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Rodentia And The Rest
Test Description: Chapter 7 Test for Apologia's Exploring Creation with Zoology #3: Land Animals
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What makes a rodent a rodent?
A
Teeth that need to gnaw.
B
Size.
C
Location where they live.
D
Dietary similarities.
2) How are rodents helpful to the world?
A
They provide food for many wild animals.
B
They are important for seed dispersal.
C
They are useful in science laboratories.
D
All of these answers are accurate.
3) What is a way in which rodents are destructive?
A
They cause flooding of acres of land.
B
They burrow into hills and mounds, causing weakened land areas.
C
They overeat grasses in major portions of the world.
D
They carry parasites that spread diseases.
4) Mouse-like rodents, squirrel-like rodents, and cavy-like rodents are
A
all poisonous groups of rodents.
B
the three main groups into which scientists split rodents.
C
the three groups of rodents found in Antarctica.
D
all destructive groups of rodents that alter ecosystems throughout the world.
5) Moles, hedgehogs, shrews, solenodons, and tenrecs are all
A
from the order Monotremata because they produce milk and lay eggs.
B
from the order Insectivora in rodents because they eat insects.
C
from the order Dermoptera because they have 'skin wings.'
D
unable to see well, so they live underground.
6) What is unique about the rodents that includes shrews and solenodons?
A
They are poisonous in their bite.
B
They are tree-climbing rodents.
C
They are spiny in nature.
D
They are from Europe, Africa, and Asia.
7) Which creature is a social mammal, lives in burrows underground, and has underdeveloped (altricial) babies?
A
Pikas
B
Platypuses
C
Rabbits
D
Hares
8) Why are the platypus and the echidna difficult to classify as mammals?
A
They both are from England.
B
They have spines.
C
They have pointed noses.
D
They lay eggs.
9) How is an echidna like a marsupial?
A
It is found in Australia only.
B
It has a pouch or marsupium to carry its newborn.
C
It is able to nurse its young with ant milk.
D
None of these answers is correct.
10) Which animal in order Edentata really has no teeth?
A
An armadillo
B
A sloth
C
An anteater
D
An aardvark
11) Which animal is the rodent-like creature that carries the disease of leprosy?
A
Rabbits
B
Aardvarks
C
Armadillos
D
Colugos
12) What makes an aardvark different from an anteater?
A
It is smaller than most anteaters, has thinner hair, and has a flattened snout.
B
It is hard-shelled, instead of purely fur-covered.
C
It lives in Australia instead of Africa.
D
It is larger than most anteaters, has thicker hair, and has a narrow snout.
13) How do armadillos float in spite of their hard shells?
A
They let their noses remain above water while rolling along under the water.
B
They gulp in air to make themselves more buoyant.
C
None of these answers is accurate.
D
They use the hard shell as a boat by floating on their backs.
14) Which animal has longer ears (often tipped in black), and longer legs than others in the order Lagomorpha?
A
Hares
B
Platypuses
C
Pikas
D
Rabbits
15) Which rodent is the largest one living on the earth?
A
A hare.
B
A capybara.
C
An anteater.
D
A platypus.
16) If a rodent has a chubby body, short legs, a large head, and short ears, it is a
A
squirrel.
B
cavy.
C
hedgehog.
D
mouse.
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