Animals
What species of penguin lives on the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Penguin
Which forest in Singapore was the centre of the land development debate in 2026?
Maju Forest
What caused the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago?
Any one of the following: Asteroid, Volcanic activity, Global warming
Which layer of the atmosphere protects life from UV rays?
Ozone layer
Which house animal has a venomous bite?
Komodo dragon
What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bats
The future Cross–Island MRT line will cut through which natural area?
Central Catchment Nature Reserve
Which bird from New Zealand very famously became extinct?
Dodo Bird
What is a current natural phenomena, related to pressure and temperature over oceans, that is worsened by climate change?
El Niño
Which region can the Shan house animal be found?
Rugged mountain ranges of Central and South Asia
What animal has scales and rolls into a ball when threatened
Sunda Pangolin
Roughly what percentage of Singapore’s natural forestry still exists?
20% (+/- 5%)
Which flying reptile is famously known to be a dinosaur but is actually not?
Pterodactyl
How much has the average temperature of the Earth increased since the pre-industrial era?
1.5 ℃ (+/- 0.1)
Which house animal’s face is so reflective that it almost seems like it "glows in the dark"?
Red panda
What classification do crabs, lobsters, barnacles and shrimps belong to?
Crustaceans
Name any island that will be merged in the Singapore government’s plan to make a Western Island.
One of the following: Semakau, Pulau Sudong, Pulau Bukom, Pulau Hantu, Pulau Jong, Pulau Sebarok
What major evolutionary event occurred 538 million years ago which led to the emergence of most organisms found in the earliest fossils?
Cambrian Explosion
Background information: Forests can be divided into primary and secondary forests. Primary forests have not undergone any significant degradation, while secondary forests have been previously cleared but regrown after.
Which of the following is a primary forest?
1) Maju Forest
2) Clementi forest
3) Nee Soon Swamp (Forest)
4) Lower Pierce Reservoir
Nee Soon Swamp (Forest)
How many species of elephants are there in the world?
3, namely the African bush elephant, African forest animal and Asian elephant
Shown are 3 pictures of damselflies and 1 picture of a dragonfly.
Which picture is the dragonfly?
4th picture
Explanation:
Resting position of dragonflies vs damselflies: damselflies have their wings flatted at rest, have more narrow and longer wings, and have a slimmer and longer body.
Sp. 1: Blue Sprite (Pseudagriom microcephalum)
Source: @sciencefshifu, Andy Ling
Sp. 2: Ornate Coralgail (Ceriagrion cerinorubellum)
Source: Lumin Ong Jun Xiang, LKCNHM staff, Nparks website
Sp. 3: Common Flashwing
(Vestalis amethystina)
Source: David Wirawan, Singapore Geographic website
Sp. 4: Scarlet Grenadier (Lathrecista asiatica)
Source: Leonard Tan, Singapore Odonata Wordpress
Which of the following animals is NOT a critically endangered animal on the IUCN red list in Singapore?
1) Raffles-banded langur
2) Malayan Horned Frog
3) Lesser Mouse-deer
4) Trefoil horseshoe bat
Malayan Horned Frog
What is the first "fish" to have evolved to walk on land?
Tiktaalik
Which of the following is a native species of coral to Singapore?
Dome Coral
Staghorn Coral
Birdsnest Corals
Elkhorn Coral
Staghorn Coral
How many red-crowned cranes are left in the world?
3,800 to 4,500 (accept any number in this range)