Science trivia quiz questions about plants and animals.
What is the favorite food of the giant panda?
A: Bamboo shoots.
What leaves does a silkworm prefer to eat?
A: Mulberry.
How long is a giraffe's neck, approximately?
A: 3 meters.
What kind of an animal is a marmoset?
A: An American monkey.
Which plant has flowers but no proper leaves?
A: Cactus.
What name is given to animals that eat both flesh and plant material?
A: Omnivores.
Which flightless marine birds of the southern hemisphere live in
rookeries?
A: Penguins.
Which species of decapod has varieties called "fiddler', 'spider' and
'hermit'?
A: Crab.
What is the name of the seasonal journey undertaken by many animals
to distant feeding band breeding grounds?
A: Migration.
Which digestive organ is well-developed in grass-eating herbivores,
but is only vestigial in humans?
A: Appendix.
Which are the only birds able to fly backwards?
A: Hummingbirds.
Photosynthesis is carried out in which part of the cell?
A: Chloroplast.
What is the name of the protective outer layer of trees?
A: Bark.
What liquid do plants need for photosynthesis?
A: Water.
What is the fastest animal on two legs?
A: An Ostrich.
What is the green pigment used by plants to trap sunlight?
A: Chlorophyll.
What are the young of bats called?
A: Pups.
Which plant has flowers but no proper leaves?
A: Cactus.
What is the larva of a toad called?
A: Tadpole.
Which bird, a member of the cuckoo family, is often seen dashing
along the highways of the southern USA and Mexico... hence its name?
A: Roadrunner.
What grow as parasites and saprotrophs, contain no chlorophyll, and
reproduce by means of spores?
A: Fungi.
Why do fish have gills?
A: To absorb oxygen.
Which animal can move by jet propulsion?
A: Octopus.
Which acid is produced in large quantities by lemon trees?
A: Citric Acid.
What id the name given to the study of birds?
A: Ornithology.
What name is given to the microscopic plants found in great numbers
in rivers, lakes, and oceans?
A: Algae.
Of which reptile are there only two species, one living in the
Mississippi and the other in China?
A: Alligator.
What are the nocturnal, herding herbivores of Australia, Tasmania,
and New Guinea?
A: Kangaroos.
What type of seaweed grows up to 100 meters in length, and is farmed
for its alginates?
A: Kelp.
Where in an animal would you find a mandible?
A: Skull.
Which vertebrates have a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone?
A: Sharks.
Which European tree lives the longest?
A: Yew.
What is a beaver's home called?
A: Lodge.
Which tissue carries sugary sap around the plant?
A: Phloem.
Which cells form the middle layer of plant leaves?
A: Mesophyll.
How long is the gestation period of a duck-billed platypus?
A: It doesn't have one.
Which antipodean bird is the largest member of the kingfisher family?
A: Kookaburra.
Which microscopic organisms form the basis of marine and freshwater
food chains?
A: Plankton.
Which bird feeds with its head upside-down and its beak held
horizontally beneath the water?
A: Flamingo.
Where in a vertebrate would you find the protein myoglobin?
A: Muscle tissue.
What kind of a tongue does the okapi have?
A: Prehensile.
What do baleen whales eat?
A: Krill.
What is the name of the food storage organ found in many birds?
A: Crop.
What is the most abundant substance in the plant kingdom, which no
mammal produces the enzyme to digest?
A: Cellulose.
