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Animals of Science

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most positive animal is a/n ...

-creds to Sounds of Music-

(a)  

2.

What was the name of the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell?

-creds to A&P-

a)

Dolly the Sheep

b)

Alfred the Parrot

c)

Boris the Bear

d)

Mary the Moose

3.

First animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth?

-creds to Chem Lab-

a)

Laika the dog

b)

Anastasia the dog

c)

Ruford the Cat

d)

Buford the Cat

4.

When was the first plant genetically modified?

-creds to Green Gen-

a)

1980

b)

1983

c)

1985

d)

1987

5.

The first time that an ANIMAL was genetically modified occurred BEFORE the first time that a PLANT was genetically modified.

-creds to Cell Bio-

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Pigs live for ___ years on average.

-creds to Codebusters-

a)

15

b)

12

c)

22

d)

14

7.

How many teeth do adult dogs normally have?

-creds to Disease Detectives-

a)

32

b)

42

c)

36

d)

48

8.

What's the most common duck on the Charles?

-creds to Allie Guo who never does the quizizz anyway-

a)

Mallard

b)

Donald

c)

Canvasback

d)

Female

9.

What's the best animal?

-creds to Experimental Design-

a)

unicorn

b)

rabbit

c)

slug

d)

stick

10.

Colors of a penguin?

-creds to Ping Pong Parachute-

a)

Black/white

b)

Grey/grey

c)

Dark grey/light grey

d)

24/7

11.

"Jaguar" comes from a Native American word meaning what?

-creds to Forensics-

a)

He who kills with one leap

b)

He who kills with his feet

c)

He who kills sheep

d)

He who is deep

12.

From how far away can you hear a lion's roar?

-creds to Remote Sensing-

a)

1 mile

b)

5 miles

c)

10 miles

d)

15 miles

13.

one example of coevolution is that between:

-creds to Botany-

a)

birds and bees

b)

flowering plants and insects

c)

dinosaurs and mammals

d)

humans and primates

14.

the idea that attributes acquired by an individual during its lifetime were passed on to offspring is known as ___ and is attributed to ____

-creds to Game On-

a)

adaptation, wallace

b)

natural selection, darwin

c)

inheritance of acquired characteristics, lamarck

d)

genetics, mendel

15.

assuming that milk production has only arisen once, then its presence in all monotreme, marsupial and placental mammals, and no other groups, is an example of:

-creds to It's About Time-

a)

a synapomorphy

b)

convergent evolution

c)

analogous structures

d)

a plesiomorphy

16.

which clade (monophyletic group), or clades, do the birds belong to?

clade 1: vertebrates

clade 2: amniotes

clade 3: tetrapods

-creds to Trajectory-

a)

1

b)

1, 2

c)

1, 3

d)

1, 2, 3

17.

the oldest known eukaryote fossils occur in the:

-creds to Astronomy 🪐-

a)

cambrian

b)

cenozoic

c)

precambrian

d)

paleozoic

18.

jellyfish first appeared in the fossil record in the:

-creds to Bridge 🌉-

a)

paleozoic

b)

mesozoic

c)

cambrian

d)

precambrian

19.

the group of primates that includes the monkeys, apes, and humans is known as the:

-creds to Chem Clue-

a)

anthropoids

b)

australopithecines

c)

hominoids

d)

hominids

20.

an example of müllerian mimicry would be:

creds to Dynamic Planet, though they didn't submit a q :(

a)

a butterfly that resembles a leaf

b)

two species of poisonous frogs that resemble one another in coloration

c)

a minnow with spots that look like large eyes

d)

a palatable species of butterfly that resembles an unpalatable one

21.

because of difference in peak breeding time, 5 species of frogs rarely produce interspecific hybrids. the isolating mechanism is:

creds to Gravity Vehicle, who haven't submitted a q ever!

a)

behavioral

b)

mechanical

c)

geographical

d)

temporal

22.

What is the largest bird in the world?

creds to Ornithology, though they didn't submit a q :(

a)

Big Bird

b)

Ostrich

c)

JetBlue

d)

Emu

23.

Which animal has the world's fastest punch?

creds to Rocks & Minerals, though they didn't submit a q :(

a)

Mantis shrimp

b)

Kangaroo

c)

White tiger

d)

Human

24.

A housefly buzzes in an F key.

creds to Write it CAD it, though they didn't submit a q :(

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE