EcoZone: Garden Life Quiz

1. Which of the following has young called efts?
  • Toad
  • Newt
  • Frog
2. Which of the following species in British gardens does not lay eggs?
  • Common lizard
  • Grass snake
  • Goldfish
3. How do bees find their way on cloudy days?
  • They hear their hive buzzing
  • They can see ultraviolet light passing through clouds
  • They have a “map” imprinted on their nervous system by the queen bee
4. To which family of birds does the robin belong?
  • Sparrows
  • Larks
  • Thrushes
5. What is a “woolly bear”?
  • A lost teddy
  • A mouldy maggot
  • A moth caterpillar
6. If, when digging, you chop an earthworm in two, what happens?
  • two new worms grow from the two parts
  • it dies
  • one new worm grows from the largest part
7. What is a ray floret?
  • Part of a daisy flower
  • A kind of sunbeam
  • A small red beetle found on cabbages
8. Which of the following food chains is incorrect?
  • Owl, mouse, seeds
  • Hedgehog, slug, lettuce
  • Fox, vole, starling
9. Which of the following is untrue about snails?
  • They can crawl over the edge of a razor blade without harm
  • They are both male and female at the same time
  • Their slime is poisonous
10. What is the collective noun for a group of goldfinches?
  • A charm
  • A chumming
  • A chirrup

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Copyright Christopher Betts Environmental Biology 2006