Umm..What Is That?
This bird can dive through the air at speeds of 220 mph or more.
Peregrine falcon
True or False?
All fish are warm-blooded.
False; cold-blooded
Baby frogs and toads are called _________?
Tadpoles
There are _______ major wind systems.
Three (or six - I will accept both answers)
The fastest snake is the ___________.
a. blind snake
b. African black mamba
c. hognose snake
d. garter snake
b. African black mamba
This bird is the largest in the world
Ostrich
True or False
The breathing organs of the fish are called lungs.
False, gills
The process in which an animal changes form as it grows older called __________.
Metamorphosis
The amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature is called the ____________ of the air.
a. relative humidity
b. dew point
c. condensation point
d. relative saturation
a. Relative humidity
a. African black mamba
b. hognose snake
c. garter snake
d. blind snake
d. blind snake
This bird is the South American relative of the ostrich
Rhea
True or False?
The structure that helps the fish to stay at one level in the water without SINKING is called the gill cover.
False, the swim bladder
Young amphibians breathe with ________ until they develop lungs.
Gills
a. the earth's rotation
b. the earth's distance from the sun
c. the tilt of the earth's axis
d. the tilt of the equator
c. The tilt of the Earth's axis
The largest poisonous snake in the world is the ______.
a. king cobra
b. mamba
c. taipan
d. copperhead
a. king cobra
This bird is the only one that can fly backwards
Hummingbird
True of False?
Most of the fish in the world are bony fish.
True!
Amphibians protect themselves by secreting a mildly poisonous ________.
Slime (mucous-I will accept both answers)
Dew and frost are cause by _________.
a. precipitation
b. condensation
c. evaporation
d. saturation
b. condensation
The round, tough layers of skin covering the turtle's shell are called the ________.
a. carapace
b. scutes
c. plastron
d. keratin
Hornbill
True or False?
A shark has a tough, flexible skeleton made of bone.
False, cartilage
The largest salamander the rare ____________.
Japanese giant salamander
A small piece of ice that is tossed up and down inside a cloud, becomes coated with several layers of ice, and finally falls to earth is called ________.
Hail (a hailstone)
The crocodilians that live only in the southeastern US AND along China's Yangtze River are the ______.
a. caimans
b. gavials
c. alligators
d. crocodiles
c. Alligators