This bird can dive through the air at speeds of 220 mph or more
What is the peregrine falcon?
This bird is the largest in the world
What is the ostrich?
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This bird is the South American relative of the ostrich
What is the rhea?
This bird is the only one that can fly backward
What is the hummingbird?
This bird encloses itself in its nest with a mud wall
What is the hornbill?
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All fish are warm-blooded or cold-blooded
What is cold-blooded?
The breathing organs of the fish are called
What are gills?
The structure that helps the fish to stay at one level in the water without sinking is
What is the swim bladder?
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For protection, most fish have a coat of hard, rounded disks called
What are scales?
An example of a jawless fish
What is the lamprey?
A shark has a tough, flexible skeleton made of
What is cartilage?
T or F; Most of the fish in the world are bony fish
What is true?
The fish that has both of its eyes on one side of its head
What is the flounder?
The process in which a snake loses its outer skin is called
What is molting?
The fastest snake
What is the African black mamba?
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The organ called Jacobson's organ helps the snake's sense of
What is smell?
The poison produced by some snakes
What is venom?
The largest poisonous snake in the world
What is the king cobra?
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The tiniest snake in the world
What is the blind snake?
The lizard that can squirt a stream of blood from its eyes
What is the horned lizard?
This planet appears royal blue; has the strongest winds measured anywhere in the solar system
What is Neptune?
The "red planet"; Viking spacecraft landed here
What is Mars?
This planet is slightly larger than our moon; closest planet to the sun
What is Mercury?
This is the only planet with a bountiful supply of water; the only planet suitable for living things
What is Earth?
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