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Chapter 5

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What is the pouch of a marsupial called?   Marsupium  
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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.  
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What is Pangaea?   A theory that at one time all the continents were connected.  
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Marsupial babies are called?   Joeys  
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How do kangaroos stay cool?   By drooling and licking saliva all over their faces and bodies. ( A spit bath)  
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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.  
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Koalas are not bears. T or F   True  
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Koalas can sleep up to ____________ hours a day.   20 hours  
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Koalas eat poisonous leaves called ______________________.   Eucalyptus  
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Name some marsupials.   Koalas, wallabies, wombats, kangaroos, possums, sugar gliders, and bilbies.  
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The Tasmanian devil can only be found where?   Tasmania  
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The Tasmanian devil will eat every part of an animal including what?   The bones  
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How many species of marsupials live in North America?   One  
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What is the name of the marsupial that lives in North America?   Virginia Opossum  
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An opossum can eat nearly anything with out getting sick. T or F   True  
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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.  
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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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