hold their breath for whilst diving?
-------------------------------------------------2. If they hunted for 10 minutes, how many times would they need to come
up for a breath?
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Make your way to the Giraffes Exhibit
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Giraffes are one of the world’s most easily recognised animals with their long
necks and long legs, but the markings on the coats of each sub-species vary,
helping to differentiate one type of giraffe from another. They have upright
manes and two growths of skin covered bone which appear like horns on the
top of their heads. These are more prominent in males, while the females’
‘horns’ bear thin tufts of fur. Males will stretch their necks to reach the tallest
trees for food, while females often bend to feed off lower branches.
Giraffes have strong eyesight and a keen sense of smell.
What they eat – leaves, shoots, bark and
flowers.
How long they live – 20 - 25 years.
Did you know - A giraffe’s neck has only
the same number of individual bones as a
human’s neck but their bones are larger and
their necks are more flexible because of a
ball and socket joint mechanism which links
the vertebrae.
1. A newborn giraffe weighs 70kg. After its first year, its weight is 5 times that
of when it was born. How heavy will it be after its first year?
-------------------------------------------------2. Can you draw the Rothschild coat pattern in the box below?
Make your way to the Okapi Exhibit
Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
The Okapi resembles a horse and for many years was classified as such, but
it in fact belongs to the same family as the giraffe. It, too, has a long neck,
though not as long as that of the giraffe.
Females are taller than males and both sexes have back legs and upper front
legs similarly striped to zebras. Their lower limbs are white with brown line
markings and a brown circle around the knee area, giving the appearance of
wearing ‘socks’. They have large ears and the males have horns which face
backwards.
What they eat - Leaves, grasses, fruits and fungi.
How long they live - Up to 33 years.
Did you know - Female Okapis communicate with
their calves using infrasonic sounds, undetectable
to the human ear.
1. Estimate how much food an adult Okapi eats in a day (ask a zoo keeper if
possible).Use this answer to work out how much they eat in a week.
-------------------------------------------------2. How long do the calves suckle for?
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Make your way to the Gaboon Viper
(in the Okapi enclosure)
3. If you were standing in central Africa, in what direction would the viper be
found?
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Make your way to the Rare Fish of The Lake
(in the Okapi enclosure)
4. How many species are there currently found in the lake?
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Aquarium and Penguins
Humboldt Penguins
Named after the cold-water Humboldt Current which was itself named after
Freidrich Humboldt, the German scientist who discovered it. Compared to
other penguins the adults are medium sized, with large heads, black faces,
black backs, tails and feet. The front of their necks is white, with a white
border extending from the necks around the face up to their reddish brown
eyes. Their black bills have a white band near the tip and the lower mandible
is pink, the fleshy colour extending to the eyes. A black band runs down the
body beneath the flippers.
What they eat – small fish and squid.
How long they live - Up to 20 years.
Did you know – The emperor penguin can walk 120
miles every year between its nesting site and the sea.
They can also stay under water for about 18 minutes.
1.
How many penguins can you find?
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2.
Each of the penguins you have found has 3 claws on each foot. How
many claws are there in total?
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3.
How many days would it take for the parents to incubate 6 eggs, given
that it takes 39 days to incubate 2 eggs?
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4.
In the keeper’s diary by the penguin enclosure, how many days were
there from the day when the penguins first paired for breeding season to
the day the last eggs hatched?
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5.
If an emperor penguin walks 0.4 miles every day, how many miles does
he walk in 10 weeks?
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Make your way to the Aquarium
1.
Estimate the perimeter of the first fish tank frame in the aquarium?
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2.
If there are three fish stuck to a rock and there are 38 rocks, how many
fish are there on the rocks?
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3.
Estimate the volume of tank 7?
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Orang-utans and Chimpanzees
Make your way to the Realm of the Red Ape
Sumatran Orang-utan (Pongo abelii)
The orang-utan is one of our closest relatives. The average weight of, a male
Sumatran orang-utan is 82kg and a female orang-utan is 36kg. The male
Sumatran orang-utan uses its cheek pads and throat sack to make a sound
known as a long call.
What they eat – 300 types of fruit and leaves.
How long they live - Up to 35 years.
Did you know – The Orang-utan has an arm span of
about 3m.
1.
What is the average weight difference between the male and female
Orang-utan?
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2.
The Python is 8.5m long and is the longest snake in the world. How long
is this in cm?
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3.
How many hammocks can you see?
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Make your way to the Chimpanzee enclosure
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
The chimpanzee is one of our closest relatives and shares about 98% of our
DNA.
What they eat – Fruit, leaves, flowers,
seeds, insects, and some meat,
including other monkeys
How long they live - 50-60 years.
Did you know – That the chimpanzee
is a great ape and not a monkey.
1.
The body length of a chimpanzee ranges from 63cm to 94cm. Subtract
63cm from 94 cm.
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2.
A male chimpanzee weighs up to 70kg and a female weighs up to 50kg.
What would the total weight be if there are 6 males and 4 females?
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3.
How many chimpanzees do you think Chester Zoo have in the enclosure?
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Lions, Tigers and Dragons
Make your way to the Lion Enclosure
The Lions
Asiatic lions (also known as Panthera leo persica) are smaller, stockier and
are lighter than African lions. They have shorter, thinner manes, longer dark
tuft at the end of the tail and thicker tufts of fur at their elbows. Males are
larger than females which don’t have manes. Their body coats are short and
of a golden, tawny brown colour which is paler on their undersides.
What they eat - Deer, antelope, wild boar, buffalo.
How long they live - Up to 18 years
Did you know - Fears for their future are growing.
Unless a way can be found to breed a separate
group of Asiatic lions in the wild researchers are
afraid that they may soon be wiped out completely
by the onset of disease or an environmental
disaster.
1. If a lion is fed 5kg of meat a day, and there are 2 lions in the enclosure,
how much would they eat in 4 weeks?
------------------------------------------------2. How many vertical posts are there holding up the platforms in the lion
enclosure?
------------------------------------------------3. When was the oldest lion born? How old does that make this lion today?
------------------------------------------------4. A lion can, if it wants, gorge itself on food, meaning it can eat up to 40 kg
of meat a day. This is the equivalent of 350 burgers. If they can eat that in
one day, how many burgers could it eat in 7 days?
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The Sumatran Tigers
The Sumatran tiger is the smallest of all existing tiger subspecies. Its stripes
are also narrower than other subspecies of tigers' stripes, and it has a more
bearded and maned appearance, especially the males. Its small size makes it
easier to move through the jungle. It has webbing between its toes that, when
spread, makes Sumatran tigers very fast swimmers. It has been known to
drive hoofed prey into the water, especially if the prey animal is a slow
swimmer.
What they eat - They will kill whatever they can
catch, including fish and fowl, with the most
common larger prey being wild pigs and deer
How long they live - Up to 18 years
Did you know - The white spots on the back of
tiger's ears are called "eye spots" or "predator
spots". These spots are believed to function as
false eyes as well as to make it look larger to
any predator approaching from behind. This is
particularly helpful in keeping cubs safe.
1. A particular male tiger weighs about 136kg and a particular female tiger
weighs about 91kg. What would this male and this female tiger weigh
altogether?
------------------------------------------------2. There is a pattern on the tiger enclosure (where they sleep indoors). What
type of pattern is this?
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The Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
Varanus means 'to warn'. Some people believe these lizards give a warning
when crocodiles are near. They live on the islands of Komodo, Rinca and
Flores in Indonesia, as well as the other tiny surrounding islands. Although
solitary, Komodo Dragons will gather together at a carcass. Male Komodo
Dragons are slightly larger than females once fully grown.
What they eat – Goats and deer are
their main food, but they will take any
meat.
How long they live – 30-50 years.
Did you know – The Komodo Dragon
is the largest lizard in the world!
1. How long do baby dragon eggs take to hatch?
------------------------------------------------2. Why are the komodo dragons covered in yellow spots and stripes?
------------------------------------------------3. How many eggs do the dragons lay?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. How many times larger is the elephant bird egg than the ostrich egg?
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Word Search
Find the words in the grid and see if you remember where you saw each
animal. Which animal is not in Chester Zoo’s collection?
Words to find:
buffalo,
chimpanzee,
dragon,
elephant,
giraffe,
lion,
monkey,
okapi,
orang-utan,
penguin,
rhino,
sealion,
tiger
Well done!
We hope you enjoyed taking part in our trail,
come back again soon.