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K-4 -- Alternative Geography Assessment Items Zoo Animals You are a famous zookeeper, and a city in Illinois is asking you for advice. They want to build a zoo and put only those animals in the zoo that don’t naturally live in Illinois. In the space below, identify three animals that naturally live in other places but not in Illinois. For each animal, tell why it does not naturally live in Illinois. Animal #1: _______________________________________ Reason why it does not naturally live in Illinois: Animal #2: _______________________________________ Reason why it does not naturally live in Illinois: Animal #3: _______________________________________ Reason why it does not naturally live in Illinois: Classification: Nat. Std. 8, KS 1; State Std. 17 B