1. Also called glutton, it is an elongated animal low to ground. What is this furry animal called ? ___________

2. What is the other name of the small fur animal called black-footed ferret ? ____________

3. Which is the only species of mink that is listed by the IUCN as critically endangered ? _____________

4. Which fur animal is a weasel like mammal having bushy and large paws? ___________

5. Name the ermine whose fur is sandy-brown on the back and head and a white below in summer and all white in winter. ____________

6. What is the very small fur animal similar to European polecats, stoats, ferrets and minks called? __________

2. This strong survivor is believed to have surfed through our oceans even before the dinosaurs walked on the Earth. Its skeleton is made of cartilage, which is a tough, fibrous substance. Its streamlined body-shape helps it to glide smoothly through the water. It contains five to seven gill slits, which it uses for respiration. _____________

3. It is a ten-legged crustacean, it can walk sideways and live in the oceans as well as on the land. Its exoskeleton protects it from predators, besides providing support. ____________ 

4. Its two hard shells and a soft body make it a bivalve. It stays mostly on the sea floor, squirting water out of its shells by rapidly opening and closing them. _____________

5. This is the largest fish in the sea. Its favourite meal is plankton. This creature has a filter that sticks out its jaws and passively filters everything in its path. __________

6. They are the largest molluscs on the Earth. They can grow to reach about 1.2 metres in length and can weigh more than 226 kg. They live in the warm waters of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. ___________

7. These are free-floating seaweed found offshore in the tropical seas and western Atlantic Ocean. These mats of vegetation provide a crucial habitat for a wide variety of marine animals in the open ocean, including tuna, dolphin and billfish, as well as sea turtles. ______________

8. It has a streamlined body, full around the middle and narrowing to a paddle-shaped tail. With its wrinkled, grey-brown, spongy skin, it resembles the walrus. __________

9. A majority of this kind of algae lives in tropical marine habitats, and most members of this species are multicellular. In order to complete its life cycle, this alga goes through several stages of development as independent organisms. __________

10. Also known as swellfish, blowfish, fugu and globefish, it is characterised by its ability to puff up to about twice its normal size by gulping water. Different parts of its body, such as the liver, muscles, skin, and ovaries, contain a poisonous substance. ___________

11. These mammals can stay underwater for six minutes before surfacing. They sometimes breathe by ‘standing’ on their tails with their heads peeking out of the water. They are closely related to elephants and graze on underwater grasses day and night. __________

12. This deep-sea dweller has many light-producing organs along its body, especially in its belly. Its bio-luminescent organs light up as it swims through dark surroundings, helping it to attract and trap prey. ___________

1. Its body is composed of a bell-shaped jelly-like substance that encloses its internal structure. Its tentacles are covered with stinging cells that sting or kill other animals. The sting is often used for attacking and catching its prey, or as a defensive mechanism. _____________

It is the world's largest bird and only one with two toed feet.

This bird lives in New Zealand forest where it comes out to feed in dark.

It is Australia’s tallest bird. It feeds on seeds and insects.

It breeds on Antarctic ice. This bird can dive up to the depth of 850 feet to find fish and krill to eat.

These birds are native to South America. It is the largest of all South American birds.

1. It is a long dinosaur having a very long neck. ___________ 

2. Its front legs were longer than the back legs. ________

3. Had three horns, one on its nose and two long ones above its eyes. ________

4. This herbivorous dinosaur had a duck-billed appearance. _________

5. Very large and powerful carnivorous dinosaur. ________ 

6. This herbivorous dinosaur had a long neck and a long tail. Its forelimbs looked like pillars ________

7. It was the largest dinosaur and the largest animal ever known. ______________

1. Vinca rosea ----------------- .

2. Impatiens balsamina ---------------- .

3. Jasminum sambac ------------------ .

4. Dianthus caryophyllus --------------- .

5. Narcissus -------------- .

6. Tulipa ----------------- .

7. Helianthus annus ---------------- .

8. Nelumbo nucifera ---------------- .

9. Lilium --------------- .

10. Antirrhinum majus ----------------- .

11. Rosa ------------------ .

12. Lathyrus odoratus ---------------- .

1. It is the dead area in the bark or cortex of a stem or roots with raised margins. ________________ .

2. It is a rapid and complete chlorosis of browning and death of plant tissues of leaves, twigs and flowers. __________ .

4. In this black powdery masses of spores are produced, this is called ‘Sori’. _______________

5. In this, the pathogen is internal and produces the downy growth of white cotton-like mass of fungi. _________ .

6. There are white, shining, blister-like areas developed on the stem, leaves, etc. __________ .

7. It appears as yellow, orange, red, rust or brown or black powdery substance on plant parts _________ .

3. In this, the attack of a pathogen causes the death or killing of the host tissue. Leaf spots are commonly associated with it. ______________

1. To which phylum or division do insects belong?

2. Which common household insect can live without its head for a week?

3. Butterflies taste with their feet. True or False 

4. Is the spider an insect?

5. What do you call a person who studies insects?

6. Apis mellifera is the scientific name for this insect

7. What is the scientific name given to termites?

8. Which insects live in a formicary?

9. Which insect is called the gardener’s friend?

10. Which are the loudest and most noisy insects?

2. The eyelash palm-pit viper is named from the upturned scales above its eyes.

1. The ‘ridge-nosed’ and the ‘diamondback’ are types of snakes that belong to the boa family .

3. Taipans are a family of large, fast and highly venomous snakes found in Europe.

4. Burmese pythons do not have great eyesight.

5. Although death adders are non-poisonous snakes, they kill their prey by constricting them.

6. The black mamba has got its name after the colour of its skin.

7. South America’s green anaconda is a member of the boa family.

8. King cobras are known as the only snakes in the world that can build nests.