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