Class Aves and Class Mammalia Review NAME______
1. Class Aves includes ______.List basic characteristics of birds.
2. Evidence suggests that birds evolved from______
3. What fossil is the most popular intermediate between ______and birds? ______
4. What characteristics does the fossil have that make it similar to the primitive group?List 4-
5. What characteristics does this fossil have that make it a member of the new derived modern group of birds? List 4-
6. List adaptations that allow birds to have the highest metabolism in the animal kingdom.
7. What are the 5 basic adaptations birds have for flight?
8. What type of feather are used for insulation?______flight?______
10. What is the furculum?
11. The keel of the sternum of a bird allows for?
12.What type of egg do birds have? ______What is secreted as the external shell?
13. Young of birds are either precocial or altricial. Describe each.
14. What are the two superorders of Birds? 1.______- “______“ 2. ______- “______“
Paleognathae- “______”
Neognathae- “new ____”
24. What types of birds that belong to the following Orders- Apodiformes, Pelicaniformes, Falconiformes, Strigiformes, Piciformes, Passeriformes
25. Class Mammalia includes ______. List basic characteristics of mammals- (8)
26. Evidence suggests mammals evolved from ______.
27. Synapsid skulls have ____ opening(s) behind the eye socket.
28. Mammals have specialized teeth. They have 4 different types of teeth. Therefore, they are ______. Mammals also have two sets of teeth in their lives one deciduous and one permanent. This makes them ______.
29. List the 4 types of teeth and their function.
30. Mammals belong in 3 basic groups or sub classes. What are they? Explain how each group reproduces and give examples of members that belong in each group.
A. B. C.
31. Are monotremes considered to early transistional mammals, or modern mammals? ______What is the reproductive advantage of being placental?
32. Why do most monotremes and marsupials live only in Australia?
33. What is echolocation? Give examples of mammals that use echolocation.
34. What is the only flying mammal?
35. What is the largest Order of Mammals? ______What species belong to this order?
36. Which mammalian order means “large sea animal”? ______What species belong to this order?
37. Which order contains mammals that are “even toed”?______What species belong to this order?
38. Which order contains carnivores with claws? ______What are examples of mammals that belong to this order?