Quiz on Animal and Plant Biology

Looking at the picture above, why do the dogs have different leg lengths?

• They have the same parents and have the same leg lengths.

• They inherited the length of their legs from their parents, since they all have different parents they have different leg lengths.

• They have the same parents but different leg lengths.

• They have different parents, but have the same leg length.

What are the plants that have wild cabbage as an ancestor? (Select all that apply)

• Kale

• Broccoli

• Carrots

• Cauliflower

The diet of a flamingo affects the color of its feathers. What is the cause of the flamingo’s feather color in the statement above?

• Temperature

• Hours of daylight

• Feather thickness

• Diet

How can paleontologists figure out what the environment was like where and when mammoths lived?

• They look at other fossils found nearby, including plant fossils.

• They open the tusks to determine the age of a mammoth.

• They look at its teeth to determine what a mammoth ate.

• None of the above

What is a “Frozen Fossil”?

• The rings inside the tusk.

• An organism that was trapped and frozen in a place for thousands of years.

• Fossils that are dug up by paleontologists.

• A plant fossil that was located near a fossil to help determine the environment.