High School Sample Exercise

BIOLOGY -"MAMMALS" ON THE INTERNET created by John Wolhaupter and Jerid Knuttila of Irondale High School, Minnesota

NAME:________________________

FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!!

ONCE YOUR COMPUTER IS TURNED ON TO THE INTERNET, THEN:

____#1. Go to: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu

____#2. Under "Shortcuts", click on "Mammals"

#3. Answer the following questions from "Mammalia":

A.The three main characteristics of mammals are:

1. ________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________

B. Mammal hair is made of what?_____________________________

C. Mammals replace teeth only once during their lives. This is called ______________. The first set of teeth are called _____________________

D. Class Mammalia contains ____orders and about _____species.

#4. Move farther down - click on "lnsectivora".

A. Animals of this order feed mainly on _______________

B. Most insectivores are: LARGE or SMALL

C. The sense least used by insectivores is _____________

#5. Click on "Back" or "Mammalia" - then click on "Lagomorpha".

A. These animals are: TERRESTRIAL or AQUATIC

B. Click on family "Leporidae", then click on "eastern cottontail". The classification of the eastern cottontail is:

Kingdom:

Phylum:

Class:

Order:

Family:

Genus:

Species:

C. Are rabbits: CARNIVOROUS or HERBIVOROUS

D. How do rabbits benefit humans? ___________________________________________

#6. Click on "Mammalia" - then click on "Cetacea".

A. Examples of this order are: _____________________________________________

B. Are cetaceans: TERRESTRIAL or AQUATIC

C. Baleen whales feed on ________________________________________________

D. Click on "Delphinidae" - then click on "killer whale" - classify:

Kingdom:

Phylum:

Class:

Order:

Family:

Genus:

Species:

E. Are killer whales predators? ________

F. Most of the food of the killer whale is _________________ and _____________________
G. Are killer whales: SOLITARY or SOCIAL

#7. Click on "Mammalia" - then click on "Artiodactyla".

A. Deer have _____ chambers in their stomachs.

B. Click on "Cervidae", this family includes _________, ___________, and ______________

C. Click on the "whitetail deer" and classify:
Kingdom:

Phylum:

Class:

Order:

Family:

Genus:

Species:

D. Whitetail deer feed on _____________________

E. The negative impact that deer have on humans is ______________________________

#8. Click on "Atriodactyla" then click on "Giraffidae".

A. This family has _______ living species, and .

B. Click on the "giraffe" and classify:

Kingdom:

Phylum:

Class:

Order:

Family:

Genus:

Species:

#9. Click on "Mammalia" then on "Perissodactyla"

A. This order includes _______________, _____________, and __________________.

B. Click on "Equidae". The first one-toed horse, _______, lived in the late _____________

C. Click on "Burchell's zebra" and classify:

Kingdom:

Phylum:

Class:

Order:

Family:

Genus:

Species:

D. Are Zebras: SOLITARY or SOCIAL.

#10. Of the mammals classified above, _________ and _________ are most closely related.

EXTRA CREDIT

#11. Click on "Mammalia" - then find "Special Topics Contents" and click on that. Then click on "wings" of bats. Do bats have a thumb?