Animal Groups

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1.Which animal group is the name for groups of elephants, cattle, and deer?
- A. flutter
- B. sleuth
- C. herd
- D. swarm
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herd
Did you know? Elephant herds are led by an experienced matriarch.
2.Which animal group is the name for a group of zebras?
- A. shoal
- B. romp
- C. dazzle
- D. mob
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dazzle
Did you know? Zebra stripes make a dazzle hard to single out.
3.Which animal group is the name for a group of birds or sheep?
- A. exaltation
- B. flock
- C. huddle
- D. pack
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flock
Did you know? Flocking helps animals dodge predators.
4.Which animal group is the name for a group of wolves?
- A. mob
- B. swarm
- C. pack
- D. exaltation
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pack
Did you know? Packs hunt prey many times a single wolf's size.
5.Which animal group is the name for a group of ants, penguins, or bats?
- A. exaltation
- B. romp
- C. colony
- D. pride
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colony
Did you know? Ant colonies act as superorganisms.
6.Which animal group is the name for geese on the ground?
- A. gaggle
- B. skulk
- C. murmuration
- D. exaltation
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gaggle
Did you know? Geese become a "skein" when they fly.
7.Which animal group is the name for a group of fish swimming together?
- A. flutter
- B. school (of fish)
- C. herd
- D. murmuration
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school (of fish)
Did you know? Schools turn as one thanks to side-line senses.
8.Which animal group is the name for young birds raised together?
- A. bloat
- B. brood
- C. flock
- D. business
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brood
Did you know? A brood may include hatchlings of different fathers.
9.Which animal group is the name for a group of lions?
- A. flock
- B. unkindness
- C. pride
- D. mob
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pride
Did you know? A pride's lionesses often hunt cooperatively.
10.Which animal group is the name for a group of bees in flight?
- A. troop
- B. sleuth
- C. parliament
- D. swarm
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swarm
Did you know? Swarms carry a queen to found a new colony.
11.Which animal group is a loose group of fish cruising together?
- A. covey
- B. exaltation
- C. bloat
- D. shoal
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shoal
Did you know? Shoaling fish share information about food.
12.Which animal group is the classic name for a group of owls?
- A. school (of fish)
- B. murder
- C. flock
- D. parliament
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parliament
Did you know? The owl's "parliament" name comes from old literature.
13.Which animal group is the name for a playful group of otters?
- A. romp
- B. colony
- C. bloat
- D. herd
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romp
Did you know? Otters romp in rafts that float together.
14.Which animal group is the name for a group of monkeys?
- A. romp
- B. school (of fish)
- C. troop
- D. swarm
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troop
Did you know? Monkey troops have stable dominance hierarchies.
15.Which animal group is the name for a group of hippopotamuses?
- A. bloat
- B. flutter
- C. romp
- D. brood
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bloat
Did you know? A hippo bloat can number dozens in a single pool.
16.Which animal group is the old name for a group of crows?
- A. mob
- B. murder
- C. unkindness
- D. herd
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murder
Did you know? Crows hold funerals like gatherings around dead crows.
17.Which animal group is the famous formation of wintering emperor penguins?
- A. huddle
- B. exaltation
- C. pride
- D. skulk
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huddle
Did you know? Huddle members rotate from cold edges to warm centers.
18.Which animal group is the name for a swirling flock of starlings?
- A. colony
- B. mob
- C. dazzle
- D. murmuration
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murmuration
Did you know? Murmurations move by signals shared through thousands of birds.
19.What is the collective name for a group of bears?
- A. skulk
- B. kettle
- C. pack
- D. sleuth
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sleuth
Did you know? Bears are usually solitary outside the mating season.
20.Which animal group is the name for a group of kangaroos?
- A. swarm
- B. crash (of rhinos)
- C. sleuth
- D. mob
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mob
Did you know? Mobs share resting spots in the shade.
21.Which animal group is the name for a group of lizards resting together?
- A. exaltation
- B. lounge
- C. conspiracy
- D. mob
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lounge
Did you know? Lizard lounges gather on warm rocks in the morning.
22.Which animal group is the lyrical name for a group of larks?
- A. parliament
- B. exaltation
- C. colony
- D. murder
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exaltation
Did you know? Larks rise singing in an exaltation skyward.
23.Which animal group is the poetic name for a group of ravens?
- A. lounge
- B. swarm
- C. unkindness
- D. pack
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unkindness
Did you know? An unkindness of ravens can number in the hundreds.
24.Which animal group is a name for a group of butterflies?
- A. gaggle
- B. flutter
- C. bloat
- D. brood
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flutter
Did you know? Butterflies cluster in flutters on warm days.
25.Which animal group is the name for circling vultures or hawks?
- A. swarm
- B. flutter
- C. kettle
- D. herd
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kettle
Did you know? Kettles ride thermals upward together.
26.Which animal group is the whimsical name for a group of lemurs?
- A. pride
- B. conspiracy
- C. troop
- D. pack
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conspiracy
Did you know? Lemur conspiracies are led by dominant females.
27.Which animal group is the quirky name for a group of ferrets?
- A. covey
- B. bloat
- C. conspiracy
- D. business
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business
Did you know? Domesticated ferrets hunt rabbits historically.
28.Which animal group is the name for a group of foxes?
- A. flutter
- B. skulk
- C. brood
- D. sleuth
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skulk
Did you know? A skulk of foxes is usually a family unit.
29.Which animal group is the name for a group of quail?
- A. parliament
- B. skulk
- C. troop
- D. covey
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covey
Did you know? Coveys huddle together on cold nights.
30.Which animal group is the name for a group of rhinoceroses?
- A. murmuration
- B. crash (of rhinos)
- C. mob
- D. covey
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crash (of rhinos)
Did you know? Rhinoceros crashes are usually small family groups.

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