Answers in Genesis - The World of Animals - Unit 1 Mammals

What are two things that all vertebrates have?

A backbone, a brain, a spinal cord, and bones

Whales have comb-like structures in their mouths they use for straining their food. What is this structure called.

Baleen

What special feature did God give dolphins and whales to breathe?

Blowhole

True or False: Animals can produce their own food

False

True or False: Baleen whales have large teeth

False

True or False: Dolphins are large fish

False

True or False: Primates have eyes on the side of their heads.

False

True or False: The elephant is the largest animal in the world.

False - elephants are the largest LAND animal, blue whales are the largest animal on earth

Name the tallest land animal

Giraffe

Where do monkeys spend most of their time?

In the trees

What are five things that all mammals have in common?

they have hair, give birth to live young, nurse their young, warm-blooded, and breathe air with lungs

What are the five different kinds of vertebrates?

Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians

What is the name of the only marsupial living in North America?

Oppossum

Can you name three marsupials?

Oppossum, Kangaroo, Tasmanian Devil, Koala, Numbat

What is another name for a manatee?

Sea cow

What are two similarities among all animals?

They move and they must eat plants or other animals

What makes a marsupial different from other mammals?

it has a pouch

Why is a platypus considered a mammal even though it lays eggs?

it nurses its young

Why do mammals have hair?

To keep warm, to aid in the sense of touch, and for some it provides camoflage

True of False: A lemur is a primate

True

True or False: Marsupials give birth to tiny live babies

True

True or False: Marsupials live primarily in Australia and Tasmania.

True

True or False: Monkeys have tails but apes do not

True

What are two main groups of animals?

Vertebrates and Invertebrates

What is the difference between the tails of aquatic mammal and fish?

fish tails move side to side and mammal tails move up and down