Let’s see how much you’ve picked up with these experiments and the reading – answer as best as you can. (No peeking at the answers until you’re done!) Just relax and see what jumps to mind when you read the question. You can also print these out and jot down your answers in your science notebook.


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  1. What does it mean when we say an animal is endothermic?
  2. What are three things about birds’ bodies that make them well-designed for flight?
  3. Why doesn’t an eagle need to flap its wings as much as a sparrow?
  4. How do the color of bird eggs help them avoid being eaten by predators?
  5. Why is it beneficial for a brood parasite to have a shorter incubation time than its host?
  6. How does incubation differ in monogamous and polygamous species?
  7. What is the significance of fledging for the parental care of most species of birds?
  8. What explains the differences in beaks amongst different types of birds?
  9. Describe the feet of birds living in the wetlands.
  10. How do birds keep the same migration pattern every year?
  11. How can chickens be early predictors of West Nile Virus?
  12. What is the purpose of mammary glands in mammals?
  13. What group of mammals lay eggs?
  14. What does the placenta do?
  15. What is true of all the animals in the ungulate group?
  16. How are the teeth of carnivores different than herbivores?
  17. What is meant by the idea “form follows function?”
  18. What are two ways that mammals help people?
  19. What does it mean to have an opposable thumb?
  20. What is the main method of communication in primates?

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4 Responses to “Birds and Mammals Exercises”

  1. Hi Heather! There are two ways you can use the program: you can either go through the content by grade level (which works its way through the subject incrementally), or by topic (and get ALL the information in one swoop), and the downloads (like the exercises and quizzes) reflect this difference. It wouldn’t be fair to quiz students on content they haven’t covered yet, so the questions in by Grade Level only cover the experiments and concepts covered in that particular grade.

    At this time, the videos are only available online. We do offer the Ultimate Science Curriculum, which are segments of the e-Science program for folks who don’t have an internet connection. Hope this helps! Do let me know if you have any further questions.

  2. Heather Baker says:

    Hi. I’m looking at the questions for Birds and Mammals. I accessed it by going through the first grade level life science. Why is it that the information is different when I click on the printer friendly version? I’ve noticed this in several other places.

    Also, our internet is intermittent, so I download content to my computer to access it when the internet is not working. Is there a way to download the videos so for when we are offline?

    Thanks!

  4. Nicole Landers says:

    What is the number of maximum teeth an animal could have?