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1 WWF s Earth Hour Quiz wwf.org.uk/earthhour #EarthHourUK 1

2 1. In which country can you find giant pandas in the wild? a. India b. China c. Brazil BERNARD DE WETTER / WWF-CANON 2

3 2. How many Sumatran tigers are there left in the wild? a. More than 1,000 b. Around 450 c. About 5,000 NATUREPL.COM / EDWIN GIESBERS / WWF-CANONN 3

4 3. Which of these four things does the Bornean orang-utan not eat? a. Bark b. Insects c. Wheat d. Fruit NATUREPL.COM / ANUP SHAH / WWF-CANON 4

5 4. What percentage of our DNA do we share with mountain gorillas? a. 5% b. 45% c. 98% NATUREPL.COM / ANDY ROUSE / WWF-CANON 5

6 5. How many different species of tree kangaroos are there? a.2 b. 20 c. 14 BRENT STIRTON / GETTY IMAGES 6

7 6. What is the orang-utan also known as? a. The king of the jungle b. The man of the woods c. The great thinker NATUREPL.COM / ANUP SHAH / WWF-CANON 7

8 7. What type of habitat do clouded leopards prefer? a. Tropical rainforests b. Deserts c. The Arctic BRUCE W. BUNTING / WWF-US 8

9 8. What is the main threat to black rhinos? a. Poaching b. Drowning c. Roads NATUREPL.COM / ANDY ROUSE / WWF-CANON 9

10 9. What do giant pandas eat? a. Fruit b. Bamboo c. Ants NATUREPL.COM / EDWIN GIESBERS / WWF-CANON 10

11 10. What is the largest animal in the world? a. The African elephant b. The blue whale c. The albatross NASA 11

12 11. How do snow leopards keep warm? a. Running on the spot b. Wrapping their tail around themselves c. Burying themselves in the snow NATUREPL.COM / REINHARD / ARCO / WWF-CANON 12

13 12. What do blue whales eat? a. Tiny animals called krill a. Smaller whales b. Seaweed NATUREPL.COM / DAVID FLEETHAM / WWF-CANON 13

14 13. Up to how much can an African elephant weigh? a. Up to 1 tonne b. Up to 3 tonnes c. Up to 6 tonnes MARTIN HARVEY / WWF-CANON 14

15 14. Which of these is one of the main threats to leatherback turtles? a. Killer whales b. Fishing gear c. Surfers Jürgen Freund / WWF-Canon 15

16 15. Which part of their body do tree kangaroos use to balance whilst they are climbing through the trees? a. Their ears b. Their nose c. Their tail MARTIN HARVEY / WWF-CANON 16

17 1. In which country can you find giant pandas in the wild? Answer: a. China BERNARD DE WETTER / WWF-CANON 17

18 2. How many Sumatran tigers are there left in the wild? Answer: b. Around 450 NATUREPL.COM / EDWIN GIESBERS / WWF-CANONN 18

19 3. Which of these four things does the Bornean orang-utan not eat? Answer: b. Wheat NATUREPL.COM / ANUP SHAH / WWF-CANON 19

20 4. What percentage of our DNA do we share with mountain gorillas? Answer: c. 98% NATUREPL.COM / ANDY ROUSE / WWF-CANON 20

21 5. How many different species of tree kangaroos are there? Answer: c. 14 BRENT STIRTON / GETTY IMAGES 21

22 6. What is the orang-utan also known as? Answer: b. The man of the woods NATUREPL.COM / ANUP SHAH / WWF-CANON 22

23 7. What type of habitat do clouded leopards prefer? Answer: a. Tropical rainforests BRUCE W. BUNTING / WWF-US 23

24 8. What is the main threat to black rhinos? Answer: a. Poaching NATUREPL.COM / ANDY ROUSE / WWF-CANON 24

25 9. What do giant pandas eat? Answer: b. Bamboo NATUREPL.COM / EDWIN GIESBERS / WWF-CANON 25

26 10. What is the largest animal in the world? Answer: b. The blue whale NASA 26

27 11. How do snow leopards keep warm? Answer: b. Wrapping their tail around themselves NATUREPL.COM / REINHARD / ARCO / WWF-CANON 27

28 12. What do blue whales eat? Answer: a. Tiny animals called krill NATUREPL.COM / DAVID FLEETHAM / WWF-CANON 28

29 13. Up to how much can an African elephant weigh? Answer: c. Up to 6 tonnes MARTIN HARVEY / WWF-CANON 29

30 14. Which of these is one of the main threats to leatherback turtles? Answer: b. Fishing gear Jürgen Freund / WWF-Canon 30

31 15. Which part of their body do tree kangaroos use to balance whilst they are climbing through the trees? Answer: c. Their tail MARTIN HARVEY / WWF-CANON 31

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