Reptilia
All things poison
Testudines/Crocodilia
Aves
Fun Facts
100
Name at least three characteristics common to this class
What is 1. Tough dry scales 2. Ectothermic 3. Breathe with lungs throughout life 4. 3 chambered heart 5. Amniotic eggs covered with leathery shell
100
Explain the difference between venomous and poisonous
What is one you eat, the other is introduced through a bite, typically
100
What is the difference between a turtle and tortoise
What is Turtles live in water, tortoise live on land
100
Name at least three characteristics for class Aves
What is 1. Endothermic 2. 4-chambered heart 3. toothless bill 4. covered with feathers 5. Skeleton porous, lightweight bones 6. Oviparous, laying egg with lime containing shell
100
This lizard squirts blood through its eyes as a defense mechanism
What is Horned toad- found in Western US
200
Describe/define an amniotic egg
What is egg with a shell, retains water (moisture) so that the reptile, bird and certain mammals can develop on land
200
What is a neurotoxin
What is poison that attacks the nervous system (affects the eyes-blindness, paralysis or suffocation-lungs)
200
True or false Turtles have teeth
What is False, they have a sharp beak like structure NO teeth, but yes they still "bite"
200
Name the two basic type of feathers
What is Down (smooth) and Contour (hooked so they intertwine)
200
What is the name of the specialized scales on snakes' bellies used for locomotion
What is Scutes (haha- true though)
300
Name the four orders of reptiles with living species today
What is Crocodilia- alligators and crocs Testudines- turtles Squamata-snakes and lizards Rhynchocephalia- tuataras and extinct dinosaurs
300
What is a hemotoxin
What is poison that attacks the red blood cells and circulation so blood clotting is affected
300
What is the difference between an alligator and a croc?
What is Alligators have thick, blunt snouts and their teeth all fit inside their mouth when closed Crocs have thinner, pointier snouts and teeth show when mouth is closed.
300
Name the structure (set of feathers) that God designed to help birds deal with turbulence or rough air
What is alula
300
Feathers of a bird grow from the skin out of pores called a
What is a follicle
400
Name some characteristics that allow us to distinguish between lizards and snakes
What is Lizards - 2 limbs, Snakes -0 Lizards- have ears, Snakes - deaf Lizards- same scales all over, Snakes- special scales belly Lizards- most no eyelids can close eye, Snakes -no eyelid
400
True or false: Coral snakes have such short fangs, if you wear proper shoes and socks while hiking they cannot bite you
What is true
400
An order of Testudines has flippers, is it a turtle or tortoise?
What is turtle, lives in water, God designed it with flippers
400
What is the process called when a bird wants to oil its feathers
What is preening
400
What mammal was thought to be rendered a fake because it was so odd looking
What is Duck-billed platypus
500
This is the largest lizard in the US, it is venomous and a hormone in its venom is currently being studied for use in patients with diabetes
What is Gila Monster
500
What is the term used for snakes with long fangs- name at least two
What is pit vipers (cobra, copperhead, diamondback rattler, water moccasins)
500
Name the largest member of order Testudines
What is Leatherback sea turtle
500
What is the special organ in a bird that allows a chirping sound/song
What is Syrinx
500
True or false, animals are categorized by the number of hoofs?
What is True
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