Animals

Mammals

100

Which two animals are the only egg laying mammals?

Platypuses and Echidnas

200

Which mammal has claws, a short tail, hibernates and hunts for fish?

Bears

300

Which of these animals are not nocturnal?

• Sheep

• Skunk

• Leopard

• Tiger

Sheep

400

Which of these animals sleep standing up?

• Horse

• Zebra

• Elephant

• Cow

• None of them

• All of them

All of them

500

How do you tell if a sea creature is a fish or mammal?

Fish move their tails side to side. Mammals move their tails up and down.

Reptiles

100

True or false: Reptiles are cold-blooded

True

200

Which two reptiles live mostly in the water?

Crocodiles and Aligators

300

Roughly how many reptile species are there?

• 500

• 2000

• 5000

• Over 8000

Over 8000

400

How many different species of reptiles are there?

• 500

• 1000

• 5000

• Over 8000

Over 8000

500

What does the gender of baby turtles depend on?

• The location of the egg

• The temperature outside the egg

• Nothing- it is random

• How close the egg is to the ocean

The temperature outside the egg

Birds

100

Which bird can only fly backwards and upside down?

Hummingbird

200

What is the fastest flying bird?

Peregrine Falcon

300

Which bird runs the fastest?

Ostrich

400

Where are bald eagles mostly found?

• North America

• South America

• Northwest Europe

• Eastern Europe

North America

500

How do toucans sleep?

• With their eyes open

• With their head tucked between their feet

• With their beaks tucked onto their back

• With their beaks open

With their beaks tucked onto their back

Amphibians

100

True or False: Amphibians hibernate during the winter

True

200

What do amphibians breathe through?

Their skin

300

What do all frogs have in common?

• They are poisonous

• They croak

• They can’t swim

• They only live in ponds

They are poisonous

400

Which of these are true?

Amphibians:

• Are cold-blooded

• Are invertebrates

• Lay eggs

• Have scales

Amphibians are cold-blooded

500

1. Where do amphibians live when they are born?

2. Where do they spend most of their time when they are adults?

1. Water

2. Land

Fish

100

What animal is this?

Whale shark

200

Which animal is the fastest swimmer?

• Blobfish

• Seahorse

• Sloth

Sloth

300

Which fish swims the fastest?

Sailfish

400

What are shark skeletons made out of?

• Bone

• Keratin

• Cartilage

• They don’t have skeletons

Cartilage

500

How long can a great white shark go without a meal after eating a seal or sea lion?

One month