14 Wacky Facts About Animals Activities

Table of Contents

14 Wacky Facts Crossword...............................................................................................2

14 Wacky Facts Word Search ..........................................................................................3

14 Wacky Facts Word Find ..............................................................................................4

14 Wacky Facts Scrambled Words ..................................................................................5

14 Wacky Facts Compound Words Match......................................................................6

14 Wacky Facts Definitions...............................................................................................7

14 Wacky Facts Syllables ..................................................................................................8

14 Wacky Facts Alphabetize .............................................................................................9

14 Wacky Facts Comprehension Questions ..................................................................10

Find Your Own Wacky Fact...........................................................................................11

14 Wacky Facts Maze ......................................................................................................12

 14 Wacky Facts Crossword

Across
1. If you move a __ __ to a new area he will
starve to death.
3. No two __ look alike.
8. Mother __ __ can lay 50,000 eggs at one time.
11. __ are afraid of dogs.
12. __ barely breathe when they hibernate.
Down
2. __ __ have black skin.
4. The __ __ eats only tiny food.
5. Only half of a __ sleeps at one time.
6. __ can't swim.
7. To tell if a __ is black or white you look at its
lips.
9. All __ __ are boys when they are born.
10. If you put a dry __ __ in water it will sink
and drown.
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W A T E R S R I V E R S H K E P Y G D G L S G S G
F I N G E R P R I N T S R E E L N N E Z S R O E A
W G G S P O E U S C J E E E R I A N I Z T A R I L
A S A E Q T H N O L H T H A R M E H I T I G I B A
S S T D D A F L O T E S N O O R I Y W B P U L A R
H A E I N D D R O M N E L I A T T T M E S O L B V
I R E S Y E E M O R E P P T H R T I C G U C A C A
N G F N Q R G E O N X N I S I P L E O R O L S N R
G Z Q I S P D H C E I O A D F C L D R K A S B A H
P O B A O E G O B S N H S I F N W O L C T B C X D
N O J T T I S O H I B E R N A T E A D R S C S R X
M D Q N B A Y O O O L B U B B L E S I Q O L E W S
U W S U P S N X N T S R E M M U S P E O D H A S N
S P X O O B M G R Z E B R A S V E E N F A T H E R
C J V M L S A U L H C N A R B S A S V T N W H B S
L I P S A I T L O E D U T C H F E W X A G R A E Y
E G F J R N E U E D D L G E R I A S D T E N I K S
K C A L B K R G R E F M L I D R T E O A R L D A E
L R I G E S M A G A N L C B M A R D O O E P R Y H
S U R E A T R E E S W A I Q R E U I F L H N O O I
S W H H R N O T K N A L P V V E F R K F T Z W F U
L R I X S M D N X E D I E O T H A T Y K A B N R E
T D L M C Q W E G J I I C I P G F D F R E T N I W
L I H G Z E T G W V C K H C J C Y F G B R M P H J
L G S E N M O F J S Q W L L I R K O R W B F F Z L

AFRICA DOGS HOURS SPITS

ANEMONE DOLPHIN KRILL STARVE
BABIES DROWN LARVA STRIPES
BALEEN DRY LEAVES SUMMERS
BIGHORN SHEEP DUTCH LIPS SWIM
BLACK EGGS MOTHER TANGLED
BLUE WHALE EXPLORING MOUNTAINSIDES TINY
BOYS FATHER MUSCLE TREE
BRANCH FEET NOSES TURTLES
BREAD FINGERPRINTS PLANKTON WAKE
BREATHE FLOAT POLAR BEARS WARM
BUBBLES FOOD PREDATORS WASH
CLIMB FUR RACCOONS WASHING
CLOWN FISH GENERATION RHINO WATER
COLD GIRL RIVER WHITE
COUGARS GORILLAS SEALS WIGED
COVERED GRASS SEA OTTER WINTER
DANGER HAIR SHELL YEAR
DIE HERD SINK ZEBRAS
DIRT HERMIT CRABS SKIN
DIRTY HIBERNATE SLEEPS
 14 Wacky Facts Word Find
What animal do these words pertain to? Find each of these words in the book 14 Wacky Facts
About Animals. Then tell which animal each word pertains to and what page number the word
can be found on.

Predators Dolphin 3
Wash
Dirty water
Bubbles
Tangled
Black skin
Noses
Stripes
Fingerprints
Herd
Mountainsides
Generation
Lips
Branch
Leaves
Wiged
Larva
Plankton
Shell
Anemone
Krill
Baleen
Dogs
Climb tree
Muscle
Africa
Hibernate
Breathe

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 14 Wacky Facts Scrambled Words
Unscramble the following words.

1. gonbhir epseh

2. beszar

3. hinpold

4. lwcon sfih

5. grocsau

6. inroh

7. esa troet

8. lapro esbar

9. irthme abrsc

10. uleb leahw

11. letruts

12. lrigasol

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 14 Wacky Facts Compound Words Match
Make a single compound word from two words below. Draw a line between the two words that
make a compound word. Then write the compound words on the lines below. Each boxed word
may only be used once.

Big Finger
Other Selves

Sides Every
Teen

Ever
Some Horn How

Prints
Them Mountain

An

Thing
Age
Times

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5.

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 14 Wacky Facts Definitions
Each of the following words was defined in the story. What do these words mean?

1. Plankton

2. Hibernate

3. Barnacles

4. Krill

5. Baleen

5. Absorb

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 14 Disgusting Facts Syllables
Draw a slash mark (/) between the syllables in each of the following words.

1. Dolphin

2. Predators

3. Bubbles

4. Raccoon

5. Otter

6. Polar

7. Zebra

8. Generation

9. Hermit

10. Anemone

11. Animals

12. Cougars

13. Gorillas

14. Hibernate

15. Barnacles

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 14 Wacky Facts Alphabetize
Put the following words in alphabetical order. Rewrite the words in the correct order on the lines
below.

Dolphin Hermit
Predators Anemone
Bubbles Animals
Raccoon Cougars
Otter Gorillas
Polar Hibernate
Zebra Barnacles
Generation

1. 9.

2. 10.

3. 11.

4. 12.

5. 13.

6. 14.

7. 15.

8.

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 14 Wacky Facts Comprehension Questions
Answer the following questions from the book 14 Wacky Facts About Animals.

1. Why will a dry sea otter sink and drown if you put it in water?

2. How do we know that raccoons don’t wash their food to get it clean?

3. Why do polar bears have black skin?

4. Why do mother hermit crabs have so many babies?

5. What do black rhinos eat?

6. Why can’t gorillas swim?

7. Why don’t turtles breathe a lot when they hibernate?

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 Find Your Own Wacky Fact
Can you find a wacky animal fact of your own? It must be true. You cannot make it up or it isn’t
a fact. To find a fact, look in books about animals and on reliable internet websites. Then write
the wacky fact in one sentence.

Now write a paragraph that explains more about the fact, the same way we did in the book.

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 14 Wacky Facts Maze
Help the dolphin find the water.

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