Let’s Get Back to Nature -
A quiz about the natural world. No trick questions but you may need to think a little for some of them.
QUESTIONS
1. Which sea creature’s Latin name is Delphinus Delphis?
2. Malbec is what form of fruit variety?
3. How many toes are on a cat’s front paw?
4. In which Ocean do you find the Mariana Trench, the deepest area of the Earth?
5. If a creature is said to be ‘arboreal’, what is its natural habitat?
6. Which sea creature has body parts called; bell, canals, eyespot, tentacles and oral arms?
7. Hekla is an active volcano found in the Southern area of which country?
8. Plumbism is a poisoning of the human body due to absorption of what?
9. What are Enoki, Crimino, Oyster and Beech all types of?
10. Usain Bolt is the fastest human to have ever lived with a 100 meter sprint time of 9.58 seconds in 2009, but what average speed does this equate to in Miles per Hour?
a. 18.78
b. 23.35
c. 31.46
d. 42.22
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ANSWERS
1. Which sea creature’s Latin name is Delphinus Delphis?
DOLPHIN
2. Malbec is what form of fruit variety?
GRAPE
3. How many toes are on a cat’s front paw?
FIVE (Four toes on the back paws)
4. In which Ocean do you find the Mariana Trench, the deepest area of the Earth?
PACIFIC OCEAN
5. If a creature is said to be ‘arboreal’, what is its natural habitat?
TREES
6. Which sea creature has body parts called; bell, canals, eyespot, tentacles and oral arms?
JELLYFISH
7. Hekla is an active volcano found in the Southern area of which country?
ICELAND
8. Plumbism is a poisoning of the human body due to absorption of what?
LEAD
9. What are Enoki, Crimino, Oyster and Beech all types of?
MUSHROOM (or Fungi)
10. Usain Bolt is the fastest human to have ever lived with a 100 meter sprint time of 9.58 seconds in 2009, but what average speed does this equate to in Miles per Hour?
a. 18.78
b. 23.35
c. 31.46
d. 42.22
B. 23.35 (This is his average speed over the distance and not his maximum speed of 27.44mph!)