Life Science

Chapter 15: Birds and Mammals

Section 2 Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1.
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of all mammals?
A)mammary glands
B)a spinal cord
C)ability to lay eggs
D)skin
2.
Which of these produces milk?
A)the oil glands
B)the mammary glands
C)the scent glands
D)the lymph glands
3.
Which mammal teeth are used to bite and cut?
A)canine teeth
B)incisors
C)molars
D)grinders
4.
What do molars do to a mammal's food?
A)grind it
B)bite it
C)tear it
D)digest it
5.
__________ help mammals sense their environment.
A)Molars
B)Herbivores
C)Whiskers
D)Glands
6.
Which of these is part of a mammal's nervous system?
A)the oil glands
B)the crop
C)the brain
D)the mammary glands
7.
Which of these describes how mammals reproduce?
A)through asexual reproduction
B)through regeneration
C)through budding
D)through sexual reproduction
8.
Which of these is a marsupial?
A)a duck-billed platypus
B)an aardvark
C)an orangutan
D)a koala
9.
The organ that develops from the embryo's tissues and the tissues inside the uterus is __________.
A)the pouch
B)the nipple
C)the gizzard
D)the placenta
10.
Where do placental embryos develop?
A)in the sensory hairs
B)in the mammary glands
C)in eggs with leathery shells
D)in the uterus
11.
Which of these belongs in the order Carnivora?
A)rats
B)seals
C)foxes
D)zebras
12.
Which order do elephants belong to?
A)Rodentia
B)Primates
C)Proboscidea
D)Cetacea
13.
Which of these animals has a skeleton adapted for running?
A)zebras
B)moles
C)beavers
D)porpoises
14.
Which of these is NOT part of the order Cetacea?
A)whales
B)dolphins
C)walruses
D)porpoises
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