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Animals Quiz Questions

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Question 1

Which of the following insect species is most likely to be observed participating in sexual cannibalism, the female consuming the male after reproduction?

  • A
    Praying Mantis
  • B
    Dung Beetle
  • C
    Bullet Ant
  • D
    Walking Stick

Question 2

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of all invertebrates?

  • A
    They have no backbone
  • B
    They are warm blooded
  • C
    They are symmetrical
  • D
    They are herbivores

Question 3

Where do sea turtles lay their eggs?

  • A
    Between rocks on the ocean floor
  • B
    On the sandy ocean floor
  • C
    On the beach
  • D
    In kelp forests

Question 4

The male of one type of fish is the only known creature where the male is the one to become pregnant. What fish is this?

  • A
    Halibut
  • B
    Swordfish
  • C
    Wolf eel
  • D
    Seahorse

Question 5

What fish, born with eyes on both sides of its head, has one eye migrate to the other side of the head, giving it both eyes on one side of its head?

  • A
    Sardine
  • B
    Flounder
  • C
    Yellow tang
  • D
    Stingray

Question 6

Nearly all amphibians undergo a significant change from infancy to adulthood. What is the name of this change?

  • A
    Metamorphosis
  • B
    Puberty
  • C
    Osmosis
  • D
    Mitosis

Question 7

Which amphibians are known to have wart-like bumps covering their skin?

  • A
    Toads
  • B
    Caecilians
  • C
    Salamanders
  • D
    Newts

Question 8

Which of the following fish is caught by humans who stick their hands/arms into holes and pull the fish out after the fish bites their hand?

  • A
    Catfish
  • B
    Largemouth Bass
  • C
    Steelhead
  • D
    Rainbow trout

Question 9

Which crustacean is known to make its home within the discarded shells of other animals?

  • A
    Softshell crab
  • B
    Hermit crab
  • C
    Crawfish
  • D
    Spider crab

Question 10

What is the primary purpose of a frog croak?

  • A
    To attract insects that they then eat
  • B
    To attract a mate
  • C
    They sing to their young as part of parenting
  • D
    To scare away predators

Question 11

Coral reefs are made up of invertebrate animals known as coral polyps. These are actually transparent animals related to jellyfish. Where do corals reefs get their color?

  • A
    The algae they feed on
  • B
    Fish scales
  • C
    Fish droppings
  • D
    The rocks underneath

Question 12

How are tree frogs able to climb trees?

  • A
    Sticky mucus on their feet
  • B
    Extreme gripping strength
  • C
    Small claws
  • D
    Molecular bonds

Question 13

What invertebrate was (and still occasionally is) applied to the human body as part of medical treatment for disease? Hint: You can't always trust the photos.

  • A
    Leeches
  • B
    Sea anemone
  • C
    Snails
  • D
    Hook worms

Question 14

Owls have special fringed feathers at the tips of their wings called flutings. What is the purpose of these feathers?

  • A
    To attract females
  • B
    To pick up potential prey
  • C
    To keep their young warm
  • D
    To allow the owl to fly silently

Question 15

All mammals have the same number of chambers in their hearts. How many chambers is that?

  • A
    Two
  • B
    Three
  • C
    Four
  • D
    Six

Question 16

What is the name of the hard outer body all insects have?

  • A
    Exoskeleton
  • B
    Abdominal shell
  • C
    Insect Armor
  • D
    Skin

Question 17

All mammals have hair on their bodies at least one point during their lives. What is the primary function of the hair?

  • A
    Increase sensitivity of touch
  • B
    Protect against prey
  • C
    Insulation
  • D
    Provide distinction between male and female

Question 18

How do most amphibians reproduce?

  • A
    By self cloning
  • B
    By live birth
  • C
    By laying eggs
  • D
    By spreading spores

Question 19

Reptiles are ectothermic meaning they control body temperature using which of the following:

  • A
    None of these, the body automatically regulates temperature like in humans
  • B
    Absorbing heat from the environment
  • C
    Moving around more to generate heat
  • D
    Shivering or sweating to control temperature

Question 20

Some vipers, pythons and boas have a special organ just under their nostrils that makes them better hunters. What is this organ used to detect?

  • A
    Magnetic fields
  • B
    Movement of the air
  • C
    X-rays (to see through objects)
  • D
    Thermal radiation (heat)

Question 21

Which of the following features of a bird's body structure is key to it being able to fly?

  • A
    Having no liver or kidneys
  • B
    Having zero body fat
  • C
    Having no bones, only cartilage
  • D
    Having hollow bones

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a fish commonly known to live in and around coral reefs?

  • A
    Yellow tang
  • B
    Clownfish
  • C
    Piranha
  • D
    Parrotfish

Question 23

Mammals are highly social and many predators are pack hunters. Which of the following IS NOT a pack hunter?

  • A
    Coyote
  • B
    Lion
  • C
    Orca
  • D
    Polar bear

Question 24

Many fish are able to create light that they use in various ways. What is it that makes them able to generate light in most cases?

  • A
    Bioluminescence
  • B
    Infrared scales
  • C
    Thermal radiation
  • D
    Static electricity

Question 25

Flamingos are known for their distinctive bright pink color. Why are they pink?

  • A
    Their diet
  • B
    Blood vessels run through their feathers
  • C
    There are pink parasites that live on their feathers.
  • D
    They roll around in pink foliage.

Question 26

What determines the body temperature of most fish?

  • A
    The temperature of the water
  • B
    The amount and speed of their swimming
  • C
    What they eat
  • D
    Thermoregulation (like humans)

Question 27

Slugs, worms and many other invertebrates are hermaphrodites. What does it mean for an animal to be a hermaphrodite?

  • A
    They eat plants and bugs only
  • B
    They mate year round
  • C
    They move without the use of any limbs
  • D
    They have both male and female organs

Question 28

Many lizards have the ability to lose and regrow their tails. What is the most common reason they do this?

  • A
    To attract a mate
  • B
    As food for their young
  • C
    To distract a predator
  • D
    As part of shedding their skin during growth

Question 29

Reptiles have a much lower resting metabolism than most mammals. What is the benefit of a low resting metabolism?

  • A
    The body requires less fuel (food)
  • B
    The animal is able to go long periods of time without breathing
  • C
    They are able to more easily survive in cold climates
  • D
    Eye sight is improved

Question 30

The deadliest creature in Africa is the mosquito due to the number of deaths resulting from malaria. What is the deadliest mammal in Africa?

  • A
    Hippopotamus
  • B
    Water buffalo
  • C
    Elephant
  • D
    Lion

Question 31

All insects have bodies made of three parts. The top is the head, the bottom is the abdomen, what is the middle section called?

  • A
    Stomach
  • B
    Thyroid
  • C
    Thorax
  • D
    Trunk

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a defense mechanism of the pufferfish?

  • A
    Pointy spines
  • B
    Short burst of speed
  • C
    Poison
  • D
    Electric shock

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT true about fleas?

  • A
    Fleas transmit diseases
  • B
    Fleas can jump a distance of 100 times their body length
  • C
    Fleas have wings
  • D
    Fleas are parasites

Question 34

What is the most abundant insect in the world?

  • A
    Ants
  • B
    Roaches
  • C
    Flies
  • D
    Mosquitoes

Question 35

Ants are amazing creatures that live in vast groups. How do all these adult ants communicate with one another?

  • A
    Chemical pheromones
  • B
    Magnetic fields
  • C
    Air vibrations
  • D
    Clicking sounds

Question 36

While there are not a lot of reptiles that migrate, there is one that migrated 12,774 miles over 647 days! What reptile is it that holds this record for the longest reptile migration?

  • A
    Giant tortoise
  • B
    Alligator
  • C
    Leatherback Turtle
  • D
    Water Moccasin (snake)

Question 37

What is the most consumed fish in the United States?

  • A
    Tuna
  • B
    Cod
  • C
    Salmon
  • D
    Trout

Question 38

Which invertebrate is known to have a stomach that can exit the body while eating and then reenter the body when feeding is done?

  • A
    Sea Urchin
  • B
    Octopus
  • C
    Starfish
  • D
    Jellyfish

Question 39

Flies have a unique way of detecting food. How do they commonly detect edible food?

  • A
    Detecting unique radiation with their antennae
  • B
    Receptors in their wings can taste food while flying
  • C
    Having the most powerful sense of smell in the animal kingdom
  • D
    Tasting things with their feet

Question 40

What is the primary purpose for a snake having a forked tongue?

  • A
    For intimidation
  • B
    To act like a radio antenna, spreading wide to detect infrared waves in the air
  • C
    To blind two-eyed prey when attacking
  • D
    To detect chemicals in the air from two points providing "depth perception"

Question 41

The red-tailed hawk is known for its amazing eye sight. Imagine that there is a human with 20/20 vision, meaning they can read reasonably small writing from 20 feet way. How far away could the red-tailed hawk read the same sign (assuming it could read)?

  • A
    40 feet
  • B
    160 feet
  • C
    80 feet
  • D
    20 feet

Question 42

The common basilisk, nicknamed the Jesus Christ lizard, has the ability to run on water for distances up to twenty meters. Combined with fast moving legs, which of the following best explains how this is possible?

  • A
    Negative buoyancy
  • B
    Cold temperatures make the surface act like a solid
  • C
    Trapped air pockets under the feet
  • D
    Its arms act like wings

Question 43

Coming in at around 55 pounds and up to 5 feet long, what is the largest known amphibian?

  • A
    The goliath toad
  • B
    The Japanese giant salamander
  • C
    The African toad
  • D
    The deep sea newt

Question 44

The males of one species of fish is a parasite of the females. They will bite onto a female slowly fussing their bodies, joining her blood stream and dissolving all of his internal organs except the testes. What deep sea fish is this?

  • A
    Piranha
  • B
    Carp
  • C
    Anglerfish
  • D
    Haddock

Question 45

Where is snake venom stored?

  • A
    Hollow fangs
  • B
    Venom glands
  • C
    Hollow jaw bone
  • D
    Nasal passage

Question 46

The anhinga is a swamp bird that often spends time swimming with just its head and neck above the water giving it the nickname snakebird. When not swimming, it spends much of its time standing with its wings spread wide, why does it stand like this?

  • A
    To create shade that attracts fish
  • B
    To dry its feathers
  • C
    To look more snake-like
  • D
    As a mating ritual

Question 47

How many legs do insects have?

  • A
    4
  • B
    6
  • C
    8
  • D
    10

Question 48

What is the main difference between the shark and ray class of fish and all other types of fish?

  • A
    Sharks and rays have multiple layers of teeth
  • B
    Sharks and rays are much more aggressive hunters.
  • C
    Sharks and rays have skeletons that are made of cartilage
  • D
    Sharks and rays have a tall dorsal fin

Question 49

What are reptile scales made of?

  • A
    Cartilage
  • B
    Callous Skin
  • C
    Bone
  • D
    Keratin

Question 50

All of the following are arachnids EXCEPT one. Which one is NOT an arachnid?

  • A
    Scorpions
  • B
    Ticks
  • C
    Spiders
  • D
    Crawdads

Question 51

In order to be efficient and recycle nutrients many toads do which of the following?

  • A
    Eat the feces of other toads
  • B
    Eat their weak young
  • C
    Eat dead mammals
  • D
    Eat their shed skin

Question 52

One order of larger mammals is the even-toed ungulates. Which of the following is an example of an even-toed ungulate?

  • A
    Beaver
  • B
    Kangaroo
  • C
    Moose
  • D
    Puma

Question 53

Believe it or not the worlds deadliest animal is actually an insect killing an estimated 750,000 people every year, 15 times as many as the next deadliest animal type. What deadly insect/insect group is this?

  • A
    Mosquitoes
  • B
    Spiders
  • C
    Bees and Wasps
  • D
    Tsetse Fly

Question 54

Clownfish have developed an immunity to the poisonous tentacles of what sea creature?

  • A
    Box jellyfish
  • B
    Sea anemone
  • C
    Humboldt squid
  • D
    Sea urchin

Question 55

Hummingbirds are highly unique birds. Which of the following abilities do ONLY hummingbirds have?

  • A
    Hovering while flying
  • B
    Flying at speeds over 30 mph
  • C
    Flying backwards
  • D
    They don't need to migrate

Question 56

This African bird is named after a human job occupation. Can you guess what it is?

  • A
    The mime bird
  • B
    The waiter bird
  • C
    The secretary Bird
  • D
    The magician bird

Question 57

Most amphibians start life in the water as larvae, how do these young amphibians breathe?

  • A
    Through drinking water
  • B
    With Lungs
  • C
    With gills
  • D
    They don't need to breath as larvae

Question 58

All of the following are fish EXCEPT one, which one is that?

  • A
    Jellyfish
  • B
    Seahorse
  • C
    Moray eel
  • D
    Lionfish

Question 59

Unlike most birds, vultures have featherless heads, why do most vultures have featherless heads?

  • A
    To prevent over heating
  • B
    To remain clean while eating
  • C
    They pull them off one another when competing for mates.
  • D
    To prevent getting caught when sticking their heads in tree holes

Question 60

Bats are the only mammals capable of flying. Unlike birds, bats have a thin membrane stretch between bones. Which bones make up the skeletal structure of the bat's wing?

  • A
    Foot bones
  • B
    Rib bones
  • C
    Collar and shoulder bones
  • D
    Finger bones

Question 61

Which of the following is NOT an invertebrate?

  • A
    Starfish
  • B
    Banana slug
  • C
    Fan coral
  • D
    Moray eel

Question 62

All of the following are characteristics of emperor penguins EXCEPT one, which one is that?

  • A
    They can dive to depths of 10,000 feet when hunting.
  • B
    The males incubate the eggs.
  • C
    They spend their entire life in Antarctica.
  • D
    They are the largest of all penguin species.

Question 63

What invertebrate will eject internal organs through their anus in the direction of predators as a defense mechanism?

  • A
    Banana Slug
  • B
    Giant Millipede
  • C
    Sea Cucumber
  • D
    King Crab

Question 64

It is a commonly known fact that earthworms are good for garden and farm soil. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of earthworms for good growing soil?

  • A
    Their slime deposits nitrogen in the soil
  • B
    They eat common plant eating pests
  • C
    They create holes for air in the soil
  • D
    They mix deep soil with topsoil

Question 65

A unique invertebrate has eyelids that give the eye a "W" shape. What animal is this?

  • A
    Tarantula
  • B
    Tapeworms
  • C
    Humboldt squid
  • D
    Cuttlefish

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