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Animals quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The brutal destruction of an entire village was one of the worst _____________ of the Vietnam war.

a)

fledglings

b)

touts

c)

atrocities

d)

strays

2.

We decided to take ____________ and go to court, instead of paying the fine.

a)

count our chickens

b)

smell a art

c)

the bull by the horns

d)

let sleeping dogs lie

3.

We started to _____________ when they asked for an extra £500 deposit.

a)

smell a rat

b)

smell a plot

c)

smell a hamster

d)

smell a mouse

4.

Getting an Oscar would be wonderful, but I think it's too early to ____________.

a)

be a dark horse

b)

count my hatches

c)

take the bull

d)

count my chickens

5.

Small desert _________, like kangaroo rat, can survive short periods of dehydration which result in a 20-30 percent weight loss.

a)

rodents

b)

moths

c)

marsupials

d)

caterpillars

6.

Scientists have discovered a new _________ of the virus which is much more dangerous.

a)

species

b)

strain

7.

In the Washington area, cabbages are vulnerable to two persistent pests: Aphids and cabbage moth ________.

a)

swarm

b)

caterpillar

c)

marsupial

d)

nocturnal

8.

The only other vertebrate animals to show an efficient form of self-mutilation are certain __________, especially salamanders.

a)

rodents

b)

swarms

c)

gills

d)

amphibians

9.

What if the car you buy turns out to be a pig ___________?

a)

an a bag

b)

in a sack

c)

in a poke

d)

in a box

10.

An average-sized locust _________ devours in the region of 20,000 tons of vegetation every day.

a)

reptile

b)

amphibian

c)

swarm

d)

moth

11.

Dunn's mouth was open so long that it dried inside and he could not swallow or _____________.

a)

galvanize

b)

deteriorate

c)

salivate

d)

mutilate

12.

New research might ____________ some surprising results.

a)

stray

b)

fuel

c)

yield

d)

feline

13.

1. When my car started making weird noises, the mechanic would _________ the car engine so that my car would run properly.

a)

tweak

b)

mettle

c)

snip

d)

wax

14.

1. Millet continued to _________ for his wife for many years after her death.

a)

wane

b)

tweak

c)

mettle

d)

grieve

15.

Any trend towards human insulin might increase if the price were to decrease below that of ____________ insulin.

a)

pig

b)

porcine

c)

piglet