Circumpolar Flora and Fauna Quiz

 

Quiz

You will be shown pictures (colour slides) of 10 circumpolar plant and animal species (from the list below), and you must correctly identify the common English name and its scientific name, ie, genus and species (0-2 points).

 

Species

Circumpolar flora and fauna are listed by their common English name. Scientific genus and species ('Latin') names, other common names in English and Finnish are given where available.

 

Reindeer Lichen

sp: Cladina rangiferina, Cladonia rangiferina

en: caribou lichen, reindeer moss, etc.

fi: jäkälä

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Purple Mountain Saxifrage

sp: Saxifraga oppositifolia

fi: sinirikko

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Lapland Diapensia

sp: Diapensia lapponica

fi: uuvana

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Mountain Avens

sp: Dryas octopetala

fi: lapinvuokko

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Cloudberry

sp: Rubus chamaemorus

fi: lakka, hilla

ru: морошка

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Dwarf Birch

sp: Betula nana

fi: vaivaiskoivu

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White Birch

sp: Betula pubescens

en: mountain birch, downy birch

fi: tunturikoivu

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Norway Spruce

sp: Picea abies

en: Norwegian spruce

fi: kuusi, metsäkuusi

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Scots Pine

sp: Pinus silvestris

en: Scotch pine

fi: mänty, metsämänty

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Mosquito

sp: Anopheles spp., Aedes spp., Culex spp.

fi: sääski, hyttynen

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Woolly Bear Caterpillar

sp: Gynaephora groenlandica

en: Woolly Bear Moth

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Atlantic Herring

sp: Clupea harengus

fi: silli, silakka

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Arctic Char

sp: Salvelinus alpinus

fi: nieri, rautu

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Greenland Halibut

sp: Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

en: Greenland turbot

fi: pallas, grönlanninpallas

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Siberian Tit

sp: Parus cinctus

fi: lapintiainen

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Little Auk

sp: Alle alle

fi: pikkuruokki

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Arctic Tern

sp: Sterna paradisaea

fi: lapintiira

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Snow Goose

sp: Anser caerulescens, Chen caerulescens

fi: lumihanhi

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Willow Ptarmigan

sp: Lagopus lagopus

en: willow grouse

fi: Riekko

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Rock Ptarmigan

sp: Lagopus mutus

fi: kiirunakoiras

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Norwegian Lemming

sp: Lemmus lemmus

fi: tunturisopuli

 

 

 

 

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Stoat

sp: Mustela erminea

en: ermine

fi: kärppä

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Mountain Hare

sp: Lepus timidus

fi: jänis, metsäjänis

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Arctic Fox

sp: Alopex lagopus

fi: naali

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Reindeer

sp: Rangifer tarandus

en: caribou

fi: poro, peura

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Moose

sp: Alces alces

en: elk

fi: hirvi

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Muskox

sp: Ovibos moschatus

fi: myskihärkä

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Wolverine

sp: Gulo gulo

fi: ahma

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Ringed Seal

sp: Phoca hispida

fi: norppa (saimaannorppa)

ru: Nerpa

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Steller’s Sea Lion,

sp: Eumetopias jubatus

en: northern sea lion

fi: stellerinmerileijona

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Walrus

sp: Odobenus rosmarus

fi: mursu

 

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Beluga (Whale)

sp: Delphinapterus leucas

en: white whale

fi: maitovalas

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Polar Bear

sp: Ursus maritimus

fi: jääkarhu

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