National Geographic Kids USA - September 2017

EXPLORE^ THE

VIRTUAL^ WORLD.

animaljam.com

CODE:^ Tropical

RINUS

BAAK

/^ DREAMSTIME

(MACA

W);

WEERAPONG

WORRANAM

/^ SHUTTERSTOCK

(FLOWER);

DOBERMARANER

/^ SHUTTERSTOCK

(BUTTERFLY);

IAKOV

FILIMONOV

/^ DREAMSTIME

(SPIDER

MONKEY);

M.

UNAL

OZMEN

/^ SHUTTERSTOCK

(ICE

CREAM);

SOMCHAIJ

/^ SHUTTERSTOCK

(BAMBOO);

RICHARD

SUSANTO

/^ SHUTTERSTOCK

(KOMODO

DRAGON)

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school^ instead^ of^ you!

ANSWERS^ ON^ PAGE^39

The tropical forest around the Lost Temple of Zios in the

virtual world of Animal Jam would need long days and

plenty of rain. If it were on Earth, where would it be found?

A. Arctic Circle

B. Equator

C. Great Barrier Reef

D. South Pole

How many years can a macaw, a kind of parrot,

live in the wild?

A. 5

B. 20

C. 60

D. 100

On the Indonesian island of Komodo, which large

animals do Komodo dragons eat?

A. water buffalo

B. blue whale

C. polar bear

D. hippopotamus

Each year, almost a million people travel to the

Andes Mountains in Peru to see which cultural site?

A. Angkor Wat

B. Chichen Itza

C. Easter Island

D. Machu Picchu

Which type of animal is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

from The Jungle Book?

A. goat

B. bear

C. mongoose

D. meerkat

Spider monkeys have a prehensile tail, meaning they

can ____________ with their tails.

A. shoot venom

B. grab branches

C. peel bananas

D. scratch their backs

If you were to make a rain forest ice

cream, which flavors could you use?

A. lemon

B. banana

C. mango

D. all of the above

A company developed what new kind of item after

studying the way butterfly wings produce colors?

A. color-changing helmets

B. color screens for electronic devices

C. tie-dyed sunglasses

D. holiday lights

Which rain forest animal is attracted to the

gross-smelling flowers of the kapok tree?

A. snake

B. monkey

C. toucan

D. bat A. 1 inch

B. 12 inches

C. 40 inches

D. 60 inches

In the Sagano Forest in Japan, bamboo

grows at a rate of^ ____________ a day.

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