Animal #1
What is the largest big cat?
A. Lion
B. Tiger
C. Cheetah
D. Leopard
Answer: B. Tiger
Why do sea otters hold hands?
A. Because they love each other
B. To show they’re in the same family
C. So they don’t float away when they’re sleeping
D. Because they’re playing
Answer: C. So they don’t float away when they’re sleeping
What’s the biggest planet in our solar system?
A. Jupiter
B. Saturn
C. Neptune
D. Mercury
Answer: A. Jupiter
What’s a lunar eclipse?
A. When the Earth is in between the sun and the moon
B. When the moon is in between the Earth and the sun
C. When the sun is in between the Earth and the moon
D. When the moon is closest to the Earth
Answer: A. When the Earth is in between the sun and the moon
Does ice sink or float in water?
A. Sink
B. Float
C. Sometimes it sinks, sometimes it floats
D. Ice is water, so this is a trick question
Answer: B. Float
What land animal can open its mouth the widest?
A. Alligator
B. Crocodile
C. Baboon
D. Hippo
Answer: D. Hippo
How can you tell an insect and a spider apart?
A. Insects have three body parts; spiders have two.
B. Insects have six legs; spiders have eight.
C. Insects can have wings but spiders can’t.
D. All of the above.
Answer: D. All of the above.
What planet has the shortest day?
A. Mercury
B. Earth
C. Neptune
D. Jupiter
Answer: D. Jupiter
What direction does the sun rise in?
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West
Answer: C. East
What’s the force that makes objects fall to the ground?
A. Electromagnetism
B. Gravity
C. Nuclear force
D. It’s just called “The Force”
Answer: B. Gravity
What is the largest animal on Earth?
A. The African elephant
B. The blue whale
C. The sperm whale
D. The giant squid
Answer: B. The blue whale
What does the duck-billed platypus do that hardly any other mammals do?
A. Quacks like a duck
B. Lays eggs
C. Builds nests
D. Waddles
Answer: B. Lays eggs
What star is closest to the Earth?
A. The North Star (Polaris)
B. The Dog Star (Sirius)
C. The sun
D. Andromeda
Answer: C. The sun
What’s the hardest substance in our body?
A. Bones
B. Hair
C. Nails
D. Teeth
Answer: D. Teeth
What kind of trees grow from acorns?
A. Oak
B. Maple
C. Hickory
D. Walnut
Answer: A. Oak
What is the only flying mammal?
A. The bat
B. The flying squirrel
C. The bald eagle
D. The colugo
Answer: A. The bat
Why do snakes stick out their tongue?
A. To scare predators
B. To lick their prey
C. To make a hissing sound
D. To “smell” the air
Answer: D. To “smell” the air
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
A. Buzz Aldrin
B. Neil Armstrong
C. Michael Collins
D. Alan Shepard
Answer: B. Neil Armstrong
How many bones are in the adult human body?
A. 501
B. 105
C. 206
D. 347
Answer: C. 206
What’s the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?
A. Typhoons are stronger than hurricanes.
B. Typhoons happen over land; hurricanes over water.
C. Hurricanes are slower-moving.
D. Nothing except where they happen.
Answer: D. Nothing except where they happen.
What is an animal called that eats plants and meat?
A. Carnivore
B. Herbivore
C. Omnivore
D. Pescatarian
Answer: C. Omnivore
What is it called when there are no more of one kind of animal left on Earth?
A. Evolution
B. Conservation
C. Extinction
D. Endangered
Answer: C. Extinction
What’s a blue moon?
A. When the moon turns blue
B. When the moon falls on Halloween
C. The second full moon in a month
D. When a Hunter’s Moon falls on Halloween
Answer: C. The second full moon in a month
Where is the fastest muscle in the body?
A. The leg
B. The arm
C. The fingers
D. The eye
Answer: D. The eye
How many colors are in a rainbow?
A. 7
B. 10
C. 6
D. 8
Answer: A. 7