Round 5:Amazing Animals

Which animal that can regenerate its limbs and tail can be found in the Appalachian Mountains?

• Salamander

• Red-Eyed Tree Frog

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which animal found in the desert regions along the border between Arizona and Mexico can squirt blood from its eyes to protect itself?

• Rattlesnake

• Regal Horned Lizard

Which animal that is smaller than other varieties of its species has been isolated on an island off the coast of Panama for almost 10,000 years?

• Orangutan

• Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which animal can be found throughout the Mediterranean Sea and often breeds near Tunisia, among other places?

• Loggerhead Sea Turtle

• Sea Lion

Which animal can run up to 40 miles per hour and was once one of the most common species in the northern Great Plains region of the United States?

• American Bison

• Gray Wolf

Which animal has been important to nomadic communities in northern Europe, including the Sami on Russia's Kola Peninsula?

• Reindeer

• Black Bear

Which animal migrates from its breeding grounds off Baja California to feeding grounds in the Bering Sea?

• Manatee

• Gray Whale

The mountain subspecies of which animal, known for its distinctive striped markings, lives in the arid highlands of Namibia and Angola?

• Mongoose

• Zebra

Which animal, whose sense of smell is thought to be 40 times stronger than a human's, can be found in the Llanos [YAH-nohs] grasslands of Venezuela?

• Red Panda

• Giant Anteater

Which animal that can be found in northern Argentina, among other places in South and Central America, subsists entirely on the blood of other animals?

• Vampire Bat

• Python

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