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Animal Weight Activity Sheet

Step 1

Estimated weight of a bottlenose dolphin: __________ lb.

Step 2

The greatest average weight in pounds (lb) of a bottlenose dolphin found off the coast of Florida is _______ lb.

How close was your estimate to the greatest average weight? ____________

Step 3

Estimated weight of a gorilla: __________ lb.

Step 4

Actual weight of an average male gorilla: __________ lb.

How close was your estimate to the average weight? ____________

Step 5

Estimated weight of a male polar bear: __________ lb.

Step 6

Greatest actual weight of a male polar bear: __________ lb.

Step 7

List the three animals in order from heaviest to lightest on the Weight chart below.

NAME WEIGHT (lb.)
   
   
   
   

Which of the three animals weighs the most?

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Which animal is about three times as heavy as the bottlenose dolphin?

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Explain how you got your answers.

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Step 8

Write your name and weight in the Weight chart in Step 7 above.

About how many times as heavy than you is the polar bear?

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About how many times as heavy than you is the gorilla?

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About how many times as heavy than you is the bottlenose dolphin?

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Step 9

Animal: __________________________

One new thing I learned:

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