Bears - Eating Vegetation

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The following video is provided by the North American Bear Center. The mission of the non-profit North American Bear Center is to advance the long-term survival of bears worldwide by replacing misconceptions with scientific facts about bears, their role in ecosystems, and their relations with humans. Your friends @ My Schoolhouse support the efforts of this non-profit organization. The North American Bear Center has a web site at Bear.org.

Please view the video below titled "Eating Vegetation" and answer the questions that follow.

1. The video began with the bear eating male Aspen catkins.

True

False

2. Bears have a difficult time climbing trees.

True

False

3. Bears will eat

female Willow catkins

Large-leafed Aster

Dandelions

All of the above.

4. In the video, the black bear stripped all the leaflets off the Interrupted Fern plant much like a human licking ice cream from a straw.

True

False

5. It appears that the bears eat many types of plants.

True

False