OneZoom Quiz of Species Names 2020
There are over 2 million species of life on earth. One testament to this is the
vernacular (common) names that have been chosen to represent some of them
- there are just too many to give them all sensible names!
Below are fifteen real vernacular names for species, but there are some blanks
left for you to fill in. The words that go in the blanks are also printed below.
1. New Castle Murder Hole _____________________
2. Stinking Corpse _____________________
3. Scrambled Egg _____________________
4. Football Jersey _____________________
5. Nervous _____________________
6. Panic_____________________
7. Brilliant Red Dung _____________________
8. Nutty Snail_____________________
9. Gold Dust _____________________
10. Mint Sauce _____________________
11. Short-tubed Boring _____________________
12. Intelligent _________ __________
13. Golden Tortoise _____________________
14. Trail_____________________
15. Wallace’s Flying _____________________
Words available for filling in the blanks can be used more than once and are
given in alphabetical order.
Amphipod Beetle Fish Frog Grass
Lily Moss Mouse Plant Shark
Slime Sponge Weevil Worm
Need another clue? Try the tree of life explorer at www.onezoom.org
Produced by OneZoom CIO – Free to redistribute and use under a creative
commons attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY)
