Animal quiz for kids

Mammal. Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.

Bird. Owls can turn their heads about three-quarters of the way round.

Insect. Butterflies taste with their feet.

Leaves → Cricket → Frog → Snake → Eagle. Energy passes up a food chain, but most of it is used up at each step.

True. A tortoise cannot climb out of its shell. The shell is part of its skeleton.

False. A spider has eight legs. Insects have six.

True. Webbed feet work like paddles and push a duck through the water.

False. Whales are mammals. They breathe air and feed their babies milk.

Foal. Horses can sleep standing up.

Fawn. Most male deer grow a brand new set of antlers every year.

Deserts. A camel's hump stores fat, not water.

Grasslands. A lion's roar can be heard up to 8 km away.

Plants and animals. Foxes eat mice, birds and worms, and fruit and berries too.

Plants only. A giraffe's neck has seven bones, the same number as yours.

Gills. Gills take oxygen out of the water as it flows over them.

Nocturnal. Owls, bats and hedgehogs are nocturnal.

A producer. Green plants are producers because they make their own food from sunlight. Animals are consumers.

Vertebrate. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are all vertebrates.

False. Koalas are marsupials. Their babies grow up in a pouch.

Mammals and birds. Mammals and birds keep their bodies warm from the inside. Most other animals warm up and cool down with their surroundings.

Hibernation. A hibernating hedgehog's heartbeat slows right down to save energy.

Skin. Skin is your body's largest organ.

Stomach. Your stomach makes a new lining every few days so it doesn't digest itself.

False. Your bones are inside you, under your skin and muscles.

True. Chewing breaks food into small pieces that are easy to swallow.

Ribs. Most people have 12 pairs of ribs.

Bark. Bark protects a tree from insects, weather and disease.

Nectar. Bees carry nectar back to the hive and turn it into honey.

Evergreen. Pine, fir and holly are evergreen. Deciduous trees, such as oak, drop their leaves in autumn.

Chlorophyll. Chlorophyll soaks up sunlight so the plant can make food. It is why most leaves are green.