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  1. How many legs does an insect have? ★
    • Four
    • Eight
    • Ten
    • Six
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    Six — Insects have three pairs of legs, six in all. Source: Wikipedia 'Insect'

  2. A caterpillar grows up to become which animal? ★
    • A beetle
    • A dragonfly
    • A bee
    • A butterfly
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    A butterfly — Caterpillars are the young (larval) stage of butterflies and moths. Source: Wikipedia 'Caterpillar'

  3. How many arms does an octopus have? ★
    • Six
    • Twelve
    • Ten
    • Eight
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    Eight — An octopus has eight limbs. Source: Wikipedia 'Octopus'

  4. How do sharks breathe? ★
    • Through their skin
    • Through a blowhole
    • Through lungs
    • Through gills
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    Through gills — Sharks are fish and take oxygen from water with their gills. Source: Wikipedia 'Shark'

  5. Bats are mammals. ★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Bats are winged mammals, the only mammals that truly fly. Source: Wikipedia 'Bat'

  6. A camel's hump is full of stored water. ★
    • True
    • False
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    False — A camel's hump stores fat, not water. Source: Wikipedia 'Camel'

  7. Penguins live mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. ★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Penguins live almost only in the Southern Hemisphere. Source: Wikipedia 'Penguin'

  8. What is the fastest land animal? ★★
    • Horse
    • Zebra
    • Lion
    • Cheetah
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    Cheetah — A cheetah can run about 93–104 km/h. Source: Wikipedia 'Cheetah'

  9. How many legs does a spider have? ★★
    • 10
    • 12
    • 6
    • 8
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    8 — Spiders have eight legs, unlike six-legged insects. Source: Wikipedia 'Spider'

  10. What is a baby frog that lives in water called? ★★
    • A cub
    • A chick
    • A calf
    • A tadpole
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    A tadpole — Frogs hatch as tadpoles with tails and gills before becoming adults. Source: Wikipedia 'Frog'

  11. What does the giant panda mostly eat? ★★
    • Fish
    • Insects
    • Fruit
    • Bamboo
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    Bamboo — A giant panda's diet is almost entirely bamboo and bamboo shoots. Source: Wikipedia 'Giant panda'

  12. What is the tallest living land animal? ★★
    • Elephant
    • Camel
    • Moose
    • Giraffe
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    Giraffe — Giraffes are the tallest land animals alive today. Source: Wikipedia 'Giraffe'

  13. What do blue whales mainly eat? ★★
    • Sharks
    • Seaweed
    • Seals
    • Krill
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    Krill — Blue whales filter tiny krill from the water through baleen plates. Source: Wikipedia 'Blue whale'

  14. Through what do dolphins breathe air? ★★
    • Gills
    • Their skin
    • Their fins
    • A blowhole
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    A blowhole — Dolphins are mammals and breathe air through a blowhole on top of the head. Source: Wikipedia 'Dolphin'

  15. What do we call an animal that eats both plants and meat? ★★
    • Carnivore
    • Insectivore
    • Herbivore
    • Omnivore
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    Omnivore — Omnivores, like bears and pigs, eat both plant and animal food. Source: Wikipedia 'Omnivore'

  16. The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived. ★★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Blue whales can reach about 30 m and 190 tonnes, larger than any dinosaur. Source: Wikipedia 'Blue whale'

  17. Spiders are insects. ★★
    • True
    • False
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    False — Spiders are arachnids with eight legs; insects have six. Source: Wikipedia 'Spider'

  18. Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly. ★★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Bats are the only mammals capable of sustained flight; others only glide. Source: Wikipedia 'Bat'

  19. A giraffe's neck has many more bones than a human's neck. ★★
    • True
    • False
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    False — Giraffes have seven neck vertebrae, the same as most mammals — just much longer. Source: Wikipedia 'Cervical vertebrae'

  20. What is a group of lions called? ★★★
    • A herd
    • A flock
    • A pack
    • A pride
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    A pride — Lions live in groups called prides. Source: Wikipedia 'Lion'

  21. How many hearts does an octopus have? ★★★
    • 2
    • 8
    • 1
    • 3
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    3 — An octopus has one main heart and two gill hearts. Source: Wikipedia 'Octopus'

  22. Which bird has been recorded diving at over 300 km/h when hunting? ★★★
    • Albatross
    • Ostrich
    • Barn owl
    • Peregrine falcon
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    Peregrine falcon — In its hunting dive (stoop), the peregrine falcon has been recorded at nearly 390 km/h. Source: Wikipedia 'Peregrine falcon'

  23. Which is the only mammal capable of true flight? ★★★
    • Flying squirrel
    • Flying lemur
    • Sugar glider
    • Bat
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    Bat — Bats fly by flapping; flying squirrels and sugar gliders only glide. Source: Wikipedia 'Bat'

  24. What is the change from caterpillar to butterfly called? ★★★
    • Photosynthesis
    • Hibernation
    • Migration
    • Metamorphosis
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    Metamorphosis — Metamorphosis is a big, sudden change in body form during development. Source: Wikipedia 'Metamorphosis'

  25. Which is the largest living land animal? ★★★
    • Hippopotamus
    • White rhinoceros
    • Giraffe
    • African bush elephant
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    African bush elephant — The African bush elephant is the largest and heaviest land animal alive. Source: Wikipedia 'African bush elephant'

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  1. What is a baby kangaroo called? ★★★
    • A kit
    • A cub
    • A calf
    • A joey
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    A joey — Young kangaroos are called joeys. Source: Wikipedia 'Kangaroo'

  2. Butterflies can taste with their feet. ★★★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Butterflies have taste receptors on their feet. Source: Wikipedia 'Butterfly'

  3. Penguins live in the wild in the Arctic. ★★★
    • True
    • False
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    False — Penguins live almost only in the Southern Hemisphere; none live in the Arctic. Source: Wikipedia 'Penguin'

  4. Bamboo is a type of grass. ★★★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Bamboos belong to the grass family, Poaceae. Source: Wikipedia 'Bamboo'

  5. Sharks are fish with skeletons made of cartilage. ★★★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Sharks are cartilaginous fish; their skeletons are cartilage, not bone. Source: Wikipedia 'Shark'

  6. The cheetah is the fastest land animal. ★★★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Cheetahs can run at about 93–104 km/h. Source: Wikipedia 'Cheetah'

  7. Which is the largest living bird? ★★★★
    • Emu
    • Condor
    • Albatross
    • Ostrich
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    Ostrich — The common ostrich is the largest living bird and lays the largest eggs. Source: Wikipedia 'Common ostrich'

  8. What is the only group of mammals capable of sustained flight? ★★★★
    • Flying squirrels
    • Sugar gliders
    • Colugos
    • Bats
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    Bats — Bats truly fly; flying squirrels, colugos and sugar gliders only glide. Source: Wikipedia 'Bat'

  9. What is the largest living species of fish? ★★★★
    • Blue whale
    • Basking shark
    • Great white shark
    • Whale shark
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    Whale shark — The whale shark is the largest fish; blue whales are mammals. Source: Wikipedia 'Whale shark'

  10. Monarch butterfly caterpillars feed on which plant? ★★★★
    • Nettle
    • Dandelion
    • Clover
    • Milkweed
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    Milkweed — Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed plants (genus Asclepias). Source: Wikipedia 'Monarch butterfly'

  11. Which tree species grows the tallest living trees on Earth? ★★★★
    • Giant sequoia
    • Baobab
    • Douglas fir
    • Coast redwood
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    Coast redwood — Coast redwoods reach over 115 m tall. Source: Wikipedia 'Sequoia sempervirens'

  12. Which plant produces the largest single flower on Earth? ★★★★
    • Titan arum
    • Giant sunflower
    • Victoria water lily
    • Rafflesia arnoldii
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    Rafflesia arnoldii — Rafflesia arnoldii has the largest single flower and smells like rotting meat. Source: Wikipedia 'Rafflesia arnoldii'

  13. Koalas eat mostly the leaves of which tree? ★★★★
    • Bamboo
    • Acacia
    • Pine
    • Eucalyptus
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    Eucalyptus — Most of a koala's diet is eucalyptus leaves. Source: Wikipedia 'Koala'

  14. An octopus has three hearts. ★★★★
    • True
    • False
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    True — One heart pumps blood around the body and two pump it through the gills. Source: Wikipedia 'Octopus'

  15. Bats are blind. ★★★★
    • True
    • False
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    False — Bats can see; many also use echolocation, and fruit bats have good eyesight. Source: Wikipedia 'Bat'

  16. The koala is a type of bear. ★★★★
    • True
    • False
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    False — The koala is a marsupial, not a bear, despite the name "koala bear". Source: Wikipedia 'Koala'

  17. Wild penguins live in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. ★★★★
    • True
    • False
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    False — Penguins live almost only in the Southern Hemisphere; none live in the Arctic. Source: Wikipedia 'Penguin'

  18. What is the largest living species of lizard? ★★★★★
    • Green iguana
    • Gila monster
    • Nile monitor
    • Komodo dragon
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    Komodo dragon — The Komodo dragon of Indonesia can reach about 3 m long. Source: Wikipedia 'Komodo dragon'

  19. What kind of animal is the axolotl? ★★★★★
    • A fish
    • A frog
    • A lizard
    • A salamander
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    A salamander — The axolotl is a Mexican mole salamander that keeps its gills as an adult. Source: Wikipedia 'Axolotl'

  20. Which animal has the largest eyes of any known creature? ★★★★★
    • Ostrich
    • Tarsier
    • Blue whale
    • Colossal squid
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    Colossal squid — The colossal squid's eyes are estimated at 27–40 cm across. Source: Wikipedia 'Colossal squid'

  21. Which is the only continent with no native ants? ★★★★★
    • Europe
    • South America
    • Australia
    • Antarctica
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    Antarctica — Ants live on every continent except Antarctica. Source: Wikipedia 'Ant'

  22. In English, a "murder" is a group of which birds? ★★★★★
    • Geese
    • Starlings
    • Owls
    • Crows
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    Crows — A group of crows is called a "murder". Source: Wiktionary 'murder'

  23. Which tiny animals are nicknamed "water bears"? ★★★★★
    • Rotifers
    • Water fleas
    • Copepods
    • Tardigrades
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    Tardigrades — Tardigrades are called water bears because they walk with a bear-like gait. Source: Wikipedia 'Tardigrade'

  24. A giraffe has the same number of neck vertebrae as a human: seven. ★★★★★
    • True
    • False
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    True — Giraffes have seven neck vertebrae, like most mammals, but each is very long. Source: Wikipedia 'Giraffe'