Animal and Plant Life Flashcards

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1
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What are the largest of the seals? Yes, even bigger than a Walrus.

A

Elephant Seal

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A feature on a flat fish that migrates as a fish grows.

A

The left eye

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3
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This spinner type of animal lives in the bays of Hawaii.

A

Dolphin

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4
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The head of this type of pipefish is at a right angle to it’s body.

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Seahorse

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5
Q

This octopus that lives deeper than any other is called the dumbo octopus because it has fins that look like these.

A

Elephant Ears

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6
Q

The walking fish from Mexico can live in two environments which suggests it is one of these.

A

Amphibian

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7
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How did the early American settlers get horses? Who first brought them to the early settlers of America?

A

The Europeans

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8
Q

Jackrabbits are these, not rabbits.

A

hares

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Racoons are these. That means it will eat almost anything: frogs, crabs, birds, duck eggs, fruit and insects.

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omnivores

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This (Lynx Rufus) animal got its name from the word “bobbed” (short) tail.

A

Bobcat

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11
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This bird has the longest legs in proportion to its body, of any of the shorebirds.

A

Stilt

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12
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This animal is the largest member of the deer family in North America.

A

Moose

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13
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The male’s large snout gave this animal its name. These types of seals can weigh as much as 5,000 pounds

A

Elephant Seal

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14
Q

A Koala eats only these types of leaves.

A

Eucalyptus

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15
Q

An Emu is a flightless bird, similar to an ostrich and is found mostly in this country/continent.

A

Australia

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A wallaby looks like a small kangaroo and was found by the first English settlers in the late 1700’s in this continent.

A

Australia

17
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Wallabies are members of this order of mammals whose name is from the Latin for “purse”

A

Marsupials

18
Q

The echidnas and this mammal are the only 2 egg-laying mammals.

A

Platypus

19
Q

In a children’s song, this bird “sits in the old gum tree”

A

Kookaburra

20
Q

There are about 50 species of the hedgehog type of this plant, so named for its spiny fruit.

A

Hedghog cactus

21
Q

The tough, curved spines of the barrel type of this plant were once used by Native Americans as fishhooks.

A

Cactus

22
Q

Cleared of their spines and used as a vegetable, nopales come from this type of cactus that also bears edible fruit.

A

Prickly pear

23
Q

The teddy bear cholla is this type of plant

A

Cactus

24
Q

A giant one of these cacti can grow 60 feet tall and live for 200 years

A

Saguaro

25
Q

In the east Indies certain species of this reptile are called flying dragons because they can glide from tree to tree

A

Lizards

26
Q

New Mexico’s state bird is this desert dweller

A

The roadrunner

27
Q

Before and After

Path used by Dorothy to reach Oz and Wile E. Coyote’s nemesis

A

The Yellow Brick Road Runner

28
Q

Types of these desert animals that leap to mind are the collared, zebra-tailed and leopard.

A

Lizards

29
Q

Show Me the Money Slang

Male rabbits

A

Bucks

30
Q

This “hopping” desert rodent is one of the few animals that never drink water directly

A

A kangaroo rat

31
Q

Scrambled egg-layers: busy little breed : HIM GRIN DUMB

A

Humming bird

32
Q

You can feed hummingbirds with a homemade version of this syrup; start with 1 part sugar to 4 parts water

A

Nectar

33
Q

Big Teeth: The spiny ray above the snout of this fish, a fisherman itself, is its rod; a baitlike piece of flesh is its lure

A

An anglerfish

34
Q

Attraction: Female deep-sea anglerfish use this, produced by bacteria, to attract prey

A

Light (luminescence)

35
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ANIMAL YOUNG: It’s the largest animal whose baby is called a calf

A

blue whale