Environmental Science, 10th Edition (Cunningham)

Chapter 5: Biomes: Global Patterns of Life

GE Exercise: Serengeti Plain

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Legendary for its vast herds of wildlife, this grassy steppe is one of the world's natural treasures. Together with the nearby Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve across the border in Kenya, there is protection for the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth. This is one of the last great migratory systems still intact. During the rainy season between December and June, as many as two million wildebeests and zebras graze on the new growth of grass on these plains. When the rains stop in July the world's largest mammal migration occurs as the animals move west toward Lake Victoria in search of new pastures.

1
In what country is this plain located?
A) Tanzania
B)Uganda
C)Kenya
D)The Congo
E)Burundi
2
What country adjoins the Serengeti on the south?
A)Tanzania
B)Uganda
C)Kenya
D)The Congo
E)Burundi
3
Why do so many short tracks branch off from the roads in this area?
A)The short tracks are actually drainage canals designed to mitigate road damage during the monsoon rain season.
B)They are from tourist vans driving across the plain in search of animals.
C)The tracks are the doomed remnants of a previous government's poorly designed effort to establish housing subdivisions in the desert.
D)The tracks are the result of so many drivers getting lost when they are caught in sudden sandstorms.
E)The tracks appear to be caused by an elusive underground species of burrowing animal only recently discovered by scientists.
4
Approximately how far is it to Lake Victoria from this place marker?
A)About 10 km
B)About 25 km
C)About 50 km
D)About 100 km
E)About 200 km
5
What tribe of native people herd cattle on these plains?
A)Yanomano
B)Yaqui
C)Maasai
D)Beduins
E)Cherokee
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