Life Science: Animal Diversity, Book C

Chapter 4: Birds and Mammals

Birds and Mammals

1.
Which of these is true?
A)A bird's heart is large in comparison to its body size.
B)A bird has no circulatory or digestive system.
C)A bird needs more than a day to digest its food.
D)A bird's offspring develop in its uterus.
2.
Which order do elephants belong to?
A)Proboscidea
B)Rodentia
C)Cetacea
D)Primates
3.
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of all mammals?
A)mammary glands
B)ability to lay eggs
C)skin
D)a spinal cord
4.
Which mammal teeth are used to bite and cut?
A)incisors
B)grinders
C)canine teeth
D)molars
5.
What is the process birds use to rub oil over their feathers?
A)mitosis
B)photosynthesis
C)preening
D)incubation
6.
Which of these is a flight adaptation for birds?
A)sharp claws
B)hollow bones
C)poor eyesight
D)small beaks
7.
The organ that develops from the embryo's tissues and the tissues inside the uterus is __________.
A)the placenta
B)the nipple
C)the pouch
D)the gizzard
8.
Which body characteristic of modern birds did Archaeopteryx have?
A)a long tail
B)solid bones
C)feathers
D)teeth
9.
Which of these produces milk?
A)the oil glands
B)the scent glands
C)the lymph glands
D)the mammary glands
10.
Which of these belongs in the order Carnivora?
A)zebras
B)foxes
C)seals
D)rats
11.
Which of these describes how mammals reproduce?
A)through budding
B)through regeneration
C)through sexual reproduction
D)through asexual reproduction
12.
Where do placental embryos develop?
A)in the sensory hairs
B)in the uterus
C)in the mammary glands
D)in eggs with leathery shells
13.
Which of these animals has a skeleton adapted for running?
A)moles
B)beavers
C)porpoises
D)zebras
14.
Which type of feather helps birds maintain a constant body temperature?
A)barbed
B)contour
C)down
D)oil
15.
What do molars do to a mammal's food?
A)grind it
B)digest it
C)tear it
D)bite it
16.
Which of these helps a bird fly?
A)barbs
B)gizzard
C)guano
D)lift
17.
Which of these is part of a mammal's nervous system?
A)the crop
B)the mammary glands
C)the oil glands
D)the brain
18.
Bird parents __________ their eggs until they hatch.
A)contour
B)clutch
C)preen
D)incubate
19.
Which bird lays the biggest egg?
A)the owl
B)the hummingbird
C)the ostrich
D)the bald eagle
20.
What role in nature do hummingbirds perform?
A)They control insect populations.
B)They pollinate flowers.
C)They control rodent populations.
D)They disperse fruit seeds.
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