Teeth
Nose
Eyes
Diets
Behavior
100
True or False:
Humans have 3 types of Teeth: Incisors, Canines, and Molars
True, humans have incisors at the front, canines on the sides, and molars in the back.
100
What scent is the nose designed for?
Smelling, capturing and interpreting scent
100
What sense is associated with the eyes?
Sight
100
Which animal eats primarily meat?
Carnivores
100
An elk has side-facing eyes in order to_________to survive.
Look around for predators while it eats
200
Incisors (teeth at the front of your mouth) are designed to do what?
Break food down into smaller pieces before it enters your mouth
200
Which animal has the larger nose? A dog, or a cat?
A dog
200
True or False:
Herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores have different eye placements in their skulls
True
200
Which animals can eat plants?
(2 types of animals ending in -ivore)
Herbivores and omnivores.
200
A lion has front facing eyes while it searches for foods in order to...
Focus on its prey
300
Canines (the pointy teeth at the sides of your mouth) are designed to do what?
Rip tough food apart
300
True or False:
We can tell whether or not the SENSE of SMELL was an animal's dominant sense by their skull?
True.
300
The correct term for "eye hole" in a skull is...Orbital or Eye Socket?
Orbital
300
If a deer primarily eats grasses, leaves, branches, and other plant material, what would their most dominant tooth be?
Molars which are designed for crushing and grinding plant material
300
What sort of behavior would you suspect an animal with only canines and incisors to display in the wild when looking for food?
Stalking, chasing, hunting, injuring other animals
400
Molars (the teeth at the back and sides of your mouth) are designed to do what?
Chew and grind food up
400
Is the SENSE of SMELL the dominant sense
in this skull?
Yes, the SENSE of SMELL is the dominant sent.
400
If an skull has small orbitals, it means that the animals sense of sight is...
Not the most important sense for their survival
400
Cats only have incisors and canines, this means they are primarily eat...
Meat
400
What sort of behavior would you suspect an animal with mainly molars and incisors to display in the wild to survive while looking for food?
Looking side to side, running when a predator is nearby
Foraging and grazing for plants
500
If a plant eater needs molars and incisors to grind plant material, and a meat eater needs canines to rip meat apart, than an animal that eats both plants and animals needs...
Incisors, molars, and canines
500
Which canines have the greater sense of smell?
Wolf
500
An herbivore is most likely to have its orbitals located on the _____of the skull and a carnivore is most likely to have its located at the ______of the skull.
Hint: location- sides, front, up, down...We need 2 in the correct order!
Sides, front
500
If a wolf has molars that are somewhat flat and somewhat sharp, what type of animal does that make them?
An herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore?
Omnivore
500
True or False:
Animals are physically designed to engage in behavior that is vital to their survival. (ex. An elk having long legs to run and bounce, a wolf having long legs with claws that dig into the ground to chase)
True