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 How to Play:

Learning Intention
Test our knowledge of mammals
and their features.

Success Criteria
I can use what I know already
about mammals and their
parts/features to answer True or
False questions.
Only large land animals, such as the
elephant, are mammals.

True False
 Correct!
There are marine mammals too. Not all mammals are large. Two of
the smallest mammals are Kitti's hog-nosed bat and white-toothed
pygmy shrew.
Young mammals drink milk from their
mothers.

True False
 Correct!
All mammals have special mammary glands but not all mammals
have teats. The platypus and echidna are animals that feed their
young milk but do not have teats.
Marine mammals can breathe
underwater.

True False
 Correct!
They can live underwater but still need to come to the surface to
breathe air. For example, dolphins breathe with their lungs.
Monotremes are different from other mammals
because they lay soft-shell eggs.

True False
 Correct!
Monotremes include the platypus and echidna.
All mammals are carnivores, so they
only eat meat.

True False
 Correct!
Not all mammals are carnivores.
Some are herbivores that only eat plants. Others are omnivores that
eat both meat and plants.
Mammals make milk for their young, have
hair or fur, have a special jaw structure
and are warm blooded.

True False
 Correct!
Monotremes lay eggs but still make milk for their babies.
Warm-blooded means that an animal’s
body temperature is controlled by their
surroundings, not their bodies.

True False
 Correct!
It means they can keep their body temperature the same (mostly) no
matter their surroundings.
All mammals move the same way, they
walk using their limbs.

True False
 Correct!
They move in many different ways. Land mammals can run, walk,
jump, climb, hop, swing, dig and burrow. Aquatic mammals can
swim, shuffle and dive. Some mammals can even fly.
Marsupials, like the kangaroo, are not
mammals.

True False
 Correct!
Their young are undeveloped and usually carried in the pouch. The
long-tailed planigale is the smallest marsupial in Australia. 
Placental mammals have babies that are
well developed.

True False
 Correct!
Placental mammals have babies like humans. A placenta is a
temporary organ that joins the mother and baby.
Bats are birds, not mammals.

True False
 Correct!
Bats are mammals. They give birth to live young, produce milk, are
covered in fur and have jaw bones with sharp teeth.  
Penguins are mammals because they live in
the sea like other marine mammals. They
are also covered with hair.

True False
 Correct!
Penguins are birds. They lay eggs, don’t feed their young milk and are
covered in feathers.  
The platypus lays eggs so it cannot be a
mammal. The platypus is a bird.

True False
 Correct!
The platypus is a special mammal known as a monotreme.
Whales are fish because they live in water.

True False
 Correct!
Fish are cold-blooded and lay eggs. Whales are warm blooded, have
live young and feed them on milk.
Mammals only live in cold places because
they are warm-blooded.

True False
 Correct!
Mammals live in different climates. Some even live in hot deserts or
very cold places.
Scaly anteaters are covered in large scales,
so they are a reptile.

True False
 Correct!
These are the only mammals covered in scales. They use their scales
for protection from predators. 
They feed their young on milk and are warm blooded.
Mammals can be covered in fur such as
the bear, otter and seal.

True False
Correct!
Mammals have fur or hair.
All mammals will have hair on their
body at some point in their life.

True False
 Correct!
Dolphins are born with some small hairs or whiskers around their
snout. It falls out while they are still young. Even whales, elephants,
sirenians and rhinoceroses have body hair, often this is just a small
amount of bristles.