Birds and Mammals
Determine which characteristic is common to
birds or mammals or both.
Mouth
usually has
teeth
Mammal
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birds or mammals or both.
Air sacs are
attached to
the lungs
Birds
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birds or mammals or both.
Mammary
glands to feed
the young
Mammal
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birds or mammals or both.
Parental
care of the
young
Mammal
Bird
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birds or mammals or both.
Threechambered
heart
Neither
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birds or mammals or both.
Body covered
with feathers
Bird
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birds or mammals or both.
Keep a steady
internal body
temperature
Mammal
Bird
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birds or mammals or both.
Skin is
covered
with hair
Mammal
Matching
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words.
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Mammals with large
and sharp canine
teeth
Carnivore
Matching
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words.
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Animals that eat
plants
Herbivore
Matching
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words.
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Hoofed mammals
with incisors and
molars
Herbivore
Matching
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words.
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Animals that eat
insects, frogs, seeds,
nuts and berries
Omnivore
Matching
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words.
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Owls, hawks and
eagles with hooked
beaks and talons
Carnivore
Matching
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words.
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Animals that eat meat
Carnivore
Matching
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words.
Pollinator
Seed Dispersal Predators Scavengers
Animals that prey
upon other animals
Predators
Matching
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words.
Pollinator
Seed Dispersal Predators Scavengers
Berry eating birds
such as waxwings
and sparrows
Seed Dispersal
Matching
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words.
Pollinator
Seed Dispersal Predators Scavengers
Ruby-throated
hummingbirds
Pollinator
Matching
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words.
Pollinator
Seed Dispersal Predators Scavengers
Barn owls, Redtailed hawks, barn
swallows
Predators
Matching
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words.
Pollinator
Seed Dispersal Predators Scavengers
Nectar feeders
with long tubeshaped bills
Pollinator
Matching
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words.
Pollinator
Seed Dispersal Predators Scavengers
Eat dead and
decaying material –
vultures and crows
Scavengers
The gizzard of a bird
A. stores air
B. grinds food
C. connects the esophagus to the stomach
D. helps the bird fly
Which of the following is NOT a correct pairing
of a bird and its adaptations?
A. Owl: hooked beak and talons
B. Hummingbird: very high-speed wing
flaps and a long slender bill
C. Flamingo: long wading legs with
webbed feet
D. Bald Eagle: very long wings and spearshaped bill
Consider the digestive system of birds. Which
choice below shows the correct sequence of
organs?
A. stomach → crop → beak → gizzard
B. beak → crop → stomach → gizzard
C. beak → gizzard → crop → stomach
D. beak → stomach → gizzard → crop
Birds can be accurately described by all of the
following EXCEPT
A. Young develop inside eggs with
leathery shells
B. Have a heart with four chambers
C. Have adaptations for diet and habitat
D. endothermic
Rabbits and hares have these sharp, flat-edged
teeth at the front of the mouth for biting and
cutting plants.
A. incisors
B. canines
C. premolars
D. molars
What is the function of the placenta?
A. Place for newly born marsupials to
continue to develop after birth
B. Breaks down old red blood cells
C. Produce milk for the young mammal
D. Passes materials between mother and
the developing embryo
This is the largest order of mammals. They are
characterized by gnawing incisors.
A. Hoofed mammals
B. Marine mammals
C. Rodents
D. Insect eating mammals
What is the largest muscle below the rib cage of
a mammal that helps it obtain oxygen?
A. diaphragm
B. umbilical cord
C. placenta
Class Mammalia derives its name from
A. The organ that passes materials
between mother and the developing
embryo
B. The large muscle located at the bottom
of mammalian ribs
C. Organs in the mother’s body that
produce milk
D. The four-chambered organ made up of
atria and ventricles
Which of the following statements is NOT true
of the nervous system of mammals?
A. Mammals have a ventral nerve cord
B. The brains of mammals enable them to
learn and remember
C. The senses of mammals are highly
developed and adapted.
D. Mammals have a dorsal spinal cord
Which statement best defines a marsupial?
A. Mammals such as armadillos, sloths,
and anteaters that lack teeth
B. Mammals in which females nurse
underdeveloped young inside a pouch
C. Mammals that transfer pollen from one
flower to another flower
D. Mammals in which pregnant females
possess a placenta
Give at least three characteristics that make the
platypus a typical mammal. Additionally, give
two characteristics that are unusual for
mammals.
Mammal-like Characteristic
Unusual Characteristic
endothermic
duck-like bill
chordate
venom glands and spurs
vertebrate
lays eggs in a nest
has fur
feeds young with milk
4 chambered heart