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Vertebrates
Groups of Mammals
Mixed Review
Vocabulary Terms
Name that animal
100
An animal with a backbone?
What is a vertebrate?
100
You are this type of mammal.
What is a placental?
100
These animals make up the smallest class of vertebrates.
What are amphibians?
100
The class of vertebrates that live their entire lives in water are called _____________.
What are fish?
100

 Give an example of a monotreme.

Platypus

200
How many vertebrate groups are there?
What is 5?
200
This group of mammals lays eggs.
What are monotremes?
200
A fish has how many chambers in its heart?
What is two?
200

What kind of fertilization do birds have?

Internal!

200
A cold-blooded vertebrate that lives on land and has waterproof skin and scales?
What is a reptile?
300
What is the largest phylum of vertebrates?
What is mammals?
300
Koalas and kangaroos are examples of _____________.
What are marsupials?
300

Reptiles are ______ (they cannot control their inner body temp) 

Ectotherm

300

What is the cloaca?

The aparatus used by birds, amphibians, and reptiles to expel waste and eggs.

300
What is the only mammal covered with an "armor" of bony plates?
What is an armadillo?
400

How many different categories of fish are there?

What is 2?

Name them for bonus points!

400

Two major characteristics of mammals are...

They have a mammary gland; they have fur.

400

What is special about the bones in birds? And why?

They bones are hollow!

This helps them fly.

400
What group of vertebrates can live on water or land, but must return to the water to reproduce?
What are amphibians?
400
The only flying mammal is the _____________.
What is a bat?
500

Name the 5 groups of vertebrates

Mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, and birds

500

What separates humans from other mammals?

Opposable thumbs, brain development, biped position.

500

Name the 4 types of reptiles

Ophidians, Chaelonians, Saurios, Crocodillians

500

What is metamorphosis

The process in which the tadpoles transform into adults in amphibians.

500

A hedgehog is an example of what type of mammal?

What is a monotreme?