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Animal facts

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  1. 1. What do amphibians such as frogs have covering their bodies: moist smooth skin, or dry feathers?

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  2. 2. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?

    Which sea creature has eig… · Animal facts
  3. 3. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?

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  4. 4. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?

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  5. 5. What is the hard outer skeleton of a crab or beetle called: an exoskeleton or a backbone?

    What is the hard outer ske… · Animal facts
  6. 6. What do we call animals that are active mainly at night (such as owls and bats): nocturnal or diurnal?

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  7. 7. Which animal spins a web: a spider or a rabbit?

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  8. 8. Which bird cannot fly but is an expert swimmer: a penguin or an eagle?

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  9. 9. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?

    6 · 8 · Animal facts
  10. 10. Which bird is the fastest-running land bird and cannot fly: the ostrich or the swallow?

    Which bird is the fastest-… · Animal facts
  11. 11. Which animal starts life as a tadpole: a frog or a butterfly?

    Which animal starts life a… · Animal facts
  12. 12. Which largest living animal on Earth is a filter-feeding marine mammal: the blue whale or the great white shark?

    Which largest living anima… · Animal facts
12 questions · Seed 75 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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Animal facts

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  1. 1. What do amphibians such as frogs have covering their bodies: moist smooth skin, or dry feathers?

    Moist smooth skin

    Amphibians have permeable moist skin that aids gas exchange.

  2. 2. Which sea creature has eight arms lined with suckers: an octopus or a shark?

    Octopus

    An octopus is a cephalopod mollusc with eight arms.

  3. 3. What do we call animals that eat both plants and other animals: omnivores or herbivores?

    Omnivores

    Omnivores have a mixed diet of both plant and animal matter.

  4. 4. Which group of vertebrates has feathers and lays hard-shelled eggs: birds or amphibians?

    Birds

    Only birds possess feathers.

  5. 5. What is the hard outer skeleton of a crab or beetle called: an exoskeleton or a backbone?

    Exoskeleton

    Invertebrates like crabs and beetles have a protective external exoskeleton.

  6. 6. What do we call animals that are active mainly at night (such as owls and bats): nocturnal or diurnal?

    Nocturnal

    Nocturnal animals rest by day and hunt or forage at night.

  7. 7. Which animal spins a web: a spider or a rabbit?

    Spider

    Many spiders spin webs using silk.

  8. 8. Which bird cannot fly but is an expert swimmer: a penguin or an eagle?

    Penguin

    Penguins use their flipper-like wings to swim underwater.

  9. 9. How many legs does an adult insect (such as an ant or bee) have: 6 or 8?

    6

    All adult insects have three pairs of legs (6 legs in total).

  10. 10. Which bird is the fastest-running land bird and cannot fly: the ostrich or the swallow?

    Ostrich

    The ostrich is a flightless bird capable of sprinting at over 65 km/h.

  11. 11. Which animal starts life as a tadpole: a frog or a butterfly?

    Frog

    A tadpole develops into an adult frog through metamorphosis.

  12. 12. Which largest living animal on Earth is a filter-feeding marine mammal: the blue whale or the great white shark?

    Blue whale

    The blue whale is the largest animal known to have lived on Earth.

12 questions · Seed 75 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification