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Savanna animals quiz

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Savanna animals quiz

A five-minute quiz to test your knowledge on the amazing animals that live in the savanna.

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How long can lions survive without water?

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How long can lions survive without water?

24 hours
4-5 days
One week
One month
24 hours
4-5 days
One week
One month

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Lion standing in the middle of the savanna

Yes, you're right!

Lions can survive for about four to five days without water. They usually get all the liquid they need from their prey-yikes! 

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Lions can survive for about four to five days without water. They usually get all the liquid they need from their prey-yikes! 

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Where will lions go to drink?

lazy lion

Where will lions go to drink?

waterhole
A waterhole
café
A café
swimming-pool
A swimming pool
beach
A beach

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Yes, you're right!

When water is available, lions can often be found lapping it up at a waterhole.

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When water is available, lions can often be found lapping it up at a waterhole.

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Excluding prey and waterholes, how else do lions get water?

Excluding prey and waterholes, how else do lions get water?

By filling up their water bottle
By drinking seawater
By lying with their mouths open while it rains
By licking rainwater off each other's fur

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Yes, you're right!

Lions sometimes lick rainwater off each other's fur when they're thirsty!

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Lions sometimes lick rainwater off each other's fur when they're thirsty!

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What do meerkats eat?

meerkats

What do meerkats eat?

Fish
Honey
Insects
Sandwiches

Yes, you're right!

Yes, you're right!

Meerkats get most of the water they need from the insects they eat.

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Meerkats get most of the water they need from the insects they eat.

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What are baby meerkats called?

baby meerkats

What are baby meerkats called?

Pups
Calves
Kittens
Cubs

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Yes, you're right!

Baby meerkats are called pups. In a group of meerkats, some adults have jobs as babysitters to protect the pups.

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Baby meerkats are called pups. In a group of meerkats, some adults have jobs as babysitters to protect the pups.

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Complete the sentence: Meerkats live in…

meerkat family

Complete the sentence: Meerkats live in…

Europe
Africa
Asia
South America

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Yes, you're right!

Meerkats live in the dry deserts and grasslands of southern Africa.

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Meerkats live in the dry deserts and grasslands of southern Africa.

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What do meerkats build to live in?

cuddling meerkats

What do meerkats build to live in?

forts
Forts
tree house
Tree houses
underground hole
Holes
pools
Pools

Yes, you're right!

Yes, you're right!

Meerkats are expert diggers and create a network of underground holes that they call home.

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Meerkats are expert diggers and create a network of underground holes that they call home.

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What makes each zebra unique?

zebra

What makes each zebra unique?

Their stripes
Their hooves
Their sense of fun
Their ears

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Yes, you're right!

A zebra's stripes make it unique. No two zebras have the same pattern of stripes.

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A zebra's stripes make it unique. No two zebras have the same pattern of stripes.

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In dry times, some zebras travel miles to find what?

zebra

In dry times, some zebras travel miles to find what?

Friends
Humans
Prey
Wetter areas

Yes, you're right!

Yes, you're right!

Zebras travel long distances to find wetter areas where they can satisfy their thirst in dry times.

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Zebras travel long distances to find wetter areas where they can satisfy their thirst in dry times.

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Zebras are closely related to which animal?

zebra

Zebras are closely related to which animal?

horses
Horses
tiger
Tigers
mammoth
Mammoths
hippo
Hippos

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Yes, you're right!

Zebras are closely related to horses.

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Zebras are closely related to horses.

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