ANIMAL JUMPING By Table 1 Animals Animal Body

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Table 1: Animals Animal Body Length Grasshopper Rabbit Squirrel Tree Frog 5 inches 1 foot 8 inches 2 inches Can Jump This Many Times Its Body Length 20 6 8 150 You are working with Marisol and Jeff. Your task is to decide whether the body length of an animal affects how far the animal can jump.

Question #1 • Use the information in Table 1: Animals to find how far each animal can jump. • Enter how far in feet or inches, each animal can jump. • Include the unit of measurement for each answer. Animal Grasshopper Rabbit Squirrel Tree Frog How far can each animal jump?

Question #2 You, Marisol, and Jeff are discussing your answers to question 1. Marisol says the squirrel jumps the shortest distance. Jeff says the rabbit jumps the shortest distance Who is correct? Use words and numbers to support your answer.

Question #3 In question 1, you found how far each animal can jump. Compare the body length of each animal to how far the animal can jump. Based on your answers to question 1, explain how the body length of an animal affects how far the animal can jump.

Question #4 Your teacher asks you to consider a new animal called the kangaroo rat. Animal Body Length Kangaroo Rat 6 inches Can Jump This Many Times Its Body Length 45 Explain how the kangaroo rat compares to the other animals in body length and how far it can jump. Include in your answer: • Which animal is the kangaroo rat closest to in body length? • Based on your answer to question 2, which animal(s) should jump farther than the kangaroo rat? • Does the distance the kangaroo rat can jump change your thoughts about how the body length of an animal affects how far the animal can jump? Explain.

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