Test 2, Chapter 2

Question 1

All animals with backbones are classified as

Answer 1

vertebrates

Question 2

Female mammals are provided with special milk-producing glands called ____ glands.

Answer 2

mammary

Question 3

The kind of place in which an animal prefers to live is its

Answer 3

habitat

Question 4

Mammals which eat flesh are called

Answer 4

carnivores

Question 5

Mammals which feed mostly on insects are known as

Answer 5

insectivores

Question 6

Mammals which each plants are called

Answer 6

herbivores

Question 7

Animals whose bodies are designed to maintain a fairly constant body temperature, regardless of the outside temperature, are ____ animals.

Answer 7

warm-blooded

Question 8

The mammals that make up the largest group are the

Answer 8

rodents

Question 9

Which type of mammal?

cougar

Answer 9

feline

Question 10

Which type of mammal?

fox

Answer 10

canine

Question 11

Which type of mammal?

chimpanzee

Answer 11

primate

Question 12

Which type of mammal?

squirrel

Answer 12

rodent

Question 13

Which type of mammal?

wombat

Answer 13

marsupial

Question 14

A baby mammal that must finish developing in a special pouch outside the mother’s body is a

Answer 14

marsupial

Question 15

The only mammal that can fly is the

Answer 15

bat

Question 16

Lions live in family groups called

Answer 16

prides

Question 17

The fastest land animal on earth is the

Answer 17

cheetah

Question 18

Giant pandas eat mostly

Answer 18

bamboo

Question 19

Animals that live together in groups of the same kind are called ____ animals.

Answer 19

social

Question 20

Instead of fur, whales and dolphins have a layer of ____ for warmth.

Answer 20

blubber

Question 21

Animals that eat other animals that have already died are called

Answer 21

scavengers

Question 22

____ are made of solid bone. (horns or antlers)

Answer 22

antlers

Question 23

A mammal that lays eggs is the

Answer 23

echidna

Question 24

A mammal is a ruminant if it

Answer 24

chews the cud

Question 25

A mammal that is active at night is

Answer 25

nocturnal

Question 26

Skunks and other members of the weasel family produce a strong-smelling substance called

Answer 26

musk

Question 27

An animal is extinct if it

Answer 27

no longer exists

Question 28

An animal whose father and mother are of the same species is

Answer 28

purebred

Question 29

God designed nature to be able to respond to change. This principle is known as

Answer 29

balance of nature

Question 30

An inherited behavior pattern is called

Answer 30

instinct

Question 31

The largest deer is the

Answer 31

moose

Question 32

The padded cushion at the bottom of the horse’s foot is the

Answer 32

frog

Question 33

Write a paragraph describing the characteristics of mammals.

Answer 33

All mammals are warm-blooded and produce milk. Most have hair or fur and give birth to live young. They have four limbs and breathe with lungs. All mammals have backbones.