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