When the body temperature of reptiles changes with its environment, we call this ________________.
ectothermic
100
Fish live their entire lives here.
What is water? (Fish live in fresh and salt water.)
100
Birds reproduce how?
What is laying eggs.
200
This vocabulary term means a physical trait which is passed from parent to offspring. This is the reason why young mammals usually look very much like their parents.
What are genetic traits?
200
The place where amphibians are hatched.
What is the water?
200
How many chambers does the heart of a snake have? the heart of an alligator?
What is 3 and 4?
200
Fish have this in common with amphibians and reptiles. It means that their body temperature changes with their environment.
What is ectotherm or cold-blooded?
200
Like mammals, birds have a constant body temperature.
What is endotherm or warm blooded?
300
The pattern of birth, growth, reproduction and death.
What is a lifecycle?
300
When amphibians are very young, they breathe using these.
What are gills?
300
What is the leathery membrane around an amniotic egg called?
What is chorion?
300
These hard coverings are on the entire body of a fish.
What are scales?
300
All birds have these, but not all birds use them to fly.
What are wings?
400
Mammals use these to breathe.
What are lungs?
400
The scientific vocabulary word meaning great change.
What is metamorphosis?
400
How does having an amniotic egg affect the lifestyle of reptiles?
What is "the amniotic egg allows eggs to be laid and develop on land, so reptiles can have a completely terrestrial life"
400
This trait helps fish swim smoothly through the water. It also makes them difficult to catch with your hands.
What is a slimy coating?
400
Over time this feature of the bird has become adapted depending upon what the bird eats.
What are beaks?
500
This characteristic or trait of a mammal means that it has a constant body temperature which does not change?
What is warm blooded or endotherm?
500
The age at which a frog has completely developed.
What is 11 weeks?
500
Name 4 ways reptiles have adapted to life on land.
What is amniotic eggs, stronger skeleton, scales and waterproof skin to reduce water loss in dry land air, claws, some have 4-chambered heart for more efficient circulation for movement.
500
One common trait between fish, reptiles and amphibians in terms of how they reproduce.
What is they lay eggs?
500
One common trait which birds share with mammals with regard to their young.