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7th Grade Ch 7
Ch. 7 Test
Question | Answer |
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1. The largest mammal is the: | blue whale |
2. The front cutting teeth of a mammal are called: | incisors |
3. The only animals with a diaphragm are: | mammals |
4. Mammals whose young develop in a uterus are called ____________ mammals. | placental |
5. The slow-moving arboreal mammal with large claws: | sloth |
6. The special system by which bats are able to find their insect prey: | echolocation |
7. A dormant winter state in which internal body processes slow down: | winter sleep |
8. The number of chambers in a mammal’s heart: | four |
9. Animals that eat primarily plants: | herbivores |
10. Animals that eat primarily meat: | carnivores |
11. Animals that eat a mixture of plants and meat: | omnivores |
12. The term that means internal skeleton: | endoskeleton |
13. The only mammals that can actually fly: | bats |
14. Gnawing animals with two upper incisor teeth: | rodents |
15. Horned mammals, including cattle, sheep, goats: | bovids |
16. All animals that chew cud: | ruminents |
17. Group of mammals that includes monkeys and apes: | primates |
18. All mammals with hooves: | ungulates |
19. One-toed hoofed mammals including horses and zebras: | equids |
20. Group of mammals characterized by a pouch: | marsupial |
21. Flat teeth used for grinding: | molars |
22. Regulating body temperature internally: | warm-blooded |
23. Head extensions of dead bone without a covering: | antlers |
24. Reproduction by laying eggs is called: | oviparous |
25. Marine mammals with comblike plates for capturing food: | baleen whales |
26. The term that means “capable of grabbing”: | prehensile |
27. Kangaroos live in groups called; | mobs |
28. Which group of mammals does the kangaroo belong to? | marsupials |
29. The animal whose name means “earth pig”: | aardvark |
30. What is the pouch called? | marsupiums |
31. The group that includes rabbits and hares: | lagomorphs |
32. Marsupial that can play dead: | opposum |
33. Mammal that can glide the longest: | flying lemur |
34. A common name for manatees and dugongs that technically refers to an extinct member of the same order: | sea cow |
35. The largest marsupial: | kangaroo |
36. Odd-toed ungulates: | perissodactyla |
37. A rodent that has long, stiff quills: | porcupine |
38. The largest group of mammals: | rodents |
39. The tallest living animal: | giraffe |
40. A mound that beavers build above the surface of streams: | lodges |
41. The smallest mammal: | kitti's hog-nosed bat |
42. A leopard’s spots are an example of: | camoflauge |
43. Teeth used for tearing: | canines |
44. The only lesser ape: | gibbon |
45. The largest wild canine: | gray wolf |
46. Mammals that dwell in groups called prides: | lions |
47. The only truly carnivorous group of mammals: | felines |
48. A round-bodied animal whose bony skin has flexible bands: | armadillo |
49. The largest cat: | Siberian tiger |
50. Members of the dog family are called: | canine |
51. A large group of bats is called: | colony |
52. A group of dolphins: | pod |
53. A group of dogs: | pack |
54. A type of fat that many marine animals have: | blubber |
55. An animal that is a pouchless marsupial: | numbat |
5 Characteristics of mammals | 4 chambered heart, hair, mammary glands, internal skeleton, warm-blooded, live birth |