ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO.20
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:21 pm1 Which of these cats has the longest fur: manx, persian or siamese?
PERSIAN
2 Which Loch in Scotland is said to have a sea monster?
NESS
3 What is the shortest-lived cetacean?
HARBOUR PORPISE
4 What would you find on the middle of a grasshopper's body?
THEIR EARS
5 What type of animal is a gecko?
LIZARD
6 How many legs does a shrimp have?
10
7 Which domestic birds, when set loose can find their way home? (2 words)
HOMING PIGEONS
8 What is the young of a wasp called?
A GRUB
9 What kinds of animals are red admirals and purple emperors?
BUTTERFLIES
10 What type of animal is herded by the Lapps of northern Europe?
REINDEER
11 What are the three parts of an adult insect’s body: head, abdomen and ?
THORAX
12 To which animal group do the lobster, woodlouse, crab and shrimp belong?
CRUSTACEAN
13 Which is the odd one out: herring, pike, whale or shark?
WHALE
14 What is the name for a fossil of a mollusc?
AMMONITE
15 What is the term for the taking in of food by animals?
INGESTION
16 Which is the odd one out: vixen, hen, boar and mare?
BOAR
17 What is the name of an animal that eats only plants?
HERBIVORE
18 What is the term for an animal that sleeps through the day?
NOCTURNAL
19 What is the name of an animal that rears its young in a pouch?
MARSUPIAL
20 Which part of its body does a chameleon used to capture its prey?
TOUNGE
PERSIAN
2 Which Loch in Scotland is said to have a sea monster?
NESS
3 What is the shortest-lived cetacean?
HARBOUR PORPISE
4 What would you find on the middle of a grasshopper's body?
THEIR EARS
5 What type of animal is a gecko?
LIZARD
6 How many legs does a shrimp have?
10
7 Which domestic birds, when set loose can find their way home? (2 words)
HOMING PIGEONS
8 What is the young of a wasp called?
A GRUB
9 What kinds of animals are red admirals and purple emperors?
BUTTERFLIES
10 What type of animal is herded by the Lapps of northern Europe?
REINDEER
11 What are the three parts of an adult insect’s body: head, abdomen and ?
THORAX
12 To which animal group do the lobster, woodlouse, crab and shrimp belong?
CRUSTACEAN
13 Which is the odd one out: herring, pike, whale or shark?
WHALE
14 What is the name for a fossil of a mollusc?
AMMONITE
15 What is the term for the taking in of food by animals?
INGESTION
16 Which is the odd one out: vixen, hen, boar and mare?
BOAR
17 What is the name of an animal that eats only plants?
HERBIVORE
18 What is the term for an animal that sleeps through the day?
NOCTURNAL
19 What is the name of an animal that rears its young in a pouch?
MARSUPIAL
20 Which part of its body does a chameleon used to capture its prey?
TOUNGE
