Q1) The dictionary definition of hippopotamus is ____?


Q2) Hippopotamuses can gather in groups of up to 40. A group is called _________?

Q3) Hippopotamus are vegetation eaters. Vegetation eating animals are called __________?

Q4) A hippo's lifespan is typically ________ years.

Q5) Hippopotamus can move _______ in water, propelling themselves with kicks of their back legs.

Q6) A male hippopotamus can weigh as much as _________? Females are smaller (1500 kg.)

Q7) Hippopotamuses stand or lye on the river bottom and come on to land to feed, mostly at night, consuming as much as ____________ of vegetation per day.

Q8) The running speed of a hippopotamus can be as high as __________? (only short distances)

Q9) Hippopotamuses spend most of the day with the majority of their body submerged in the waters of tropical rivers to _______________?

Q10) Hippopotamus canine teeth are _______ long, and it uses its head as a battering ram, especially against rival males while fighting over territory.