ANIMAL CHAMPIONS
1. Which animal is the fastest mammal?
a. The dolphin
b. The cheetah
c. The house spider
2. There are giant tortoises alive today that were hatched
a. before the Civil War
b. before the Crusades
c. before the great pyramids were built.
3. Which of these animals can hold its breath the longest?
a. a honeybee
b. an alligator
c. a sperm whale
4. Which of these animals does NOT return to its hatching place to lay its own eggs?
a. Green sea turtles
b. Chinook salmon
c. Gray whales
5. Has any animal ever been seen at the top of Mt. Everest?
a. Yes, bar-headed geese have flown over it.
b. Yes, arctic foxes live there.
c. No, there has never been an animal seen at the top of Mt. Everest.
6. Which of these birds has the longest wingspan?
a. A peregrine falcon
b. A wandering albatross
c. A hummingbird
7. Which of these reptiles weighs the most?
a. Saltwater crocodiles
b. Komodo dragons
c. Reticulated pythons
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8. Which of these animals can live about as long as the average person does?
a. A gorilla
b. A donkey
c. An Andean condor
9. Which of these animals can lift 50 times its own body weight?
a. An elephant
b. A chimpanzee
c. An ant
10. Which of these animals migrates the farthest?
a. Gray whales
b. Caribou
c. Siberian tigers
11. Which of these animals can beat their wings the fastest?
a. A hummingbird
b. A honeybee
c. A falcon
12. What is the largest of all birds?
a. The Kori bustard
b. The wandering albatross
c. The ostrich
13. Which of these animals is the tallest?
a. The giraffe
b. The elephant
c. The polar bear
14. Which of these animals might make itself heard from over 1,000 miles away?
a. A lion
b. A tiger
c. A humpback whale
15. Most insects don’t live long. But queen termites can live
a. five years.
b. fifty years.
c. fifty to one hundred years.
16. Which of these animals CANNOT leap more than 100 times its body length?
a. A kangaroo
b. A kangaroo rat
c. A flea
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17. Which of these flyers migrates the farthest?
a. The red bat
b. The mosquito
c. The Arctic tern
18. The oldest human on record lived more than
a. 102 years.
b. 112 years.
c. 122 years.
19. Which of these rodents is the heaviest?
a. A capybara
b. A beaver
c. A woodchuck
20. How much does the heaviest flying bird weigh?
a. 20 pounds
b. 30 pounds
c. 40 pounds
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ANSWERS TO ANIMAL CHAMPIONS
1. Which animal is the fastest mammal?
a. The dolphin
b. The cheetah
c. The house spider
2. There are giant tortoises alive today that were hatched
a. before the Civil War
b. before the Crusades
c. before the great pyramids were built.
3. Which of these animals can hold its breath the longest?
a. a honeybee
b. an alligator
c. a sperm whale
4. Which of these animals does NOT return to its hatching place to lay its own eggs?
a. Green sea turtles
b. Chinook salmon
c. Gray whales
5. Has any animal ever been seen at the top of Mt. Everest?
a. Yes, bar-headed geese have flown over it.
b. Yes, arctic foxes live there.
c. No, there has never been an animal seen at the top of Mt. Everest.
6. Which of these birds has the longest wingspan?
a. A peregrine falcon
b. A wandering albatross
c. A hummingbird
7. Which of these reptiles weighs the most?
a. Saltwater crocodiles
b. Komodo dragons
c. Reticulated pythons
8. Which of these animals can live about as long as the average person does?
a. A gorilla
b. A donkey
c. An Andean condor
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9. Which of these animals can lift 50 times its own body weight?
a. An elephant
b. A chimpanzee
c. An ant
10. Which of these animals migrates the farthest?
a. Gray whales
b. Caribou
c. Siberian tigers
11. Which of these animals can beat their wings the fastest?
a. A hummingbird
b. A honeybee
c. A falcon
12. What is the largest of all birds?
a. The Kori bustard
b. The wandering albatross
c. The ostrich
13. Which of these animals is the tallest?
a. The giraffe
b. The elephant
c. The polar bear
14. Which of these animals might make itself heard from over 1,000 miles away?
a. A lion
b. A tiger
c. A humpback whale
15. Most insects don’t live long. But queen termites can live
a. five years.
b. fifty years.
c. fifty to one hundred years.
16. Which of these animals CANNOT leap more than 100 times its body length?
a. A kangaroo
b. A kangaroo rat
c. A flea
17. Which of these flyers migrates the farthest?
a. The red bat
b. The mosquito
c. The Arctic tern
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18. The oldest human on record lived more than
a. 102 years.
b. 112 years.
c. 122 years.
19. Which of these rodents is the heaviest?
a. A capybara
b. A beaver
c. A woodchuck
20. How much does the heaviest flying bird weigh?
a. 20 pounds
b. 30 pounds
c. 40 pounds
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