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Chapter 5 Zoology
Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the pouch of a marsupial called? | Marsupium |
| Marsupials live in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia. T or F | (False)None live in Europe and Asia. Marsupials only live in the Americas and Australia. |
| What is Pangaea? | A theory that at one time all the continents were connected. |
| Marsupial babies are called? | Joeys |
| How do kangaroos stay cool? | By drooling and licking saliva all over their faces and bodies. ( A spit bath) |
| The only real difference between a wallaby and a kangaroo is it teeth. T or F | (False) The only difference is their size. The wallaby is smaller than the kangaroo. |
| Koalas are not bears. T or F | True |
| Koalas can sleep up to ____________ hours a day. | 20 hours |
| Koalas eat poisonous leaves called ______________________. | Eucalyptus |
| Name some marsupials. | Koalas, wallabies, wombats, kangaroos, possums, sugar gliders, and bilbies. |
| The Tasmanian devil can only be found where? | Tasmania |
| The Tasmanian devil will eat every part of an animal including what? | The bones |
| How many species of marsupials live in North America? | One |
| What is the name of the marsupial that lives in North America? | Virginia Opossum |
| An opossum can eat nearly anything with out getting sick. T or F | True |
| Describe how a possum "plays dead". | Its lips draw back, its teeth are bared, saliva foams around its mouth, and sometimes its tongue hangs out, a foul-smelling fluid is released making it smell dead, and its body becomes stiff. |
| All marsupials have pouches. T or F | (False) Some live in warm climates and attach to their mother's belly to nurse until they are developed. |
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