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Wild World follows animals through oceans, forests, grasslands, skies, and freshwater habitats. The questions focus on classification and adaptations as well as memorable animal facts.
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- Mammals and birds
- Ocean life
- Insects and amphibians
- Habitats and adaptations
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1. What name is given to mammals such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises?
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Answer: Cetaceans
Cetaceans are fully aquatic mammals that breathe air through blowholes.
Source: NOAA
2. What does nocturnal mean?
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Answer: Active mainly at night
Nocturnal animals often have senses and behaviours adapted to low-light conditions.
Source: Smithsonian Institution
3. What is the largest living land animal?
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Answer: The African bush elephant
Large adult males can weigh several tonnes and stand more than three metres at the shoulder.
Source: Smithsonian Institution
4. Are most reptiles ectothermic or endothermic?
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Answer: Ectothermic
They rely largely on environmental heat sources to regulate body temperature.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
5. What does a herbivore mainly eat?
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Answer: Plants or plant material
Herbivores have feeding adaptations suited to leaves, grasses, fruits, seeds, or other plant parts.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
6. What material forms most of a shark's skeleton?
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1. Which sense helps a platypus detect prey underwater?
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Answer: Electroreception
2. What feature helps many owls fly with very little sound?
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Answer: Fringed feather edges
3. How many neck vertebrae does a giraffe usually have?
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Answer: Seven
4. What material forms a pangolin's protective scales?
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Answer: Keratin
5. What is a narwhal's long tusk actually made from?
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Answer: An enlarged tooth
6. Which bird is renowned for an annual migration linking Arctic and Antarctic regions?
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Answer: Arctic tern
7. Which bird is known for reaching the greatest speed during a hunting dive?
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Answer: Peregrine falcon
8. What can a chameleon move independently to scan in two directions?
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Answer: Its eyes
9. Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to which animals than to true crabs?
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Answer: Spiders and scorpions
10. What behaviour gave the mimic octopus its name?
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Answer: It imitates the appearance and movement of other animals
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