mammals
What is a mammal?
A mammal is that has ...
fur or hair
gives birth to live young
is warm-blooded,
gives its babies milk.
True or False: Mandrill's are the largest monkey.
True or False: A dolphin is a fish.
False. A dolphin is a mammal.
What characteristic do marsupials share?
They give birth to babies that are not fully developed.
What is a vertebrate?
An animal with a backbone.
Why do mammals have mammary glands?
To give their babies milk.
Which are you more likely to see in a tree, a gorilla or a monkey?
A monkey. Gorillas spend most of their time on the ground.
They come to the surface and breathe through a blowhole.
Where does a baby kangaroo go after its born?
The Pouch. It smells out its mothers pouch, climbs in and hangs on to the mammary glands.
What does nocturnal mean?
Awake and active during night.
Why do mammals have hair/fur?
For protection from the sun, to keep them warm, and for some animals it provides camouflage.
What do apes NOT have that monkeys do?
A tail
True or False: Dolphins have teeth.
True!
Kangaroo, Tasmanian devil, opossum, koala, numbat.
True or False: Most animals are vertebrates.
False: only 3 % of animals are vertebrates, 97% are invertebrate.
Why is a playtypus a mammal even thought it lays eggs?
It gives milk to its babies.
What is a prehensile tail?
A prehensile tail is one that is able to grasp onto things and can be used for climbing or swinging.
What food does a blue whale eat?
Krill and shrimp.
True or False: a baby kangaroo can be as small as a grain of rice or as big as a bumblebee?
True.
Is a snake a vertebrate or an invertebrate?
A vertebrate.
What is tallest land mammal?
Giraffe
What do all primates have in common?
They have ten fingers, ten toes, and binocular vision (eyes on the front of their face)
What is a difference between a dolphin and a porpoise?
A dolphin has a pointed beak (rostrum), a wave-like fin, and a streamlined body. A Porpoise is chubby, has a shark-like fin, and a short nose.
True or False: Nearly all marsupials live in North America.
False: Most marsupials live in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Name 2 groups of vertebrates.
Birds, fish,mammals,reptiles, amphibians