INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA ESCUELA NORMAL

SUPERIOR ENRIQUE VALLEJO DE TIERRADENTRO

DOCENTE: Carol Viviana Castillo Peña
AREA: Inglés
SEMESTRE IV
FECHA DE REMISIÓN: 3/05/2021
TEMA: Animal description

ACTIVITIES
1. READ AND LISTEN

What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo?

It’s easy to understand why people confuse bison and buffalo. Both are

large, horned, oxlike animals of the Bovidae family. There are two kinds
of bison, the American bison and the European bison, and two forms of
buffalo, water buffalo and Cape buffalo. However, it’s not difficult to
distinguish between them, especially if you focus on the three H’s:
home, hump, and horns.

Contrary to the song “Home on the Range,” buffalo do not roam in the
American West. Instead, they are indigenous to South Asia (water
buffalo) and Africa (Cape buffalo), while bison are found in North
America and parts of Europe. Despite being a misnomer—one often
attributed to confused explorers—buffalo remains commonly used when
referring to American bison, thus adding to the confusion.
Another major difference is the presence of a hump. Bison have one at
the shoulders while buffalo don’t. The hump allows the bison’s head to
function as a plow, sweeping away drifts of snow in the winter. The next
telltale sign concerns the horns. Buffalo tend to have large horns—some
have reached more than 6 feet (1.8 meters)—with very pronounced arcs.
The horns of bison, however, are much shorter and sharper. And, if you
want to throw a B into the mix, you can check for a beard. Bison are the
hipsters of the two animals, sporting thick beards. Buffalo are
beardless.
In 1798 British physicist Henry Cavendish became the first person to
accurately determine the mass of Earth. His painstakingly conducted
 experiment calculated the density of Earth and thus the value of G, the
universal gravitational constant first proposed by Isaac Newton in 1687.
While mass and weight are not interchangeable (weight is variable, while
mass is constant), Cavendish’s “weighing the world” experiment yielded a
result of approximately 6 sextillion tons.

2. Watch the necesary times the video about buffalo and bison. Check
the link. https://www.britannica.com/video/215798/What-is-the-
difference-between-buffalo-vs-bison

1. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS in simple time

a) Do the people confuse the bison with the buffalo? Yes___X__

No_____
b) What are the three differences between buffalo and bison? __The
three differences between buffalo and bison are the three H’s: home,
hump, and horns. ____________________________
c) Where does the bison live?__The bison does found in North America
and parts of Europe _______________________________
d) What is the iconic animal of the american west?__ The buffalo do not
roam in the American West ________________
e) Where does the buffalo live? they are indigenous to South Asia (water
buffalo) and Africa (Cape buffalo)

f) Describe a buffalo
Buffalo tend to have large horns—some have reached more than 6 feet (1.8
meters)—with very pronounced arcs. Buffalo are beardless
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g) Describe a bison
Bison have one at the shoulders while buffalo don’t. The hump allows the
bison’s head to function as a plow, sweeping away drifts of snow in the
winter. The horns of bison, however, are much shorter and sharper.
And, if you want to throw a B into the mix, you can check for a beard.
Bison are the hipsters of the two animals, sporting thick beards
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h) Look at the pictures and write the name of the animal (buffalo or bison)

___ bison ______________ ____ buffalo ____________

_____ bison ____________ ______ bison __________

________ buffalo _______ _____ buffalo _____________

i) Is this man wrong? Why?

 This is man wrong in the
picture because the Bison
have one at the shoulders
while buffalo don’t

j) complete the comparison chart

FEATURES BISON BUFALO

HOME The bison lives in North a) the buffalo lives
America and parts of South Asia (water
Europe buffalo) and Africa
(Cape buffalo)

HUMP The bison has hump the buffalo hasn´t hump

HORN The bison hasn´t horns The buffalo has large
horns
BEARD The bison has thick The buffalo hasn´t beards
beards

K) IN CONCLUSION BISON NOT BUFFALO true__X___

false______

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