Quizfind 11

1. Absolute what, is the actual brightness of a star, or how much light it produces.
2. A hard shiny, black coal that is the most expensive to mine.
3. The method by which young spiders sail through the air, on silk strands, that carry them from their place of birth to a new home.
4. This mother lays from 1 to 100 live young, depending on the species, which climb onto her back, for protection, for up to two weeks.
5. One of these, if threatened, can dig itself into a burrow in hard ground, in just a few minutes, with its curved claws.
6. This mammal has a covering of bands, or scales, made from tough bone and horn, like a suit of armour, for protection.
7. On Zavodovski, a small volcanic island in the Sth Sandwich group, only 6 km across, this is one of 14 million pairs of chinstrap ………. that nest.
8. A marsupial, that usually lives in trees, but has adapted to life in towns, climbing over fences, to scavenge for food in garbage bins, the Virginia ………..
9. A chemical substance, like a scent, that an animal releases into the air, or spreads on the ground, which causes another of the same species to react, such as getting ready to mate or following it to food.
10. This is one of the biggest waterbirds.
11. This is one of the largest marmots, also called a woodchuck.
12. A fish that lives among the tangled roots of the mangrove, with a tough, rubbery body, to protect it against crashing waves, and rolling pebbles.
13. This monster is a venomous lizard of the world.
14. The spray from this mammal’s glands, at the base of its tail, is so foul-smelling, it can stop the enemy breathing.
15. The arum is a member of this family of plants.
16. A close relative of the camel, that eats mainly grass.
17. This is like a snail, that has lost its protective shell, although some have small shells, inside their body.

18. This gibbon makes its call louder by inflating its throat pouch, like a balloon.

18. This primate usually sleeps in a nest, that is made by bending and interlocking twigs and branches.

20. These, and dugongs, are the only mammals that eat sea grass, their intestines are over 45 m long, and it mouths as a form of bonding.

21. Sea-….. form colourful branching colonies, on old pieces of jetty, or rocks, in the warm waters, along the coast of Sth Australia.

22. The heavy rains, that this periodical wind brings is essential, and change direction between land and sea, according to the season, but when it reverses direction, it can give rise to tornadoes and hurricanes.

23. An insectivore with a long flattened tail, for swimming.

24 Jellyfish, sea anemone and coral polyps belong to the animal group called cnidarians, which means ………animals.

25. This eclipse is an event that occurs when the Earth’s moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, temporarily blocking the Sun’s rays from a portion of the Earth.

26. A relative of the crane, flightless, with a resplendent head plume.

27. Where other monitor’s tails are 2/3 of their body length, this dragon’s tail is half its body length.

28. Sales abroad of this rich fertiliser, the droppings of the guanay, contributed more than half of Peru’s national income.

29. An unpleasant tropical parasitein humans, also known as wucheria, round ……