Amphibians/Reptiles
How do reptiles breathe?
Lungs
What type of skin do fish have?
Scales
What type of skin do birds have?
Feather
What type of skin do mammals have?
Fur or hair
What type of skin do insects have?
Exoskeleton
What type of skin do reptiles have?
Scales (other similiar answers may be acceptable)
How do fish breathe?
Gills
What charactersitic do birds have to help them eat a variety of food?
Beak/bill
What type of birth do most mammals have?
Live
Insects shed their skin by _______?
Molting
Tadpole
What type of birth do fish have?
Live birth or laying soft eggs (Either answer is ok, +300 for both)
What type of eggs do birds have?
Hard eggs or Amniotic
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue whale (Whale does not count)
How many body segments do insects have? (Bonus - what are they called?)
3 (Bonus = head, thorax, and abdomen)
How do reptiles and amphibians warm their bodies?
Cold-blooded or ectothermic (answer may include basking or warming on a rock)
What is the largest fish in the world?
Whale shark
What is the largest bird in the world?
How do mammals feed their young? (specific to mammals)
Milk
How do insect breathe?
Spiracles (tubes or pores ok). [If all 3 then +400]
What does amphibian mean? (The root of the word)
Life on both land and water (Answers may vary)
What helps fish to swim and float? (Controlling their ability to move up and down in the water)
Swim bladder
What is the smallest bird in the world?
Hummingbird (+500 for bee hummingbird)
What is the largest terrestrial mammal?
What is the biggest insect in the world?
Titan beetle