ISAT Practice #26: Glencoe Science: Life Science Question Preview (ID: 28666)


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Flight muscles attach to a bird's ___.
a) bony tail
b) crop
c) down feathers
d) keel

An organ consisting of embryonic and maternal tissues that nourishes a developing embryo inside the mother is called ___.
a) external pouch
b) placenta
c) mammary gland
d) ovary

What distinguishes placental mammals from other mammals?
a) Their young develop in eggs with leathery shells.
b) They feed their young mild from mammary glands.
c) Their young complete development in an external pouch.
d) Their embryos completely develop inside the female's uterus.

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation that enables birds to fly?
a) almost hollow skeleton
b) feathers
c) strong muscles
d) crop

What distinguishes monotremes from other mammals?
a) They lay eggs with leathery shells.
b) Females have an external pouch.
c) Their mammary glands have well-developed nipples.
d) Their embryos completely develop inside the female's uterus.

Which of these is an amphibian?
a) crocodile
b) snake
c) salamander
d) turtle

Which of the following is a marsupial?
a) an echidna
b) an opossum
c) a panda
d) a platypus

Which was the first group of vertebrates to live on land?
a) birds
b) mammals
c) amphibians
d) reptiles

Amphibians are likely to estivate during ___.
a) cold, dry weather
b) hot, dry weather
c) cold, wet weather
d) warm weather

A behavior that an organism is born with is called a(n) ___.
a) innate behavior
b) conditioned behavior
c) imprinted behavior
d) learned behavior

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