Interesting Trivia Facts About Apes! Quiz

1. Monkeys are different from apes because

Monkeys usually have tails

Monkeys usually live in the arctic

Monkeys usually can change colors to match their environment

Monkeys usually are bigger than apes

Monkeys cannot change colors like chameleons; they do not live in the arctic (although there is a band called The Arctic Monkeys); they are usually smaller than apes, but they do usually have tails.

Explanation

Monkeys cannot change colors like chameleons; they do not live in the arctic (although there is a band called The Arctic Monkeys); they are usually smaller than apes, but they do usually have tails.

2. Which of the following threatens gorillas?

Habitat destruction

Illegal hunting

Pollution

All of the above

Gorillas and other apes face many threats. We must put an end to the bushmeat trade and ensure clean, safe places for gorillas to live.

Explanation

Gorillas and other apes face many threats. We must put an end to the bushmeat trade and ensure clean, safe places for gorillas to live.

3. Gibbons can move from tree to tree by brachiation. Brachiation is:

Jumping and bouncing

Flying

Swinging using only the arms

Making a chain of gibbons

Brachiation is swinging with the arms. Only gibbons and siamangs can do true brachiation but other primates do modified forms. Some gibbons can brachiate at up to 35 miles per hour and can travel 20 feet with each swing

Explanation

Brachiation is swinging with the arms. Only gibbons and siamangs can do true brachiation but other primates do modified forms. Some gibbons can brachiate at up to 35 miles per hour and can travel 20 feet with each swing

4. Many species of Lemurs live only on what island?

New Zealand

Hawaii

Bermuda

Madagascar

Many species of animals and plant life live only in Madagascar. We must do more to protect the habitats of Madagascar or these creatures and plants will become extinct.

Explanation

Many species of animals and plant life live only in Madagascar. We must do more to protect the habitats of Madagascar or these creatures and plants will become extinct.

5. Lemurs are apes.

True

False

Lemurs are primates but they are not apes. They belong to a category of animals called prosimians.

Explanation

Lemurs are primates but they are not apes. They belong to a category of animals called prosimians.

6. Monkeys are NOT native to which of the following continents:

Australia

Asia

South America

Africa

Many interesting animals live in the wild in Australia but no monkeys.

Explanation

Many interesting animals live in the wild in Australia but no monkeys.

7. Chimpanzees are most closely related to:

Gorillas

Bonobos

Orangutans

Baboons

Chimpanzees and bonobos are very closely related. In fact sometimes bonobos are called "pygmy chimpanzees" and it wasn't until the 1920's that scientists determined that they were a separate species.

Explanation

Chimpanzees and bonobos are very closely related. In fact sometimes bonobos are called "pygmy chimpanzees" and it wasn't until the 1920's that scientists determined that they were a separate species.

8. Dian Fossey is famous for her work with which apes?

Chimpanzees

Gorillas

Orangutans

Gibbons

Dian Fossey worked with mountain gorillas. Her story is told in the book and movie GORILLAS IN THE MIST

Explanation

Dian Fossey worked with mountain gorillas. Her story is told in the book and movie GORILLAS IN THE MIST

9. The name "orangutan" comes from Malay and Indonesian words meaning

Orange ape

Likes to eat bark

Person of the forest

Long arms

Orangutans do eat bark (although more than half of their diet is a fruit) and they do have long arms and they are orange. However, the name orangutan means "person of the forest." If you spend time with orangutans you can see that they are individual persons just as humans are individual persons. Orangutans are very intelligent creatures.

Explanation

Orangutans do eat bark (although more than half of their diet is a fruit) and they do have long arms and they are orange. However, the name orangutan means "person of the forest." If you spend time with orangutans you can see that they are individual persons just as humans are individual persons. Orangutans are very intelligent creatures.