Quiz for ages 13-15 years. Question 1 True or false: Some species of fungi can glow in the dark…

Quiz for ages 13-15 years

Question 1

True or false:

Some species of fungi can glow in the dark…

Question 2

How many hearts does an octopus have?

a. 1b. 2c. 3d. 4

Question 3

The heart and blood cells are components in which body system?

a.Circulatory Systemb.Immune Systemc.Reproductive System

Question 4

Which gas do we breathe out in the highest quantity?

a. Nitrogenb. Carbon dioxide c. Oxygen

Question 5

In hot weather, urine becomes…

a. More concentrated and lighter in colourb. More concentrated and darker in colourc. Less concentrated and lighter in colourd. Less concentrated and darker in colour

Question 6

The honey fungus (Armillaria solidipes) is one of the largest organisms in the world. How big do you think it is?

a. 0.4 square kilometresb. 2.4 square kilometresc. 8.4 square kilometres

Question 7

Trachea, lungs, diaphragm are parts of which body system?

a.Respiratory Systemb.Immune Systemc.Muscular System

Question 8

What is the world’s longest recorded animal?

a. A bootlace worm b. Blue whalec. Great white sharkd. Lions mane jellyfish

Question 9

Which of these are primary producers?

a. Sea urchinb. Spongec. Sea squirtd. Kelp

Question 10

What is plankton?

a. Any animal living in the sea that is too small to see without a microscope

b. Small plants which live on the sea bedc. Drift wood, which can be reused to make

furniture and flooringd. Living things which drift on ocean currents

Question 11

Oesophagus, stomach and intestine are parts in which body system?

a.Digestive Systemb.Respiratory Systemc.Circulatory System

Question 12

True or false…

Sharks are colour blind

Question 13

New Zealand’s giant weta is the heaviest insect in the world. The biggest one ever found weighed the equivalent of…

a. One mouseb. Two micec. Three miced. Four mice

Question 14

What type of animals from fiction are these?

a. Scabbersb. Eeyorec. Bagheerad. Michaelangelo

Question 15

What do we call the square frame used for plant sampling?

a. Quadmatb. Quadratc. Sampling squared. Quad frame

Question 16

According to the legend, the roots of which plant scream when dug up?

Question 17

Match the correct endocrine organ

Pituitary gland

Pancreas

Ovaries

Thyroid gland

Adrenal glands

Question 18

Which of these species has fewest genes?

a. Chimpanzees b. Humans c. Mice d. Rice

Question 19

What is the length of DNA in each of your cells?

a. 2 mmb. 2 cmc. 20 cmd. 2 m

Question 20

True or false…

Whales have belly buttons.

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