98686 Intermediate Trivia Questions
98686 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the scientific name of the critically endangered California condor?
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Gymnogyps californianus
Which critically endangered frog species is endemic to Panama and known for its bright yellow color?
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Panamanian golden frog
Which endangered seal species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands?
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Hawaiian monk seal
What is the only species of penguin that breeds in Africa and is endangered?
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African penguin
What is the IUCN status of the Komodo dragon?
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Endangered
What is the scientific name of the giant panda?
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Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Which organization publishes the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species?
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
What term describes the formation of new species when populations are geographically separated?
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Allopatric speciation
What is the name of the 47-million-year-old primate fossil from Germany known as 'Ida'?
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Darwinius masillae
Which extinction event 66 million years ago wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs?
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Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
What is the name of the early horse known from the Eocene of North America?
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Hyracotherium
What is the name of the event about 2.4 billion years ago that dramatically increased oxygen in Earth's atmosphere?
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Great Oxidation Event
What is the name of the long-term evolution experiment with E. coli that has been running since 1988?
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Lenski's experiment
Which living reptiles are the closest living relatives of birds?
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crocodilians
What type of selection occurs when individuals with intermediate phenotypes have higher fitness?
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Stabilizing selection
What is the closest living relative to the hippopotamus?
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Cetaceans
Which mass extinction event marked the end of the non-avian dinosaurs?
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Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
Which early human ancestor species is represented by the fossil skeleton 'Lucy'?
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Australopithecus afarensis
Which islands off the coast of Ecuador are the only natural habitat of the Galápagos penguin?
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Galápagos Islands
Which bay in Canada is a critical habitat for the North Atlantic right whale?
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Bay of Fundy