Question | Answer |
Which of the following animals is a marsupial? | koala |
Which of the following animals is an amphibian? | frog |
Which of these has a shorter, more rounded or blunt snout, and whose teeth are all covered when the mouth is closed? | alligator |
Which of these has "soft", leathery scales covering its body? | snake |
An animal without legs that has gills to breathe and a body covered with hard scales a | fish |
An animal that is covered with hair or fur, breathes with lungs, and produces milk to fee her young is | mammal |
An animal that lives a double life starting as a tadpole in in the water and later changing into a land animal is a | amphibian |
An animal that has scaly skin, breathes with lungs, and lays eggs that have a leathery covering is a | reptile |
The skeletons of vertebrates are made from either bone or cartilage | True |
Because they have no teeth, birds grind the foods they have swallowed in this organ | gizzard |
All birds can fly | False |
For their size, most mammals have smaller brains than other vertebrates. | False |
The age of a turtle can be determined by counting the number of scales on it's shell. | False |
The age of a fish can be determined by counting the rings on one scale of its body. | True |
The backbone of a turtle is separate from the shell covering the body. | False |
Lizards are different from snakes because lizards have | legs |
Whales breathe with | lungs |
What is an animal with a backbone called? | vertebrate |
What is a strong by flexible column of of individual bony units, or vertebrae? | backbone |
What is an internal skeleton made of bone and cartilage? | endoskeleton |
What are the five main groups of vertebrates? | fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals |
Why do most amphibians live near fresh water? | Their eggs and larvae need water to survive. |
Which of the following characteristics is only found in birds? | They have feathers |
Which of the following helps keep a mammal's body temperature stable? | fur and hair |
Which of the following is not one of the three main parts of an endoskeleton? | mantle |
The main respiratory organs of a fish are the | gills |
In vertebrates, blood is pushed througha closed circulatory system by the | heart |
The blood vessels that carry blood to and from the heart are | arteries and veins |
The organ in which most food breakdown occurs and nutrients are absorbed is the | small intestine |
The organ that filters urea from the blood is the | kidney |
Then sound reaches the ear | the ear sends impulsed through sensory nerves to the brain. |
Almost all vertebrates reproduce through | sexual reproduction |
An embryo develops specialized cells through | differentiation |
Parenting skills of birds and mammals differ from those of fish and reptiles in that | birds and mammals have fewer offspring, so they parent longer |
Which of these is not a type of mammal | reptile |
To which group of mammals do humans belongs? | placental |
Besides maintaining body temperature, some birds' feathers help them to do which of the following? | fly |