Mammilian Characteristics

Question 1

What is Hair used for

Answer 1

1) Insulation
2) Defense
3) Waterproofing
4) Signal Devices
5) Camouflage
6) Sensory Devise

Question 2

What is Endothermy

Answer 2

Producing Body Heat Internally

Question 3

What are the Five Trophic Categories

Answer 3

1) Insectivores : Feed on Insects
2) HerbiVores : Feed on Plants
3) Carnivores : Feed on Meat
4) Omnivores : Feed on Meat and Plant
5) Detritivores : Feed on Dead Animals

Question 4

Cecum

Answer 4

A pouch where small and large intestines meet.
The pouch is used to digest Cellulose, an element found in plants, in mammal.
Insectivores don not have it.

Question 5

Exception

Answer 5

Kidneys get rid of waste and maintain homeostatic balance of bodily fluids.

Question 6

Respiration

Answer 6

Mammal require high levels of oxygen

Question 7

Diphagram

Answer 7

A sheet of muscle that is located beneath the lungs

Question 8

Circulation

Answer 8

Mammal have four chambered hearts that push the blood flow. It maintain the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood apart for a more efficient delivery of nutrition and oxygen.

Question 9

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 9

Coordinating activities, memory and ability to learn.

Question 10

Cerebellum

Answer 10

Balance and coordinating movements.

Question 11

Definition of a uterus

Answer 11

Sack like muscular organ where the embryo develops

Question 12

Definition of placenta

Answer 12

Provides food and oxygen and remove wastes in the uterus