Mammals

Question 1

Mammary glands

Answer 1

in a female mammal, a gland that secretes milk

Question 2

diaphragm

Answer 2

a dome shaped muscle that is attached to the lower ribs and that functions as the main muscle in respiration

Question 3

endothermic

Answer 3

(of a reaction or process) accompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat.
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Question 4

hair

Answer 4

any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals

Question 5

incisors

Answer 5

a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.

Question 6

canines

Answer 6

a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores.

Question 7

molars

Answer 7

a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.

Question 8

placenta

Answer 8

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

Question 9

gestation period

Answer 9

in mammlas the length of time between fertilization and birth

Question 10

anteaters

Answer 10

unique backbones , called toothless mammals, eat insects

Question 11

insectivores

Answer 11

eat insects, small with long pointed noses that help them smell their food, simple teeth and small brains.

Question 12

rodents

Answer 12

live on every continent besides antartica, sensitive wiskers, one set of incisors in the upper jaw, they wear down but grow back.

Question 13

rabbits

Answer 13

sharp gnawing teeth, two sets of incisors, tails are shorter than rodents.

Question 14

flying mammals

Answer 14

Bats are only ones that fly, eat insects or other small animals or fruits some drink blood, use echolocation.

Question 15

carnivores

Answer 15

Large canine teeth and special molar for slicing meat, some eat plants.

Question 16

Trunk nosed mammals

Answer 16

Elephants are the only trunked animals, the trunk is a combo of the upper lip and a nose, uses trunk same way we use our hands.

Question 17

hoofed mammals

Answer 17

Hoof is similar to a toenail or claw, large flat molars that help them grind the plants they eat, two orders odd toed and even toed.

Question 18

cetaceans

Answer 18

all live in water, unlike fish have lungs and nurse younge, most largest whales are toothless, others have teeth.

Question 19

manatees and dugongs

Answer 19

smallest group that lives in water, eat mostly seaweed and water plants, lift noses from water to breath air.

Question 20

primates

Answer 20

Five fingers and five toes, larger brains, opposable thumbs many live in trees, eat leaves and fruits some hunt animals.

Question 21

monotremes

Answer 21

Lays eggs, have hair and mammary glands.

Question 22

marsupials

Answer 22

has a carries and nourishes its young in a pouch, give birth to live young.