Animals
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- Q1Which of the following traits helped classify a duck-billed platypus as a mammal?a sensitive snoutmammary glands (milk producing glands)webbed feeta brain devoted to processing sensory information60s
- Q2Which one of the following statements about mammals is false?Some mammals lay eggs.Mammals have hair.Like birds, mammals are ectothermic.Mammals have mammary glands.60s
- Q3Which of the following is true of animals?They lack cell walls.They are multicellular eukaryotes.They are heterotrophicAll of the choices are true.60s
- Q4Which of the following is characteristic of all vertebrates?a backbone consisting of vertebrae and a jawa skull and a backbone consisting of vertebraea backbone consisting of vertebrae and four legsfour legs and a jaw60s
- Q5Which class of animal has skin with fur or hair, feeds their young milk and maintains a constant body temperature?BirdsReptilesFishMammals60s
- Q6The five classes of vertebrates are:Vertebrates, invertebrates, birds, fish, reptilesMammals, Animals, Fish, Birds, ReptilesMammals, Marsupials, Monotremes, Birds, FrogsMammals, Fish, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles60s
- Q7The three types of mammals are:Marsupials, Monotremes, HumansKangaroos, Possums, WallabiesMarsupials, Monotremes, PlacentalMarsupials, Echidnas, Platypus60s
- Q8Animals that have a backbone (vertebral column) are known as:invertebratesanimalsarthropodsvertebrates60s
- Q9Animals that do not have a backbone are called:vertebratesanimalsarthropodsinvertebrates60s
- Q10Before amphibians could be successful on land, they had to:all options are correctdevelop lungsdevelop a way to prevent drying out (mucus covering skin)develop a more efficient heart60s
- Q11The epithelium lining the inner surface of the digestive tract is formed fromendodermectodermmesoderm60s
- Q12The image above shows what method of respiration?gillsbook lungslungstracheal tubes60s
- Q13Vertebrates develop bones frommesodermectodermendodermnone of the above60s
- Q14The difference between endotherms and ectotherms isendotherms are warm-blooded whereas ectotherms are cold-blooded.endotherms generate heat themselves whereas ectotherms rely on external sources of heat.endotherms maintain a constant body temperature whereas ectotherms do not.ectotherms respond to environmental temperatures whereas endotherms do not need to.60s
- Q15What is homeostasis?the process in which internal conditions are kept within a tolerable rangethe process in which the internal conditions are kept constantthe process in which the body responds to the external environmentthe process in which the internal temperature is kept constant60s
