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Questions and Answers
What defines a mammal?
What defines a mammal?
- Has skin usually covered with scales
- Cold-blooded vertebrate
- Nourishes its young with milk (correct)
- Can live both on land and in water
Which of the following describes a bird?
Which of the following describes a bird?
- Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate (correct)
- Cold-blooded with scales
- Has limbs developed as wings (correct)
- Lays eggs and lives in water
What is an amphibian?
What is an amphibian?
- Cold-blooded vertebrate that lives both on land and in water (correct)
- Warm-blooded vertebrate with scales
- Warm-blooded that lays eggs
- Cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrate
What is a reptile?
What is a reptile?
What characterizes a fish?
What characterizes a fish?
What is a mammal?
What is a mammal?
What defines a bird?
What defines a bird?
What is an amphibian?
What is an amphibian?
What is a reptile?
What is a reptile?
What characterizes a fish?
What characterizes a fish?
Study Notes
Classification of Animals
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Mammals: Warm-blooded vertebrates that nourish their young with milk from mammary glands. Skin is typically covered with hair.
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Birds: Warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and modified forelimbs as wings, enabling flight.
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Amphibians: Cold-blooded vertebrates capable of living both in aquatic and terrestrial environments, typically undergoing metamorphosis from larvae to adult forms.
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Reptiles: Cold-blooded vertebrates that breathe air, usually reproduce by laying eggs, and have skin covered with scales or bony plates.
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Fish: Cold-blooded vertebrates that inhabit water, possess a long, scaly body, fins for limbs, and a vertical tail fin, adapted for aquatic life.
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Test your knowledge on the classification of the animal kingdom with this quiz focusing on mammals, birds, and amphibians. Each question will help you understand the unique characteristics that define these animal groups.
