Bird Characteristics
Kinds of Birds
Mammal Characteristics
Placental Mammals
Monotremes and Marsupials
100
The process of grooming and maintaining feathers, in birds.
What is preening?
100
Ospreys belong to this category of birds.
What is birds of prey?
100
Mammals are the only animals to use this organ to feed their young.
What are mammary glands?
100
This placenta attaches the embryo to this organ.
What is a uterus?
100
Many marsupials are endangered by non-native species and this.
What is habitat destruction?
200
The process of shedding feathers and growing new ones.
What is molting?
200
The category of birds that grasp a tree branch.
What is perching birds?
200
The muscle that mammals use to bring air into their lungs.
What is a diaphragm?
200
The time between fertilization and birth in mammals.
What is gestation period?
200
The monotremes include the echidna and this species.
What is the platypus?
300
A soft feather that provides warmth.
What is a down feather?
300
The category of birds with webbed feet and long legs.
What is water birds?
300
Early (and current) mammals did not depend on their surroundings to keep warm. They are known as this.
What is an endotherm?
300
This group of placental mammals has opposable thumbs, forward-facing eyes, and a large brain.
What is a primate?
300
A mammal that lays eggs.
What is a monotreme?
400
The act of sitting on a nest to keep eggs warm.
What is brooding?
400
The ostrich belongs to this category of birds.
What is flightless birds?
400
All mammals share seven characteristics. Name four of them.
What are: 1. mammary glands 2. endotherm 3. diaphragm 4. specialized teeth 5. large brain 6. Sexual Reproduction 7. Hair
400
The humback whale belongs to this group of mammals.
What is a cetacean?
400
A mammal with a pouch, such as a kangaroo, koala, or opossum.
What is a marsupial?
500
Young birds that learn to feed themselves and walk shortly after hatching are called this.
What is precocial?
500
Birds that have good night vision, sharp claws, and a curved beak.
What are birds of prey?
500
These are the three types of specialized teeth.
What are canines, incisors, and molars?
500
A guinea pig belongs to this group of mammals.
What is G-Force.......kidding! What is a rodent?
500
A marsupial carnivore that hasn't been sighted since 1936 that is probably now extinct.
What is the Tasmanian Tiger?
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