Trivia Quiz on Biology Part 3

1. What animal may be stag, rhinoceros or dung

A) Beetle

B) Deer

C) Horse

D) Wasp

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2. What appear when the sun activates your melanocytes

A) Tan lines

B) Sunburn

C) Freckles

D) Liver spots

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3. What is another name for a spiny anteate

A) aardvark

B) platypus

C) Echidna

D) pangolin

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4. Apparatus or specially constructed chamber for maintaining living organisms in an environment that encourages growth

A) Incubator

B) Bioreactor

C) Growth chamber

D) Fermentation tank

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5. Parasitophobia is a fear of ______

A) Spiders

B) Germs

C) Parasites

D) Snakes

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6. Animals that once existed but don't exist now are said to be ______.

A) Endangered

B) Extirpated

C) Extinct

D) Obsolete

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7. Name the carnivorous mammal related to the hyena

A) African wild dog

B) Snow leopard

C) Brown bear

D) Aardwolf

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8. What is the deleterious gas in the air, which is exhaled by humans called

A) Carbon dioxide

B) Carbon monoxide

C) Oxygen

D) Nitrogen

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9. What is the main food of most bats

A) Fruits

B) Nectar

C) Insects

D) Small vertebrates

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10. Arachnoid refers to what kind of insect

A) Ant

B) Spider

C) Beetle

D) Centipede

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11. How many pairs of ribs are there in a male skeleton

A) 12

B) 10

C) 11

D) 13

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12. What does the dalmatian have on each individual hair follicle

A) A tiny pigment bead

B) A microscopic hook

C) Barb

D) A small tattoo mark

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13. Which compound forms about 70% of the human body

A) Proteins

B) Lipids

C) Water

D) Minerals

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14. What fish can blink its eyes

A) Shark

B) Dolphin

C) Goldfish

D) Salmon

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15. What does a cat use to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through

A) Whiskers

B) Tail width

C) Eyes

D) Paw size

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16. Cookie what gas that animals exhale do plants utilize

A) Carbon dioxide

B) Oxygen

C) Nitrogen

D) Methane

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17. How many organizational levels are there in the human body

A) Three

B) Five

C) Six

D) Four

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18. What colour are the Amazon river dolphins

A) Pink

B) Blue

C) Grey

D) Green

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19. What colour does a chameleon turn when its angry

A) Black

B) Green

C) Brown

D) Blue

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20. What is a community of ants called

A) Nest

B) Ant hill

C) Colony

D) Hive

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21. Flat, round, brown spots on the skin that contain an excess of melanin, the human skin pigment

A) Moles

B) Melanoma

C) Freckles

D) Birthmarks

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22. The average adult human has 32 of these

A) Bones

B) Ribs

C) Teeth

D) Muscles

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23. What do deciduous trees do

A) Lose their leaves in winter

B) Stay evergreen and keep leaves year-round

C) Grow new leaves during winter

D) Lose their leaves in spring

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24. What family is a rhinocerous

A) Equidae

B) Bovidae

C) Ungulate

D) Hippopotamidae

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25. Which word refers to all the animal life of a specific place or time

A) Flora

B) Fauna

C) Biota

D) Wildlife

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26. Who or what lives in a formicarium

A) Bees

B) Termites

C) Spiders

D) Ants

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27. This order of insects contains the most species

A) Lepidoptera

B) Diptera

C) Beetles

D) Hymenoptera

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28. What is 'tilapia' a type of

A) Fish

B) Bird

C) Crustacean

D) Mollusk

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29. What does a myologist study

A) Bones

B) Muscles

C) Nerves

D) Circulatory system

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30. The blood of mammals is what color

A) Blue

B) Green

C) Purple

D) Red

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31. A Scatologist studies what Excrement

A) Urine

B) Blood

C) Crap - Shit

D) Digestive enzymes

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32. Dogs & humans are the only animals with what

A) Prostrates

B) Opposable thumbs

C) The ability to sweat from the entire body

D) The ability to speak a human language

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33. Bacillophobia is a fear of ______

A) Bacteria

B) Viruses

C) Germs

D) Microbes

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34. To what is the area of a human lung equal

A) A basketball court

B) A football field

C) Tennis court

D) A kitchen table

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35. Hammer, anvil and stirrup are parts of ______

A) Nose

B) Ear

C) Eye

D) Jaw

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36. To what family does the hippopotamus belong

A) Suidae

B) Bovidae

C) Hominidae

D) Pig

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37. What's the smallest mammal

A) Pygmy hippo

B) Shrew

C) Bumblebee bat

D) Etruscan shrew

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38. How many hearts has an octopus

A) Two

B) Four

C) One

D) Three

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39. What does an ichthyologist study

A) Birds

B) Mammals

C) Corals

D) Fish

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40. In relation to its size, which bird has, understandably, the thickest skull

A) Hawk

B) Woodpecker

C) Owl

D) Parrot

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41. A cat is feline but what's leporine

A) Hare

B) Rabbit

C) Guinea pig

D) Chinchilla

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42. What sense is most closely linked to memory

A) Sight

B) Hearing

C) Taste

D) Smell

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43. What is a mamba

A) A venom

B) A snake

C) A tree

D) A lizard

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44. Which part of the body is most sensitive to radiation

A) The Skin

B) The Eyes

C) The Liver

D) The Blood

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45. Ichthyology is the study of ________.

A) Birds

B) Fish

C) Reptiles

D) Insects

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46. What is the worlds longest insect

A) Giant leaf insect

B) Borneo stick insect

C) Australian giant stick insect

D) Madagascar hissing cockroach

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47. The name for which body organ translates as all flesh

A) Pancreas

B) Liver

C) Kidney

D) Stomach

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48. What are the longest cells in the human body

A) Red blood cells

B) Muscle fibers

C) Neurones

D) Osteocytes

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49. His ship was the H.M.S. Beagle

A) Alfred Russel Wallace

B) James Cook

C) Charles darwin

D) Carl Linnaeus

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50. A non_cancerous tumor is said to be _______.

A) Malignant

B) Precancerous

C) Benign

D) Metastatic

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