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The Buffalo Are Back - Quiz
Contributed by: Bangert
  • 1. What does the word RIPPLED mean?
A) formed small waves
B) tore into pieces
C) told what happened
D) kept something away
  • 2. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word DROUGHTS?
A) doubts
B) shortages
C) thoughts
D) damages
  • 3. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of EXTINCT?
A) loud
B) lucky
C) living
D) last
  • 4. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word FLOURISHED?
A) accomplished
B) nourished
C) thrived
D) flowered
  • 5. What does the word FRAGILE mean?
A) being comfortable
B) showing good taste
C) having little spark
D) tending to break easily
  • 6. What does the word CRUMBLED mean?
A) made a deep sound
B) handled clumsily
C) moved back
D) reduced to tiny bits
  • 7. What does the word ECOSYSTEM mean?
A) people who are closely related
B) plants resembling a tree
C) organisms and their environment
D) developments in a city
  • 8. What does the word IMBALANCE mean?
A) a reproduction of the form of a person
B) an eventful day
C) an unenvenness existing between two things
D) a general idea
  • 9. What is the MAIN idea of the section titled "The Buffalo"?
A) Buffalo changed the prairie.
B) Loss of buffalo killed the prairie
C) The buffalo provided the Indians with all their needs.
D) There were 75 million buffalo in North America.
  • 10. All of the following describe how buffalo and cattle affect the prairie EXPECT
A) the buffalo were helpful in keeping the grasses healthy, but the cattle were not.
B) the sharp hooves of the buffalo helped rainwater reach the soil, but the flat hooves of the cattle packed the earth.
C) the buffalo helped the prairie survive, but the cattle did not.
D) the cattle never ate too much grass, but the buffalo did.
  • 11. What happened when the grasshoppers chewed the fragile crops growing on the plains?
A) nothing grew back
B) buffalo grass grew back
C) plants with tough roots grew back
D) plants with fragile roots grew back
  • 12. Who discovered three hundred buffalo in Montana?
A) President Theodore Roosevelt
B) W.T. Hornaday
C) Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
D) General George A. Custer
  • 13. What conclusion can you draw from the selection?
A) All farmers use contour plowing.
B) The buffalo population will never be in trouble again.
C) Cattle are important to the farming industry.
D) It is important to protect both the buffalo and the native grasses.
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