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7. A reader of the article could determine that
a. amphibians, birds, and fish are vertebrates
b. mammals have special characteristics that make them mammals

c. bats are mammals
d. most mammals are born alive from the mother’s body

8. Which of these is an opinion?

a. Hair helps keep the mammal’s body temperature at an even level.
b. Human beings and other mammals without much hair have sweat gland in
the skin.
c. Female mammals have special glands.
d. Fur is the only thing mammals need to survive in the arctic cold.

9. This article was written to
a. entertain readers with interesting stories about mammals
b. persuade readers to keep their hair long

c. inform readers about some characteristics of mammals
d. convince readers to move to a colder place

10. What does the word warm-blooded mean?

a. being able to keep the same body temperature
b. having warm blood
c. being hot headed

d. none of the above

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

a. Mammals have special muscles called mammary T F

glands.

b. Mammals have hair.
T F

c. Mammals can’t survive the blazing heat.
T F
d. Most mammals lay eggs.
T F

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