Q 01/05

What is a young domestic cat commonly called?

A) Kitten

B) Pup

C) Joey

D) Cub

Answer · why

A) Kitten

A young domestic cat is known as a kitten. They are born blind and fully dependent on their mothers for the first several weeks.

Q 02/05

What is the term for a baby kangaroo?

A) Joey

B) Fawn

C) Calf

D) Cub

Answer · why

A) Joey

A newborn joey is about the size of a lima bean and climbs to the pouch using only its partly developed forelimbs; it usually stays there about nine m...

Q 03/05

A young owl, hatched with thick fluffy down, is most often called what?

A) Poult

B) Chick

C) Owlet

D) Squab

Answer · why

C) Owlet

Owlet, and a group of owls is a parliament.

Q 04/05

What is the name for a baby echidna, the spiny egg-laying mammal of Australia?

A) Puggle

B) Joey

C) Cria

D) Kit

Answer · why

A) Puggle

A baby echidna is a puggle; it hatches from a soft-shelled egg after about ten days and stays with its mother until its spines begin to grow.

Q 05/05

What is the chick of the Atlantic 'sea parrot', a burrow-nesting auk, called?

A) Puffling

B) Keet

C) Poult

D) Squab

Answer · why

A) Puffling

A young puffin is a puffling; Atlantic puffin chicks leave their burrow alone at night about six weeks after hatching.