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Mammals Lesson 11

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The largest order of mammals is

a)

Rodentia

b)

Carnivora

2.

What mammals do you think fall under the order Rodentia?

a)

Rats

b)

Mice

c)

Hamsters

d)

Guinea pigs

e)

All of the above

3.

Chinchillas, voles, lemmings, marmots, prairie dogs, chipmunks, squirrels, woodchucks, muskrats, beavers, and porcupines are all classified as rodents.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Rodentia is Latin for

a)

To gnaw or chew

b)

Rodent

5.

How many top and bottom incisors do rodents have?

a)

6

b)

2

c)

3

6.

Rodents are nocturnal. This means they

a)

Are up in the night

b)

Like to knock on doors

7.

Rodents have passed these diseases to humans

a)

Typhus

b)

Bubonic plague

c)

Hantavirus

d)

All of the above

8.

Which rodents tend to invade houses?

a)

Mice and rats

b)

Hamsters and guinea pigs

9.

A rodent’s whiskers help them

a)

Feel things around them

b)

Wiggle their nose

10.

Which animals can hear higher frequency waves?

a)

Bat

b)

Dolphin

c)

Rat

d)

Dog

e)

All of the above

11.

Which animal can gear lower frequency waves?

a)

Elephant

b)

Zebra

c)

Puppy

12.

What animals have a smaller range of heating than humans?

a)

Dove

b)

Bullfrog

c)

Crocodiles

d)

All of the above

13.

Trichromatic vision means that eyes can absorb blue, green, and red. What mammal has trichromatic vision?

a)

Humans

b)

Rodents

14.

Rodents have what type of vision?

a)

Trichromatic

b)

Dichromatic

15.

Creatures who live in trees are called

a)

Arboreal

b)

Monkeys

16.

What rodent is arboreal?

a)

Squirrel

b)

Flying squirrel

c)

Porcupine

d)

All of the above

17.

What is the largest rodent?

a)

Chipmunk

b)

Capybara

c)

Rodent of unusual size

18.

Some rodents are subterranean which means

a)

They live underground.

b)

They like to eat sub sandwiches.

19.

Which rodents are subterranean?

a)

Chinchilla

b)

Prairie dog

c)

Jerboa

d)

Rat

20.

What mammal is the furriers of all mammals?

a)

Chinchilla

b)

Puppy

c)

Porcupine

21.

This rodent lives underground and makes long tunnels where they live in colonies. When they come above ground they stand on their hind legs and scan the environment for predators.

a)

Prairie dogs

b)

Chinchillas