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MIDDLE SCHOOL - CHAPTER 15 BIRDS AND MAMMALS

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Birds do NOT use their wings for which of the following activities?

a)

flying

b)

swimming

c)

balancing

d)

eating

2.

Which of these mammals lays eggs?

a)

carnivores

b)

marsupials

c)

monotremes

d)

placentals

3.

Birds use which of the following organs to crush and grind their food?

a)

crop

b)

stomach

c)

gizzard

d)

small intestine

4.

Which is the following mammal is classified as a marsupial?

a)

cat

b)

human

c)

kangaroo

d)

camel

5.

What are mammals with pouches called?

a)

marsupials

b)

monotremes

c)

placentals

d)

chiropterans

6.

Which of the following have mammary glands without nipples?

a)

marsupials

b)

placentals

c)

monotremes

d)

omnivores

7.

Which of the following animals eat only plant materials?

a)

carnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

omnivores

d)

edotherms

8.

What type of mammals have offspring develop within a uterus and are nourished through a placenta?

a)

omnivores

b)

marsupials

c)

monotremes

d)

placentals

9.

What type of animal lays hard-shelled amniotic eggs, which hatch after an incubation period?

a)

placentals

b)

carnivores

c)

fish

d)

birds

10.

What do birds have that grind their food?

a)

crop

b)

gizzard

c)

beaks

d)

feathers

11.

What are the names of the two feathers that birds have?

a)

omnivore and carnivore

b)

marsupials and monotremes

c)

contour and down

d)

respiratory and circulatroy

12.

What is it called when a bird uses its beak or bill to rub oil all over its feathers?

a)

endotherm

b)

preening

c)

thrust

d)

cleaning