Animal Babies

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1.Which animal baby is the name for a young horse?
- A. gosling
- B. lamb
- C. kit (fox)
- D. foal
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foal
Did you know? A foal can stand and nurse within two hours.
2.Which animal baby is the name for a young cow, elephant, or whale?
- A. caterpillar
- B. smolt
- C. hatchling
- D. calf
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calf
Did you know? Whale calves drink hundreds of liters of milk a day.
3.Which animal baby is the name for a young cat?
- A. kit (fox)
- B. kitten
- C. nymph
- D. fawn
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kitten
Did you know? Kittens open their eyes after about a week.
4.Which animal baby is the name for a young duck?
- A. hatchling
- B. leveret
- C. duckling
- D. cub
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duckling
Did you know? Ducklings follow the first moving object they see.
5.Which animal baby is the name for a young pig?
- A. larva (beetle)
- B. piglet
- C. calf
- D. fawn
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piglet
Did you know? Piglets recognize their mother's voice within days.
6.Which animal baby is the name for a young goat?
- A. kid
- B. cub
- C. larva (beetle)
- D. whelp
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kid
Did you know? Young goats climb almost anything within days of birth.
7.Which animal baby is the larva of a frog?
- A. tadpole
- B. chick
- C. calf
- D. fry
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tadpole
Did you know? Tadpoles breathe through gills before growing legs.
8.Which animal baby is the name for a young goose?
- A. gosling
- B. owlet
- C. fry
- D. nymph
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gosling
Did you know? Goslings imprint on their parents within hours.
9.Which animal baby is the name for a young chicken?
- A. leveret
- B. gosling
- C. chick
- D. nymph
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chick
Did you know? Chicks peck their way out of the egg with an egg tooth.
10.Which animal baby is the name for a young dog?
- A. nymph
- B. elver
- C. puppy
- D. kid
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puppy
Did you know? Puppies are born blind and deaf.
11.Which animal baby is the name for a young bear, lion, or tiger?
- A. piglet
- B. squab
- C. cria
- D. cub
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cub
Did you know? Bear cubs stay with their mother for up to two years.
12.Which animal baby is the worm-like young of a beetle?
- A. gosling
- B. squab
- C. cub
- D. larva (beetle)
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larva (beetle)
Did you know? Beetle larvae often live inside wood or soil.
13.Which animal baby is the larva of a butterfly?
- A. caterpillar
- B. hatchling
- C. fry
- D. joey
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caterpillar
Did you know? A caterpillar may increase its weight a thousandfold before pupating.
14.Which animal baby is the name for a young kangaroo?
- A. joey
- B. calf
- C. kit (fox)
- D. duckling
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joey
Did you know? A joey stays in its mother's pouch for months.
15.Which animal baby is the name for a young sheep?
- A. eaglet
- B. fawn
- C. hatchling
- D. lamb
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lamb
Did you know? A lamb can walk within minutes of birth.
16.Which animal baby is the name for a young seal?
- A. gosling
- B. fry
- C. pup (seal)
- D. eaglet
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pup (seal)
Did you know? Seal pups nurse on milk extremely rich in fat.
17.Which animal baby is the immature form of a dragonfly?
- A. chick
- B. hatchling
- C. smolt
- D. nymph
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nymph
Did you know? Dragonfly nymphs live underwater for years.
18.Which animal baby is the name for a young eel?
- A. kit (fox)
- B. kid
- C. elver
- D. duckling
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elver
Did you know? Elvers swim thousands of kilometers upriver from the sea.
19.Which animal baby is the name for a young eagle?
- A. puppy
- B. lamb
- C. calf
- D. eaglet
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eaglet
Did you know? Eaglets practice wing motions weeks before first flight.
20.Which animal baby is the name for a newly emerged turtle or crocodile?
- A. calf
- B. hatchling
- C. whelp
- D. kid
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hatchling
Did you know? Sea turtle hatchlings race to the sea moments after hatching.
21.Which animal baby is the name for a young deer?
- A. cub
- B. kid
- C. tadpole
- D. fawn
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fawn
Did you know? Fawns wear spotted coats that hide them in dappled light.
22.Which animal baby is the name for a young owl?
- A. fawn
- B. fry
- C. elver
- D. owlet
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owlet
Did you know? Owlets often fledge before they can fly well.
23.Which animal baby is a young salmon ready to live at sea?
- A. calf
- B. smolt
- C. piglet
- D. tadpole
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smolt
Did you know? Smolts transform their bodies to survive salt water.
24.Which animal baby is the name for a newly hatched spider?
- A. lamb
- B. kid
- C. hatchling
- D. spiderling
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spiderling
Did you know? Spiderlings often travel by ballooning on silk threads.
25.Which animal baby is the name for a young fox?
- A. duckling
- B. kit (fox)
- C. owlet
- D. pup (seal)
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kit (fox)
Did you know? Fox kits emerge from the den after about a month.
26.Which animal baby is the name for a young hare?
- A. eaglet
- B. elver
- C. kit (fox)
- D. leveret
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leveret
Did you know? Leverets are born fully furred with eyes open.
27.Which animal baby is the name for a young pigeon?
- A. whelp
- B. pup (seal)
- C. squab
- D. kit (fox)
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squab
Did you know? Squabs feed on "pigeon milk" from their parents' throats.
28.Which animal baby is the name for newly hatched fish?
- A. spiderling
- B. fry
- C. duckling
- D. pup (seal)
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fry
Did you know? Fry feed on tiny plankton near the surface.
29.Which animal baby is the name for a young llama?
- A. fawn
- B. smolt
- C. lamb
- D. cria
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cria
Did you know? A cria can stand within an hour of birth.
30.Which animal baby is an old word for a young dog or wolf?
- A. squab
- B. fry
- C. whelp
- D. fawn
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whelp
Did you know? Wolves give birth to whelps in spring dens.

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