Animals, Plants, and Insects

1. Question: What is the largest land animal?

Answer: African Elephant

2. Question: What is the process by which plants make their own food?

Answer: Photosynthesis

3. Question: What is the term for an animal that eats both plants and animals?

Answer: Omnivore

4. Question: What is the primary function of a plant’s roots?

Answer: To absorb water and nutrients from the soil

5. Question: What is the term for an insect in its immature form?

Answer: Larva

6. Question: What is the largest species of shark?

Answer: Whale Shark

7. Question: What is the term for a plant that lives for more than two years?

Answer: Perennial

8. Question: What is the term for the process by which an insect changes form from larva to adult?

Answer: Metamorphosis

9. Question: What is the tallest species of tree?

Answer: Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

10. Question: What is the term for the animal group that includes frogs, toads, and salamanders?

 Answer: Amphibians

11. Question: What is the term for animals that are active during the night?

 Answer: Nocturnal

12. Question: What is the primary diet of a herbivore?

 Answer: Plants

13. Question: What is the term for the protective outer covering of an insect?

 Answer: Exoskeleton

14. Question: What is the term for a symbiotic relationship where both species benefit?

 Answer: Mutualism

15. Question: What is the primary function of leaves on a plant?

Answer: Photosynthesis

16. Question: What is the largest species of bird?

 Answer: Ostrich

17. Question: What is the term for an animal that hunts and eats other animals?

Answer: Predator

18. Question: What is the term for the part of the flower that produces pollen?

 Answer: Stamen

19. Question: What is the term for an animal’s natural home or environment?

Answer: Habitat

20. Question: What is the term for a plant that loses its leaves annually?

Answer: Deciduous