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1. Circle all of the characteristics that belong to most mammals:
cold-blooded most lay eggs
vertebrates breathe through gills
warm-blooded most give birth to live young
invertebrates hunt for food for their babies
feed milk to their young breathe air
2. Looking at a skull of an animal, you could tell if it was a skull of a mammal or a reptile because of its ______. A mammal’s has
1 2 3 bones, while a reptile’s has
______bones.
3. Because reptiles do not have a hinged jaw, they cannot ______their food, making it hard for them to ______it.
4. The four types of teeth that mammals have are :
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5. An animal’s teeth often can help us figure out what it ______. Date ______Name ______Apologia Zoology 3 Chapter 2: Fill In
6. Name the two layers of skin:
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7. The ______bruises and bleeds, while the
______is the outer layer we see.
8. The actual upper layer of skin has ______on it, and often there is so much you can’t see the skin!
9. ______dead tissue
10. ______living tissue; has glands
______11. scent glands a. process by which the epidermis is cooled
______12. evaporation b. watery mixture
______13. sweat c. produce sweat
______14. glands d. release odors
______15. sweat glands e. make and release chemicals
16. The Latin word meaning flesh is ______.
17. Teeth designed to cut meat are called ______teeth.
18. Order Carnivora is broken into 2 4 6 groups.
19. Caniforms are ______-like.
20. Feliforms are ______-like. Date ______Name ______Apologia Zoology 3 Chapter 2: Fill In
21. Name three ways dogs can help people:
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22. God created man and creatures with the ability to ______and
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23. Different species that are similar are all part of a same ______.
24. The information in DNA is stored in the form of ______.
25. A gene that is “stronger” than the other is called the recessive dominant gene.
26. Creatures have 2 3 4 of each gene.
These genes come from one’s ______.
27. ______selection says that the genes that are best for a region are what survive.
28. ______selection occurs when animals with specific traits are separated to create more animals with that same trait.
29. Dogs like to stay in groups known as ______.
30. A dominant pair consists of a(n)______and a(n)
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31.The order of the pack is determined by ______and
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32. Facial expressions and postures are used by dogs in
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33. Digitigrades walk on their two back legs toes heels
34. A dog’s most important sense is its sight smell hearing
35. The organs used in smelling are the ______organs.
36. Canines hunt in ______which helps it hunt down
______animals.
37. An animal that changes its way of living or habits to meet the changes in its
environment is called ______.
List 4 groups of canines and list at least 3 facts about each group you select:
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