Explorit's Animal Quiz
FIVE QUESTIONS:

QUESTION 1: The Emperor and Adelie penguins live in the Antarctic (the South Pole). Which of them lays eggs in the winter, makes no nest, and moves around the icy landscape carrying its eggs on top of its feet?

Adelie penguin
Emperor penguin

QUESTION 2: Insects can hear sounds but their hearing organs are not necessarily on their heads like ours. Which of the insects listed has its ears just below its knees on its front legs?

Bees
Crickets
Locusts
Butterflies

QUESTION 3: Reptiles have dry, scaley skin while amphibians have smooth, moist skin. Which of the animals listed below is an amphibian?

Lizard
Python
Iguana
Salamander

QUESTION 4: Like bats and insects, birds can fly. But, birds are the only animals with feathers. When birds fly their wings flap up and down with a slight twist before the upstroke. Which feathers help the bird to land smoothly ?

Wing feathers
Down feathers
Tail Feathers

QUESTION 5: Mammals are animals with fur (hair) and the cat family is one of the many different families of mammals. Which of the following mammals belongs to the cat family?

Beaver
Hyena
Jaguar
Mole

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