What Makes a Mammal a Mammal?
3rd Grade•60 minutes•NGSS 3-LS4-3
Learning Objective
I can describe the characteristics that all mammals share.
Key Concepts
Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates that have hair or fur.
Almost all mammals give birth to live babies, and mothers nurse their young with milk.
Mammals breathe with lungs and those that live on land have four limbs.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What is one characteristic that all mammals share?
2. What does it mean for a mammal to be warm-blooded?
3. Name two ways mammals keep themselves cool.
...and 9 more questions
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