Inner workings
Hairy situations
Family trees
All about teeth
You are what you eat
100
What is it called when an animal can maintain it's internal body temperature?
Endothermy
100
True or false: all mammals have hair
True
100
True or false: mammals and dinosaurs coexisted
True
100
True or false: do all mammals have teeth?
False
100
What are the three main diets of a mammal?
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
200
What is one major difference between mammary glands in Monotremes and Marsupials?
Monotremes don't have nipples
200
Name three functions of hair
Insulation
Buoyancy
Protection
Sensation
Locomotion
Communication
200
Name the three types of living mammals
Monotremes (Monotremata)
Marsupials (Metatheria)
Placental Mammals (Eutheria)
200
Name three ways mammals use teeth
Stabbing
Grinding
Slicing
Digging
Chiselling
Lifting
200
Herbivores (for the most part) lack which type of tooth?
Canines
300
Name one behaviour that mammals use to cool down
Panting
Mud wallowing
Saliva on specific parts of the body
300
What is the term for whiskers?
Vibrissae
300
Name the only two types of monotremes alive today
Platypus
Echidna
300
What are the four types of teeth?
Incisor
Canine
Premolar
Molar
300
What are the three different classes of carnivore?
Hypercarnivore, Mesocarnivore, Hypocarnivore
400
What are the two types of sweat glands that mammals have?
Eccrine
Apocrine
400
Some animals have bright colouration to warn off predators. What is this called?
Aposematic colouration
400
On what continents can you find marsupials today
Australia
South America
North America
400
Name 2 features of carnassial teeth
Only found in carnivores
Scissor-like
Self-sharpening
Are modified molars
400
What type of diet does this animal have?
Herbivore
500
Which type of sweat gland is more common on the human body?
Eccrine
500
What are the four stages of hair growth?
Anagen (Growth)
Catagen (Transition)
Telogen (Resting)
Exogen (Falls out)
500
What was the name of the earliest known mammal?
Morganucodon
500
Many herbivores have a gap between their incisors and their premolars. What is this gap called?
Diastema
500
What kind of did this animal have?
Carnivore
