Science Fact Finder

Physical Characteristics And Terms

1. What are the largest and smallest living animals? [answer]
2. How long do animals, in particular mammals, live? [answer]
3. Besides humans, which animals are the most intelligent? [answer]
4. Do all animals have red blood? [answer]
5. How is the age of fish determined? [answer]
6. Do animals have color vision? [answer]
7. Can animals regenerate parts of their bodies? [answer]
8. What names are used for groups of animals? [answer]
9. What names are used for male and female animals? [answer]
10. What names are used for juvenile animals? [answer]
11. What is the difference between a pig and a hog? [answer]

Mammals

1. Which mammal has the shortest gestation period? Which one has the longest? [answer]
2. How many quills does a porcupine have? [answer]
3. Are there any mammals that fly? [answer]
4. How does the breath-holding capability of a human compare with other mammals? [answer]
5. What is the difference between porpoises and dolphins? [answer]
6. What are some animals that have pouches? [answer]
7. How long does a gray wolf live? [answer]
8. What is the chemical composition of a skunk's spray? [answer]
9. Do camels store water in their humps? [answer]
10. How do whales compare in weight and height? [answer]
11. What is the difference between an African elephant and an Indian elephant? [answer]
12. How long do wombats live and what do they eat? [answer]
13. Is there a cat that lives in the desert? [answer]

Birds

1. Why do birds migrate annually? [answer]
2. Which bird migrates the greatest distance? [answer]
3. Do all birds fly? [answer]
4. Why do geese fly in formation? [answer]
5. Which birds lay the largest and smallest eggs? [answer]
6. How does a homing pigeon find its way home? [answer]
7. Will wild birds reject baby birds that have been touched by humans? [answer]
8. When was the bald eagle adopted as the national bird of the United States? [answer]
9. What can an orphaned wild bird eat? [answer]
10. What species of birds will nest in birdhouses? [answer]
11. Can any birds fly upside down? [answer]

Aquatic Life, Reptiles, And Amphibians

1. How many kinds of sharks are there and how many are dangerous? [answer]
2. How do salmon find the way to their spawning grounds? [answer]
3. How are coral reefs formed? [answer]
4. How fast can a crocodile run on land? [answer]
5. How much electricity does an electric eel generate? [answer]
6. What are giant tube worms? [answer]
7. What is the difference between a reptile and an amphibian? [answer]
8. What kind of care do tadpoles need and what do they eat? [answer]
9. Which poisonous snakes are native to the United States? [answer]

Insects And Spiders

1. What are the stages of insect metamorphosis? [answer]
2. What are some beneficial insects? [answer]
3. How many species of insects are there? [answer]
4. How does a butterfly differ from a moth? [answer]
5. How many eggs does a spider lay? [answer]
6. How long does it take the average spider to weave a complete web? [answer]
7. What is the most destructive insect in the world? [answer]
8. What is a "daddy longlegs"? [answer]
9. What are "killer bees"? [answer]
10. How many pairs of legs does a centipede have? [answer]
11. How is the light in fireflies produced? [answer]
12. Do male mosquitoes bite humans? [answer]
13. What causes the Mexican jumping bean to move? [answer]
14. How fast is a snail's pace? [answer]

Pets

1. Why can a dog or cat hear a whistle that a human cannot? [answer]
2. Do dogs and cats dream? [answer]
3. Do dogs and cats have memories? [answer]
4. Which breed is known as the "wrinkled dog"? [answer]
5. Which breed is known as the "voiceless dog"? [answer]
6. Why are dalmatians called "firehouse dogs"? [answer]
7. Which breeds of dogs are the most dangerous? [answer]
8. Why and how do cats purr? [answer]
9. Why do cats' eyes shine in the dark? [answer]
10. Why do cats like catnip? [answer]
11. Which types of birds make the best pets? [answer]
12. What do you feed a hermit crab? [answer]