NATURAL HISTORY QUIZ
All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small in today's quiz!
I bet you sang that line in your head :-)
QUESTIONS
1. What type of creature is the American Shad?
2.Which plant’s scientific name is Helianthus?
3. What species has variants called, Nurse, Mako, Megamouth and Leopard amongst many others?
4. The medical condition, ‘aglutition’ is the inability to do what?
a. Sneeze
b. Yawn
c. Blow your nose
d. Swallow
5. What animal does an apiculturist look after?
6.What fruit (technically a berry) has varieties called Moon Drops, Sweet Jubilee and Concord?
7. In which month of the year does the summer solstice occur in the Southern Hemisphere?
8.Kilauea and Mauna Kea are volcanoes found on which island chain?
9. What name is given to a female dolphin?
10. How long on average can a mouse live in captivity?
a. 3 months
b. 3 years
c. 6 years
d. 9 years
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ANSWERS
1. What type of creature is the American Shad?
FISH
2.Which plant’s scientific name is Helianthus?
SUNFLOWER
3. What species has variants called, Nurse, Mako, Megamouth and Leopard amongst many others?
SHARK
4. The medical condition, ‘aglutition’ is the inability to do what?
a. Sneeze
b. Yawn
c. Blow your nose
d. Swallow
D. SWALLOW
5. What animal does an apiculturist look after?
BEES
6.What fruit (technically a berry) has varieties called Moon Drops, Sweet Jubilee and Concord?
GRAPES
7. In which month of the year does the summer solstice occur in the Southern Hemisphere?
DECEMBER (On or around the 22 December)
8.Kilauea and Mauna Kea are volcanoes found on which island chain?
HAWAII
9. What name is given to a female dolphin?
COW
10. How long on average can a mouse live in captivity?
a. 3 months
b. 3 years
c. 6 years
d. 9 years
B. 3 YEARS (The oldest mouse recorded is ‘Sir Patrick Stewart’ who lives in San Diego Zoo and is almost 10 years old)