Mammals

Question 1

Mammary Glands

Answer 1

the milk producing gland of women or other female mammals

Question 2

Diaphragm

Answer 2

dome-shaped, muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals. plays a major role in breathing.

Question 3

Endothermic

Answer 3

dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat

Question 4

Hair

Answer 4

keeps heat inside of the body

Question 5

Incisors

Answer 5

narrow edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting

Question 6

Canines

Answer 6

pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of mammals often greatly enlarged in carnivores

Question 7

Molars

Answer 7

grinding tooth at the back of a mammals mouth

Question 8

Sexual Reproduction

Answer 8

the production of new living organisims

Question 9

Placenta

Answer 9

flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord

Question 10

Gestation Period

Answer 10

time in which the fetus develops beginning with fertilization and ending at birth.

Question 11

Anteaters, Armadillos, Sloth

Answer 11

edentate: having few or no teeth

Question 12

Insectivores

Answer 12

mammals that eat insects

Question 13

Rodents

Answer 13

mammals that have a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws

Question 14

Rabbits, Hairs, Pikas

Answer 14

lagomorphs: mammals herbivores, fast moving, and have fast reproductive rate

Question 15

Flying Mammals

Answer 15

vertebrate covered in hair with forelimbs converted into wings by mean of a membrane connecting the fingers

Question 16

Carnivores

Answer 16

mammals that eat meat

Question 17

Trunk-Nosed Mammals

Answer 17

only one animal in this group, elephant

Question 18

Hoofed Mammals

Answer 18

mammals with hooves and they’re herbavores

Question 19

Cetaceans

Answer 19

marine mammal of the order Cetcea

Question 20

Manatees and Dugongs

Answer 20

only marine mammal herbavores

Question 21

Primates

Answer 21

characterized by refined development of the hands and feet a shortened snout and large brain

Question 22

Monotremes

Answer 22

primitive mammal that lays yolky eggs and has a common opening for the urogential and digestive systems.

Question 23

Marsupials

Answer 23

mammal of an order which is born inside the mothers stomach and typically carried there until birth.