Mammals
Birds/Fish
Reptile/Amphibian
Terms
Terms
100
What kind of mammals have pouches?
What is marsupials
100
What do ALL fish have?
What is gills
100
How do reptiles breathe?
What is with lungs
100
What is the vertebrae, skull, and internal skeleton called?
What is endoskeleton?
100
Can reptiles breath through their skin?
What is no
200
What is a placental mammal?
What is mammals whose young develops inside the uterus
200
What are 3 adaptations birds have for flight?
What is wings, feathers, hollow bones, large lungs, air sacs, 4-chambered heart
200
Why do snakes like to lay on rocks in the sun?
What is they need to warm up their body temperatures because they are ectothermic.
200
What is a notochord?
What is flexible rod that extends along the length of an organism (backbone in some)
200
Amphibians need what for reproduction?
What is water
300
Why are monotremes considered mammals?
What is they have hair, mammary glands, and nurse their young like all other mammals.
300
What is it called when a bird rubs oil over its feathers and makes sure they are in the correct place?
What is preening
300
Why do not see frog tracks in the snow during the winter?
What is they are ectotherms so they hibernate in the winter months.
300
What 3 things do ALL chordates have at some time?
What is notochord, gill slits, and hollow nerve chord
300
What do frogs hear with?
What is tympanum
400
What are the 3 kinds of mammals?
What is monotreme, marsupial, and placental
400
What are the 2 feather types on birds and what do they do?
What is contour - used to fly, give body shape and color and down - used for insulation
400
What process changes a frog from a tadpole to a frog?
What is metamorphosis
400
How does the embryo attach to the placenta in a placental mammal?
What is the umbilical cord
400
What is purpose of mammals fur/hair?
What is provide insulation from cold or heat and protect from wind and rain.
500
What are 3 characteristics ALL mammals have?
What is endothermic, mammary glands, hair, specialized teeth, vertebrates, endoskeleton
500
Why do birds have hollow bones?
What is they weigh less and make it easier to fly and take less energy to stay in the air
500
What kind of animal has rough scaly skin, clawed toes on legs, movable eyelids, and external ears?
What is lizard/reptile
500
What is the time that the embryo develops in the uterus called?
What is gestation period
500
What is an endotherm vs. ectotherm?
What is endotherm temperature stays the same, ectotherm temperature changes with the environment
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