CHAPTER 10: QUIZ 10C Animal Classification

Vertebrate skeletons are always made of which of the following?

• A. bone

• B. exoskeletons

• C. living cells

• D. nonliving secretions

Which is not a characteristic of bony fish?

• having an endoskeleton made of bone

• being jawless

• having paired fins

• having scales

Which of the following characteristics is unique to birds?

• They can fly.

• They have wings.

• They have feathers.

• They are endothermic.

A mammal that has a pouch where its young develop is called a ______.

• marsupial

• monotreme

• placental mammal

• wombless animal

According to biblical teaching, managing over two hundred separate salmon stocks is a waste of resources.

• True

• False

Select ways in which salamanders and lizards are different from each other.

• Salamanders have moist skin (must live near water), but lizards have dry, scaly skin (can be found in desert).

• Lizards shed their skin, but salamanders do not.

• salamanders can use their skin for exchanging gasses, but lizards breathe only with their lungs.

• salamanders go through metamorphosis and live a “double life;” lizards do not.

• Lizards lay eggs on land, while most salamanders lay eggs in water.