Late Lunch With Llamas

Question 1

How did Jack get the Condors to leave them alone?

Accepted Answer

Asked them to deliver a message to starry heavens to take care of Cira.

Question 2

The Andes Mountains are the longest mountain range in the world.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Air in the high mountains has about ___ percent less oxygen.

Accepted Answer

40

Question 4

What did Cria say to Jack and Annie as she took off into the cloud forest?

Accepted Answer

Follow me!

Question 5

Llamas do not have hoves like horses. They have feet with ____ toes on each foot/soft wide pads, much like a dog&#x27;s paw.

Accepted Answer

2 toes

Question 6

How did ancient magic help Jack and Annie convince the emperor to let Cria go back to Topa?

Accepted Answer

Cria talked.

Question 7

What type of animal gave Jack and Annie&#x27;s a sign the Magic Tree House had returned?

Accepted Answer

Condor

Question 8

The official language spoken by Incas was Quechua (KEH-chuh-wuh).

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Llamas want to live alone.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Instead of coats, what do the natives of the Andes wear to keep warm?

Accepted Answer

ponchos

Question 11

In the language of the Incas, Machu Picchue means Old Mountain.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Mountain Sickness is when people climb the moutain too quickly and they have trouble catching their breath.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

What happened to Cria, the baby llama?

Accepted Answer

She was taken by the royal guards to the Secret City.

Question 14

There are ___ different kinds of orchids in the cloud forests.

Accepted Answer

200

Question 15

Flamingos live in the Andes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Llamas can carry a million pounds.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Cud is partly digested food. Chewing breaks food down so it can digest easier. Llamas chew their cud ___ hours a day!

Accepted Answer

8

Question 18

The most famous llamas in West Virginia are the Good News Llamas who visited us last month!

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Machue Picchu is a national park. The United Nations declared it a World Heritage Site in 1983.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

How did the people from Machu Picchu get their water?

Accepted Answer

sixteen fountains / rainwater

Question 21

Emperor Pachacuti the Earth Shaker ruled the Inca Empire from 1438 to 1471.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Wet air from the Amazon rain forest moves up the mountains and cools, condenses, and changes into clouds creating __ __.

Accepted Answer

cloud forests

Question 23

The spectacled bear is very shy and are almost never seen. Their fur looks like they are wear glasses.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Jack pointed to the book and said, "I wish we could go to the Andes Mountains in ______."

Accepted Answer

Peru

Question 25

The southern region has rain, but is near the equator so temperatures are warm, central is dry & northern is rainy/cool.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Three regions: southern section/Argentine & Chile; central/Chile, Bolivia &Peru; northern Venezuela, Columbia & Ecuador

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Llamas can be over ___ feet tall and weigh about ___ pounds.

Accepted Answer

6 feet tall - 400 pounds

Question 28

What was the bridge made of?

Accepted Answer

rope

Question 29

Condors are the largest flying birds in the world. They weight 33 pounds and have a wingspan around 10 feet across.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

What did Annie call, "a stairway for giants"?

Accepted Answer

terraces

Question 31

What&#x27;s the secret of brave?

Accepted Answer

Being afraid and being brave totally go together.

Question 32

Name the highest active volcano in the Andes.

Accepted Answer

Ojos del Salado 22,000 feet high

Question 33

The bridge linked two mountains, the ________ and ________.

Accepted Answer

Young Mountain / Old Mountain

Question 34

The Cinchona is a small important tree. People grind up its bark to make quinine, a medicine to treat malaria.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Rojo is probably the most famous therapy llama ever. He visits hospitals, schools, and nursing homes in the US.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

The tallest mountain in the chain is Aconcagua at 22,841 feet.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Llamas hum or cluck to communicate. If llamas sense a predator, they warn others with a high-pitched scream.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

The Llamas are important to the mountain people because they

Accepted Answer

Both provide wool and carry things

Question 39

The Andes are the longest mountain chain in the world.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Llamas are camelids, meaning the come from the _____ family?

Accepted Answer

camel

Question 41

The Andes are a chain of mountains stretching along the western coast of South America 4,500 miles through 7 countries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

Jack and Annie realized they had traveled hundreds of years in the past. Today, what do we call the Secret City?

Accepted Answer

Machu Picchu

Question 43

What is the name of the old man and woman&#x27;s grandson?

Accepted Answer

Topa

Question 44

The armadillo in the Andes sprout hair from beneath their shell and on their bodies and legs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 45

What does Cria and Topa have in common?

Accepted Answer

They both are orphans.

Question 46

How was Annie so sure they saw Cria in the long line of llamas?

Accepted Answer

She was the only silver one, she was wearing a bell, and she was tiny.

Question 47

Infomation was saved on quipus (KEE-pooz) cotton/wool colored cords/strings. Knots were tied in the strings as codes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

The vizcachas look like fat rabbits with big bushy tails. They make a whistling noise if a predator comes around.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

If a llama folds its ears back flat is might be getting ready to spit.

Accepted Answer

True

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