World Book Trivia Quiz For Kids--9/17-know Your Animals
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What kind of an animal is an aardvark?
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A South American wild pig
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A mammal that eats termites
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A mythical creature famous for being the first animal entry in the dictionary
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B. A mammal that eats termitesExplanation
An aardvark is a termite-eater that lives in Africa. It has strong claws with which it rips open termite nests and a very long sticky tongue which it uses to slurp the termites up out of their tunnels. Its name means “earth pig” in Dutch Afrikaans.Rate this question:
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- 2.
Why do African elephants have big ears?
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If they flap them, they can fly
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To help them when they swim across rivers
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They use them to help keep cool
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C. They use them to help keep coolExplanation
Elephants get very hot in the sun. Their ears are huge and thin, like sails, and they are full of tiny blood vessels. This means they can get rid of heat when they are too hot by using their ears to cool their blood. Because their ears are so big, they can dump heat by radiating it away into the air.Rate this question:
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- 3.
Which of these flying birds has the widest wingspan?
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Albatross
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Bald eagle
- C.
Swan
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A. AlbatrossExplanation
Albatrosses are huge with wingspans up to 4 metres (12 feet). They spend most of their time gliding just above the ocean waves and only come to land to breed. These beautiful gentle birds are in danger because of long-line fishing, and many are killed every year.Rate this question:
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What is the smallest living bird?
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Hummingbird
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Swallow
- C.
Wren
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A. HummingbirdExplanation
There are lots of types of Hummingbirds. Some are so small that they're almost the same size as a bumblebee. They live off nectar which they sip out of flowers by means of a long, tube-like beak and an even longer tongue. They hover while they sip and can even fly backwards.Rate this question:
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- 5.
What do passenger pigeons, moas, great auks and dodos have in common?
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They're all good friends
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They are all extinct
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They all have fur and four legs
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B. They are all extinctExplanation
They were all birds that were killed off by humans.Rate this question:
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- 6.
What does a bombardier beetle do if it is attacked?
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It pretends to be dead
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It throws pebbles at its attacker
- C.
It sprays boiling hot fluid at its attacker
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C. It sprays boiling hot fluid at its attackerExplanation
The boiling fluid is made from poisons called quinones that mix explosively with hydrogen peroxide inside the insect. This evil-smelling mix then sprays out with a "pop", a little like a bombard (an old-fashioned cannon), which is why the insect has this name.Rate this question:
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What is the largest animal on the planet?
- A.
Blue whale
- B.
Elephant
- C.
Giraffe
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A. Blue whaleExplanation
Blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived. The blue whale reaches up to 100 feet (30 meters) long and can weigh over 150 short tons (135 metric tons).Rate this question:
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Which of the following animals is typically nocturnal?
- A.
Giraffe
- B.
Monkey
- C.
Owl
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C. OwlExplanation
The owl is nocturnal (active at night). Owls are birds of prey, or birds that kill and eat animals.Rate this question:
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- 9.
What type of animal is a lynx?
- A.
Bird of prey
- B.
Wild cat
- C.
Wolf
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B. Wild catExplanation
Lynx is the name of four kinds of wildcats with sturdy bodies. Lynxes live in parts of Asia, Europe, and North America. The bobcat ranges across much of North America. The Canadian lynx lives in thick forests in Canada and the northern United States. The Eurasian lynx lives in forests of Europe and northern Asia and in open or scrub woodlands of central Asia. The Iberian lynx, also called the Spanish lynx, is one of the world's mostRate this question:
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What does the word dinosaur mean?
- A.
Big Monster
- B.
Huge lizard
- C.
Terrible lizard
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C. Terrible lizardExplanation
The name dinosaur comes from the term Dinosauria, which means terribly great lizards. But dinosaurs were not lizards, only distantly related to them, and most were not very terrible.Rate this question:
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