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Found mainly in the Amazon rainforest of South America, which predator’s name comes from the Native American word meaning “he who kills with one leap”?
a. Cheetah
b. Leopard
c. Puma
d. Jaguar
Its main body mass is in the leaf-litter below, where it is feeding by decomposing organic matter, helping to form the soil that nourishes the forest. Some are essential for seed germination and tree growth, connecting with a tree’s roots to provide minerals and nutrients. A rainforest could not exist without _____
a. Algae
b. Fungi
c. Spiders
d. Frogs
Standing at 176cm, which of these is the tallest flying bird in the world?
a. Sarus Crane
b. Andean Condor
c. Bar headed Goose
d. Black Stork
Across Sumatra and Borneo, farmers big and small are setting fires to clear land for planting which of these plants?
a. Oil Palms
b. Rubber Trees
c. Bamboo
d. Banana Trees
Billions of these birds inhabited eastern North America in the early 1800s. Which migratory bird was hunted to extinction by man?
a. Dodo
b. Passenger pigeon
c. Labrador duck
d. Laughing owl
This lake is an interesting hydrological phenomenon, most of the year it is a small 35-km wide freshwater lake, but in the monsoon, it gets its flow reversed and the additional rainwater is added to the lake making it 105km wide. What lake in Cambodia is this?
a. Lake Baikal
b. Lake Balkhash
c. Lake Tonle Sap
d. Lake Toba
These creatures run to the top of dunes when moisture is in the air and stand on their heads, so water runs down their body and into their mouth. Some have even evolved geometric patterns of raised areas on their bodies that maximize the amount of moisture that condenses from the fog. What creatures are these?
a. Namib Beetles
b. Bactrian Camels
c. Meerkats
d. Monarch Butterflies
Because of large Carbon Dioxide deposit in the water, the water becomes slightly acidic, and it dissolves the key component that makes up the shells and skeletons of many reef creatures and coral. What is the key building block of these creatures?
a. Calcium Carbonate
b. Calcium Bicarbonate
c. Monosodium Carbonate
d. Silica
Mountain Tree shrew has a symbiotic relationship with these plants. It uses them as toilets providing them rich nitrogenous content via excrement and the plants provides its minerals. What plants are these?
a. Pitcher Plants
b. Cactus
c. Rafflesia Arnoldii
d. Orchids
On land which animal only ever moves their hind legs together, however in the water they kick each leg independently to swim?
a. Hippopotamus
b. Rhinoceros
c. Kangaroo
d. Cheetah
In Humans, the DSG1 Gene is associated with the very thick skins on palms and soles of the feet. Which of these creatures carries the DSG1 Gene, to achieve a similarly thick skin to survive in the climates they are naturalized to?
a. Penguins
b. Polar Bears
c. Blue Whales
d. Angler Fish
Which of these facts is incorrect about Walruses?
a. The Walrus society has a Tusk-based hierarchy. Longer tusks generate more respect.
b. Its Genus - Odobenus – literally means Tooth Walking Sea Horse
c. Walruses have strong mouth that acts as suctions to pull out the shell fish
d. The tusks are present only in the male Walruses
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