Animals

Mammals

50

This Disney movie features a lot of gorillas.

Tarzan

100

The fastest land animal on the planet

The cheetah can reach speeds of up to 70 m.p.h. and is the fastest land mammal.

150

Name the animal.

Seal

200

Defense mechanism of a porcupine

Quills with sharp barbs that will release into an attacker's skin and cause tremendous pain. 

250

The most common fox.

Red Fox

300

True or False 

Sloths swim through water three times faster than they move on ground.  

True

350

The biggest mammal on the planet

Blue Whale

400

The number of digits on a panda's paw

Six 

5 fingers and an opposable thumb

450

Name 1 type of otter.

Sea

River

Giant

Spotted Neck

North-American

Congo-Clawless

Hairy Nosed

Eurasian

Cape-Clawless

Neo-Tropical

Asian Small Clawed

500

The name for a group of monkeys that travel together by day to find food

Troop

Birds

50

Name three birds that cannot fly.

Emu

Ostriches 

Penguins

Streamer Ducks

Kiwis

Kakapo

Cassowary

Peacock

100

In Finding Nemo, Nigel is this type of bird.

Pelican

150

Name the fastest bird on the planet

Peregrine Falcon (240mph)

200

This species of bird from the movie Rio is now extinct.

Blue Macaw 

250

This is the second fastest land bird in the world.

Emu

300

Name 3 species of owls found in North America

Barn Owl

Barred Owl

Boreal owl

Brown Hawk Owl

Burrowing Owl

Elf Owl

Great Gray Owl

Great Horned Owl

Long-eared Owl

Mountain Pygmy Owl

Northern Hawk Owl

Saw-whet Owl

Scops Owl

Screech Owl

Short-eared Owl

Snowy Owl

Spotted Owl

350

In most Native American cultures this bird is the most common symbol of death

Owl

400

All of the species of birds we have today are descendants of these

Dinosaurs

450

            This fast bird.

Roadrunner

500

This bird living at the London Zoo swallowed an alarm clock, roll of film, handkerchief, 3 foot long piece of rope, a pencil, and 3 gloves in addition to other items.

Ostrich

Amphibians

50

Name 2 different types of amphibians.

Newts

Salamanders

Frogs

Toads

100

Name 5 different types of frogs.

Poison Dart Frog

Tree Frog

Pond Frog

American Bullfrog

Australian Green Tree Frog

Red-Eyed Tree Frog

True Frog

Glass Frog

150

Amphibian is Greek for "both kinds of life". They have this name because they live in these two environments.

Land and water

200

This amphibian has three eyelids on each eye, sticky toe pads,  and lives in a trees in lowland rainforests and becomes camouflaged when it closes its eyes

Red-eyed Tree Frog

250

Name 3 characteristics of amphibians

Survive both on land and in water 

Vertebrates

Smooth, slimy skin

May breathe through skin and sometimes lungs

Cold-blooded

Complex life cycle (larval to adult)

300

The most poisonous amphibians in the world belong to this species of toxic frogs

Poison Dart Frogs

350

Amphibians do this to survive during the winter in cold climates

Hibernate

400

The smallest amphibian

Tree Frog

450

The largest amphibian.

Giant Salamander

500

True or False

Some frogs are poisonous enough to kill an adult human being.

True

Reptiles

50

The class of animals that are cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying, vertebrates that include crocodiles and turtles

Reptiles

100

Name 2 types of reptiles

Snakes

Turtles

Tortoises

Alligator

Crocodiles 

Lizards

150

Name this reptile 

Gila Monster

200

The difference between Crocodiles and Alligators.

 Alligators live in freshwater and crocodiles live in saltwater or brackish areas. 

Alligators and crocodiles have different snout shapes.

Crocodiles have one tooth on each side of the lower jaw that sticks up over the upper lip but alligators' teeth are hidden when they close their mouths.

250

The type of lizard best known for changing colors and blending into its environment

Chameleon

300

The largest and heaviest lizard on Earth growing up to 10 feet in length and weighing up to 300 pounds.

Komodo Dragon

350

Snakes and lizards use this body part to "smell"

Tongue

400

Breed of the largest live animal mascot in college sports

Female buffalo (Cow Bison)

Ralphie, a female buffalo or cow bison, is the University of Colorado Boulder's mascot. 

450

The main enemy of the chameleon

Man

500

These reptiles have no legs.

Snakes

Insects

50

This "biting" insect is able to fly in the rain 

Mosquito

100

This insects known for its red coloring with black spots eats other insects and are used by farmers as natural pest control

Ladybugs

150

 Name two types of bees.

Honey bees 

Carpenter bees

Bumble Bees

Mining Bee

Mason Bee

200

Ants can lift _____ times their own body weight

20

250

The country to which Monarch butterflies in northeastern U.S. and Canada migrate

Mexico

300

True or False

Grasshoppers have two sets of wings

True

350

The number of legs on an insect

6

400

Name 3 types of insects that pollinate plants.

Bees

Butterflies

Flies

Ants

Wasps

450

This is the term for an insect changing forms, like a caterpillar to a butterfly.

 Metamorphosis

500

Name the Disney movie made in 1998 that is all about bugs.

A Bug's Life

Mammals 2

50

 Beef comes from this animal.

cow

100

True or False

Pork and Ham come from the same animal.

True

150

Name a species of dog that falls into the American Kennel Club's herding group, bred to gather, herd, and protect livestock

Australian Cattle Dog

Australian Shepherd

Bearded Collie

Sheepdog

Collie

Corgi

German Shepherd

More found at: https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/herding/

200

Largest big cat subspecies

Siberian Tiger

250

Largest species of bear

Polar

300

Name 2 types of Whales

Grey Whale

Narwhal

Beluga Whale

Blue Whale 

Humpback

350

The largest member of the dolphin family

Orca

400

The tallest land mammal

Giraffe

450

These mammals have pouches that their babies live in until they're old enough to survive on their own.

Marsupial

(Koalas, Kangaroos, Opossom, Sugar Glider, Tasmanian Devil, Wombat, Numbat)

500

This mammal flies and practices echo location. 

bat

Fish

50

This Disney Movie is all about a clownfish.

Finding Nemo

100

True or False?

Sharks have bones but no cartilage similar to rays, sawfish, and skates

False

Sharks, rays, sawfish, and skates have cartilage, but no bones.

150

Name 2 different types of sharks.

Tiger, Hammerhead, Great White, Sawshark, Goblin, Sand, Thresher, Nurse, Bull, Mako, Blacktip Reef, Blue, Basking, Megaladon 

200

The slowest swimming fish in the ocean

Seahorse

250

Anemones are home to this type of fish, which have a layer of mucous on their skin to prevent them from being stung by the anemone. 

Clownfish

300

This species of Wolf whose howl can be heard up to ten miles away

Gray Wolf

350

True or False

Goldfish have good memories.

True, goldfish can remember obstacle courses up to a month later.

400

True or False

Fish can't talk to each other.

False, fish communicate in squeaks and through sign language.

450

Name a species of fish that originated in Eastern Asia that can outlive their owners, some living as long as 200 years

Koi fish

500

The term used to refer to a fish that makes its own light

Bioluminescent

For example, Anglerfish have a luminescent bulb above the head that lights up and attracts prey.