What You Should Know
Wild Amphibians
Amphibian Eating Habits
Amphibian Families
Water or Land?
100
Amphibians are the only animals that can live in water for part of their life and on land for another.
TRUE
100
A frog has smooth moist skin.
TRUE- A frog does have smooth moist skin unlike their friend toad who has dry bumpy skin.
100
Amphibians are cold blooded animals.
TRUE- Amphibians are another type of cold-blooded animal. Cold- Blooded means you have the same temperature as the enviorment you are in.
100
Amphibians lay jelly-covered eggs in water.
TRUE- Amphibians lay their eggs in water.
100
An amphibian needs to stay near water so that their skin does not dry out.
TRUE- Amphibians breathe through their skin so they need to keep it moist so their skin does not dry out.
200
Amphibians use their lungs, gills and skin to breathe.
TRUE- Amphibians use all three of these to help them breathe.
200
Frogs and Toads shed their skin.
TRUE- Even though they are not reptiles frogs and toads shed their skin.
200
A frogs favorite food is McDonalds cheeseburgers.
FALSE- Frogs like to eat insects and worms.
200
Amphbians take care of their babies when they are born.
FALSE- Amphibians do not take care of their young. Like reptiles they lay their eggs and the babies hatch knowing what to do.
200
In the winter, amphibans hibernate.
TRUE- Amphibans burrow into the groud in the winter to hibernate.
300
Amphibians can not live in water.
FALSE- Amphibians must leave near water since they spend half of their life there.
300
A salamander is a type of reptile.
FALSE- A salamander does look like a lizard but it is an amphibian because it spends half of it's life in water and half on land.
300
A frogs tounge is sticky to help them catch insects.
TRUE- A frogs tounge is long and sticky. This helps them quickly catch their food.
300
When a tadpole is born it looks just like a full grown frog.
FALSE- Amphibians have different stages of life where they grow and change. Just like a tadpole grows into a frog.
300
A duck is an amphibian.
FALSE- Ducks live near water but they are not amphibians because they do not spend half of their live growing in water.
400
A frog is a type of amphibian.
TRUE
400
When a frog makes a ribbit sound it is calling out for food.
FALSE- When amphibians make noises, they do it to try and other amphibians.
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Tadpoles eat files.
FALSE- Tadpoles eat plants and then once they grow into frogs they begin to eat insects.
400
Miss Kari is an amphibian because she likes to drink water.
FALSE- Miss Kari is not an amphibian even though she really likes to drink water.
400
Frogs can live in salt water.
FALSE- Frogs can only live in fresh water enviorments.
500
Miss. Lynch is an amphiban.
FALSE- Miss. Lynch is a human but she is a very good swimmer. But that does not make her an amphibian.
500
A frog is the same thing as a toad.
FALSE- Frogs and Toads are both amphibians but they are two different types of amphibians.
500
A crocodile is an amphibian.
FALSE- Even though a crocodile spends a lot of time in the water, it is a reptile because it lays it's eggs on land.
500
The word "amphibian" means two lives.
TRUE- Amphibian means two lives.
500
A Mud Puppy is an amphibian.
TRUE- A mud puppy is a type of amphibian.
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