Animals in Science
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1.Which animal carries its young in a pouch?
- A. the kangaroo
- B. the chameleon
- C. the salmon
- D. the camel
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the kangaroo
Did you know? Kangaroos cannot easily walk backwards.
2.Which animal is a flightless bird that swims expertly?
- A. the mantis shrimp
- B. the tardigrade
- C. the sea turtle
- D. the penguin
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the penguin
Did you know? Emperor penguins breed through the Antarctic winter.
3.Which animal makes honey and pollinates crops?
- A. the woodpecker
- B. the bee
- C. the jellyfish
- D. the octopus
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the bee
Did you know? Bees communicate through waggle dances.
4.Which animal lifts many times its own weight?
- A. the blue whale
- B. the polar bear
- C. the ant
- D. the owl
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the ant
Did you know? Ant colonies act like superorganisms.
5.Which animal is the largest living bird?
- A. the dolphin
- B. the tardigrade
- C. the elephant
- D. the ostrich
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the ostrich
Did you know? Ostriches run faster than most horses.
6.Which animal smells with its forked tongue?
- A. the snake
- B. the elephant
- C. the giraffe
- D. the shark
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the snake
Did you know? Snake venom is evolved saliva used to subdue prey.
7.Which animal makes silk stronger than steel by weight?
- A. the crocodile
- B. the jellyfish
- C. the bee
- D. the spider
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the spider
Did you know? Spiders are not insects — they have eight legs.
8.Which animal is the fastest land animal?
- A. the sea turtle
- B. the crocodile
- C. the cheetah
- D. the platypus
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the cheetah
Did you know? Cheetahs sprint at over 100 km/h for short bursts.
9.Which animal changes color and moves its eyes separately?
- A. the sloth
- B. the camel
- C. the hummingbird
- D. the chameleon
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the chameleon
Did you know? Color changes signal mood as well as camouflage.
10.Which animal has replaced teeth throughout its life?
- A. the polar bear
- B. the camel
- C. the shark
- D. the jellyfish
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the shark
Did you know? Shark skeletons are made of cartilage.
11.Which animal has the longest neck of any land animal?
- A. the sloth
- B. the giraffe
- C. the albatross
- D. the blue whale
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the giraffe
Did you know? Its seven neck vertebrae are each huge.
12.Which animal is the only mammal that truly flies?
- A. the ostrich
- B. the bat
- C. the mantis shrimp
- D. the penguin
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the bat
Did you know? Bats navigate with echolocation.
13.Which animal can turn its head about 270 degrees?
- A. the owl
- B. the sloth
- C. the peregrine falcon
- D. the penguin
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the owl
Did you know? Owls hunt silently with fringed feathers.
14.Which animal is the largest land animal?
- A. the penguin
- B. the snake
- C. the elephant
- D. the woodpecker
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the elephant
Did you know? Elephants communicate with infrasound.
15.Which animal has a heart the size of a small car?
- A. the snake
- B. the crocodile
- C. the blue whale
- D. the sea turtle
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the blue whale
Did you know? Its heart is the size of a small car.
16.Which animal is a mammal that lays eggs?
- A. the albatross
- B. the beaver
- C. the platypus
- D. the shark
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the platypus
Did you know? The male also has venomous spurs.
17.Which animal has no brain, heart or bones?
- A. the jellyfish
- B. the hummingbird
- C. the ant
- D. the spider
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the jellyfish
Did you know? Some jellyfish are effectively immortal.
18.Which animal stores fat in its hump, not water?
- A. the ant
- B. the penguin
- C. the dolphin
- D. the camel
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the camel
Did you know? Camels can lose a quarter of their weight in water and keep going.
19.Which animal hunts seals on Arctic sea ice?
- A. the blue whale
- B. the salmon
- C. the giraffe
- D. the polar bear
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the polar bear
Did you know? Its fur is hollow and translucent.
20.Which animal sleeps with one half of its brain at a time?
- A. the mantis shrimp
- B. the dolphin
- C. the kangaroo
- D. the camel
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the dolphin
Did you know? This unihemispheric sleep lets it keep surfacing to breathe.
21.Which animal builds dams that create wetlands?
- A. the blue whale
- B. the elephant
- C. the camel
- D. the beaver
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the beaver
Did you know? Beaver dams slow streams and shelter wildlife.
22.Which animal can regrow lost arms?
- A. the starfish
- B. the snake
- C. the crocodile
- D. the woodpecker
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the starfish
Did you know? Some starfish can regrow a whole body from one arm.
23.Which animal returns to nest on the beach where it hatched?
- A. the sea turtle
- B. the polar bear
- C. the crocodile
- D. the woodpecker
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the sea turtle
Did you know? Hatchlings head for the brightest horizon.
24.Which animal moves so slowly algae grows on its fur?
- A. the sloth
- B. the owl
- C. the chameleon
- D. the elephant
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the sloth
Did you know? Sloths sleep and eat hanging from branches.
25.Which animal returns from the sea to spawn in its birth river?
- A. the ostrich
- B. the albatross
- C. the chameleon
- D. the salmon
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the salmon
Did you know? Salmon navigate by smell.
26.Which animal has three hearts and blue blood?
- A. the dolphin
- B. the octopus
- C. the mantis shrimp
- D. the elephant
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the octopus
Did you know? Octopuses are clever escape artists.
27.Which animal drills into wood without brain damage?
- A. the jellyfish
- B. the kangaroo
- C. the peregrine falcon
- D. the woodpecker
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the woodpecker
Did you know? Its tongue wraps around its skull.
28.Which animal strikes with the speed of a bullet?
- A. the platypus
- B. the shark
- C. the mantis shrimp
- D. the earthworm
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the mantis shrimp
Did you know? Its punch boils water into tiny flashes of light.
29.Which animal survives the vacuum of space?
- A. the bee
- B. the tardigrade
- C. the mantis shrimp
- D. the camel
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the tardigrade
Did you know? Tardigrades survive drying, freezing and radiation.
30.Which animal has the longest wingspan of any living bird?
- A. the kangaroo
- B. the albatross
- C. the giraffe
- D. the polar bear
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the albatross
Did you know? Albatrosses can glide for hours without flapping.
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