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Apologia LA 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an animal with hair called? | mammal |
| Do mammals or reptiles cew there food? | mammals |
| What are the four major kinds of teeth God created for mammals? | Incisors, canines, premolars, and molars. |
| What is the outer layer of skin that has hair on it called? | epidermis |
| What is the layer of skin that gets bruised and bleeds found under the epidermis called? | dermis |
| True or False: Most of a mammal's epidermis is made of dead tissue. | true |
| The ____________ also houses several very important glands. | dermis |
| The organs in the body that make and release chemicals are called _____________. | glands |
| Animals have scent glands in their dermis that release _________________. | odors |
| Communication by ________________ is very important for many animals, including mammals. | smell |
| True or False: Sweating is what mammals do to cool off. | true |
| What do carnivoras eat? | meat |
| What are the two group that Carnivors can be split into? | Caniforms and feliforms |
| What are caniforms? | dog-like carnivores |
| What are feliforms? | cat-like carnivores |
| The one dog, usually a male, who is the leader is called the _____________. | alpha male |
| What is the alpha female? | The mate to the alpha male. |
| This type of gene will win; its information will be used. | dominant |
| What is the form in which DNA stores information? | genes |
| What is the milecule that exists in every living creature and stores information that helps the creature be what it is supposed to be? | DNA |
| This gene will not be used when the dominant gene is present. | recessive |
| This species of wolf is thriving. They are night hunters and are often alone. | coyotes |
| What type of animals walk on their toes, giving them the ability to run swiftly? | digitigrades |
| What type of dog lives in Japan and looks like a large raccoon? | raccoon dog |
| This type of canine have been pests for livestock farmers and a source of fear for travelers at night. | wolves |
| What type of canine lives in the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, North America, Greenland and Iceland? | Arctic Fox |
| What type of canine is very social and lives in packs of up to 100 animals and is often called the "painted wolf". | African wild dog |
| What is the name of the Australian canine that was once pet dogs woned by Indonesian traders who fished in the waters of Australia thousands of years ago? | Dingoes |
| When an animal changes its diet to fit changes in its surroundings we call it an ______________ feeder. | opportunistic |
| This canine can live in cities. It looks like a small wolf with really big ears. | jackal |
| What type of canine that can eat anything, although it prefers small animals? | red fox |
| What characteristics do mammals have? | They have hair, are chordates with backbones, warm-blooded, breathe oxygen, and nurse their young with mother's milk. |
| What sense do dogs use the most? | smell |
| Body postures, facial expressions, and scent are all ways dog do what? | communicate |