Glencoe Biology

Chapter 30: Mammals

Standardized Test Practice

1.
What are the two distinguishing characteristics of mammals?
A)heterotrophic and digestive system
B)segments and radial symmetry
C)hair and mammary glands
D)digestive system and sexual reproduction
2.
Which of the following is not a function of mammal hair?
A)excretion
B)waterproofing
C)insulation
D)camouflage
3.
What term refers to the internal production of body heat?
A)ruminant
B)trophism
C)signaling
D)endothermy
4.
What does this graph show?

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A)body temperature and metabolic rate
B)the mass, height, and length of various mammals
C)relationship of a mammal's mass to body temperature
D)relationship of a mammal's metabolic rate to its mass
5.
What does the picture on the right show?

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A)exhalation caused by the diaphragm
B)inhalation caused by the diaphragm
C)intake of carbon dioxide
D)heart contraction
6.
What is the correct order of events in an endothermic reaction?
A)sweat glands are stimulated--skin cools--sweat evaporates
B)sweat glands are stimulated--sweat evaporates--skin cools
C)sweat evaporates--sweat glands are stimulated--skin cools
D)skin cools--sweat evaporates--sweat glands are stimulated
7.
Based on this figure, what evolutionary similarity do mammals and birds have?

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A)both have mammary glands
B)both have hair
C)both have chordate ancestry
D)both have wings
8.
What is a significant function of this mammal circulatory system? Arrows represent blood flow.

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A)keeps oxygenated blood from entering lungs
B)mixes oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
C)keeps blood from entering liver
D)keeps oxygenated and deoxygenated blood separated
9.
Which of the following is not a subgroup of mammals?
A)chiroptera
B)monotremes
C)marsupials
D)placental mammals
10.
Mammals that reproduce by laying eggs are called ____.
A)placental mammals
B)monotremes
C)marsupials
D)shrews
11.
The ____ order of mammals have teeth adapted for tearing flesh.
A)Rodentia
B)Carnivore
C)Lagomorpha
D)Cetacea
12.
The order Lagomorpha includes ____.
A)rabbits
B)tigers
C)kangaroos
D)beavers
13.
What does this cladogram show?

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A)only extinct mammals
B)a food chain
C)only present-day mammals
D)evolution of mammals
14.
What factors may have contributed to kangaroos only being found in Australia?
A)loss of rainforest on other continents; shortage of food
B)continental drift; wide variety of competing mammals
C)continental drift; isolation from competing mammals
D)loss of rainforest on other continents; surplus of food
15.
Which of the following is not a possible explanation for the greater number of placental mammals compared to marsupials?
A)Placental mammals have a larger cerebral cortex.
B)Marsupials have a larger cerebral cortex.
C)Marsupial young must cling to mother's fur.
D)Placental mammals have developed more complex social behaviors.
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