Mouse Quiz for Kids

1. Which mouse is the smallest rodent in Europe?

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  Yellow-necked Mouse
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  Harvest Mouse
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  Wood Mouse

2. Harvest mice have the remarkable ability to sense vibrations through which part of their body?

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  Tail
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  Ears
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  Feet

3. The Harvest mouse is active by day and by night. Which word describes this behaviour?

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  Cathemeral
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  Nocturnal
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  Crepuscular

4. By what other name is the Wood Mouse known as?

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  Short-tailed Field Mouse
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  Long-tailed Field Mouse
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  Short-eared Field Mouse

5. The Wood Mouse is a close relative of which other mouse?

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  Yellow-necked mouse
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  Orange Mouse
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  Algerian Mouse

6. What scientific ‘Order’ do Mice belong to?

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  Lagomorpha
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  Rodentia
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  Erinaceomorpha

7. What type of diet does the Yellow-necked Mouse have?

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  Carnivorous
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  Omnivorous
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  Herbivorous

8. What is the average life span of a mouse?

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  2 years
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  5 years
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  9 years

9. Which is the rarest mouse in Britain?

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  Wood Mouse
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  Yellow-necked Mouse
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  Harvest Mouse

10. What has the Harvest Mouse got that the Yellow-necked and Wood mice do not?

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  Monocular vision
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  Prehensile tail
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  Jacobson’s organ