Animal Migration quiz

More questions about Animal Migration

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1. 1 Easy

   What animal makes up most of the Serengeti's Great Migration?

   Answer: Wildebeest

   Why: More than a million wildebeest loop between Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Maasai Mara, joined by about 200,000 zebras.

2. 2 Medium

   Which bird can stay airborne for ten months without landing?

   Answer: Common swift

   Why: Some tracked swifts never landed at all in those ten months, while others roosted on just a few winter nights.

3. 3 Hard

   Which butterfly crosses the Sahara on its yearly migration?

   Answer: Painted lady

   Why: The yearly round trip of about 12,000 km takes several generations, so no single butterfly flies all of it.

4. 4 Easy

   Which bird did people once think spent winter in pond mud?

   Answer: Swallow

   Why: Swallows flock at pond edges in autumn and then vanish, which is how the idea of sleeping in the mud took hold.

5. 5 Medium

   When do deep-sea animals swim to the surface in Earth's biggest migration?

   Answer: At night

   Why: About 10 billion tons of animals make this trip every day, rising after dark and sinking back before dawn.

6. 6 Hard

   Where do Alaska's northern wheatears spend the winter?

   Answer: East Africa

   Why: The 25-gram birds cover about 14,500 km each way, crossing Siberia and the Arabian Desert.