Studies of various fields: acarology-- study of mites accidence-- grammar book; science of inflections in grammar aceology-- therapeutics acology -- study of medical remedies acoustics -- science of sound adenology -- study of glands aedoeology -- science of generative organs aerobiology -- study of airborne organisms aerodonetics-- science or study of gliding aerodynamics -- dynamics of gases; science of movement in a flow of air or gas bacteriology -- study of bacteria balneology -- the science of the therapeutic use of baths barodynamics-- science of the support and mechanics of bridges barology-- study of gravitation batology-- the study of brambles bibliology-- study of books bibliotics-- study of documents to determine authenticity bioecology-- study of interaction of life in the environment biology -- study of life biometrics-- study of biological measurement bionomics-- study of organisms interacting in their environments botany-- study of plants bromatology -- study of food brontology -- scientific study of thunder campanology-- the art of bell ringing carcinology-- study of crabs and other crustaceans cardiology-- study of the heart caricology-- study of sedges carpology -- study of fruit cartography -- the science of making maps and globes cartophily-- the hobby of collecting cigarette cards castrametation -- the art of designing a … [Read more...]
15 Quiz questions on animals
1. Which is the world's leading egg-producing country? China 2. Which living bird lays the world's smallest egg? Humming Bird 3. What is the study of bird eggs called? Oology 4. Which of these animals walks like a camel? Cat 5. What is the gestation period of an African elephant? Twenty one months 6. Which animal can look two ways at the same time? Chameleon 7. Name the bird that enters a saltwater crocodile’s mouth to pick out the parasites and food particles? Nile plover 8. Snakes that are active in daytime generally have round pupils. What about snakes those come out at night? They have...? Vertical pupils 9. Birds maintain a body temperature in the range of...? 40° to 44°C 10. Birds replace their feathers periodically in a process called...? Molting 11. Which is the Fastest land animal? cheetah 12. Which bird can fly straight up, down, and backward? Hummingbird 13. How many toes do ostriches have on each foot? Answer: 2 14. What animal, besides snakes, can go for two years without food? Crocodile 15. How many hearts does an octopus have? Answer: 8 Compiled by: Umadevi (Chennai) … [Read more...]
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