Feeding Time
What do all mammals feed their young?
Milk
How do monotremes develop from birth?
They hatch from eggs.
What does the placenta do?
Delivers nutrients to the fetus
How many chambers do mammal hearts have?
Four
Teeth that are made for grinding.
Molars
What do marsupials have to protect their young?
A pouch
True/False: Placentals are just as common as the other types of mammals.
False
What is it called when an organism maintains its own internal body temperature, otherwise known as warm-blooded?
Endothermic
Teeth that are made for cutting.
Incisors
Where around the world are most marsupials and monotremes found?
Australia
What special ability do dolphins and bats use to find prey?
Echolocation
Name three ways hair is used.
Warmth, camouflage, defense
Teeth that are made for tearing.
Canines
What is the only marsupial in North America?
Opossum
What were the large teeth on a sabretooth cat used for?
Tearing flesh
Monkeys lemurs and gorillas are what kind of type of mammal?
Primates
Which type of mammals have the longest digestive tracts: Herbivores, Insectivores, Carnivores, Omnivores?
Herbivores
Spiney Anteater is another name for which egg-laying mammal?
Echidna
What term would describe humans and others at the top of the food chain.
Apex predator
How are the mammals we have talked about grouped together?
How they develop from birth