Game of Zoos: Before and After at the Menagerie Quiz

Answer: trail

Answer: hiking trail and trail mix

A hiking trail is generally an unpaved track set aside for hikers. Trail mix is a snack made from dried fruit and nuts, though other ingredients such as chocolate are often included as well.

Many zoos have paths or trails marked to help guide visitors through the exhibits.

Answer: wild

Answer: run wild and wildlife

A person or child might be described as running wild if they were out of control. Plants that are untrimmed and untamed run wild. An animal runs wild if it has not been domesticated. Wildlife refers to wild animals or to the flora and fauna that grows naturally in a specific region.

Most of the animals in a zoo are captured wild and not tamed.

Answer: train

Answer: choo choo train and train station

A child might call a locomotive a choo choo train, generally because of the sounds made by the steam engine. A train station or depot is a designated place for trains to stop and re-fuel or load and unload passengers or cargo.

Several zoos around the world offer train rides either for children or as a means of traveling across the large spans of some exhibits.

Answer: tank

Answer: fish tank and tank tops

A bowl or a glass sided container often used to keep live fish is also called a fish tank. A tank top is a sleeve-less and tight-fitting top.

Zoos often have tanks so that visitors can observe aquatic animals. Many have views from above and below the water line.

Answer: tour

Answer: guided tour and tour bus

Guided tours can be offered either in person or through visual and video aids. Comments and information about the exhibits are provided to enhance the tourists' experience. A tour bus is hired to facilitate sightseeing over larger distances.

Tours are often provided at zoos for larger groups such as a school field trip or a scout troop outing.

Answer: animal

Answer: stuffed animal and animal feed

Children often have cuddly toy animals stuffed with a soft filling. Domestic animals are provided animal feed, which could be either fodder, forage, or both.

In a zoo the animals are provided with their food. Many zoos strive to provide the same food that their animals would eat in the wild.

Answer: zoo

Answer: petting zoo and zoo keeper

A petting zoo is place where children can meet, touch and possibly feed some gentle animals. A zoo keeper is someone responsible for the maintaining a zoo, this might include habitat reconfiguration, feeding and caring for the animals, or even providing information to visitors.

This quiz, part of a much larger team effort, focuses on words that might be used at a zoo!

Answer: ground

Answer: playground and ground ball

Children often find delight in a playground, an area set aside for them to play--often with a slide, swing set, teeter totter, or other equipment. A ground ball describes a baseball in play that has been batted across the ground.

Many zoos have a playground for the children to play and use up some of their extra energy (and hopefully for their parents to rest!).

Answer: hole

Answer: swimming hole and hole in one

A swimming hole is generally found in moving water, such as a stream or creek, and is deep enough for people to swim. A hole in one is a golf stroke where the ball ends on the green and in the cup after a single stroke.

Many of the terrestrial animals at the zoo have swimming holes in their habitat, such as elephants, tigers, and bears.

Answer: cave

Answer: Batcave and caveman

In DC Comics, Bruce Wayne is Batman and the secret caves below his residence are his Batcave. Men and women from the Stone Age are called cavemen.

The habitat of many zoo animals, such as bats, bears, or lions, includes a cave for sleeping, getting out of the sun, or privacy.