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100

What is a rattlesnake?


This type of snake can make a warning noise by shaking its tail.


100

Are turtles and tortoises the same?

While all tortoises are technically turtles, not all turtles are tortoises. Tortoises are strictly land-dwelling, whereas turtles spend most of their lives in or around water. Tortoise shells are heavy and round. Turtle shells are flatter and more streamlined to help them glide through water. 

100

Lizards have unique eyes which can move in two different directions - true or false?


What is true?


100

Some reptiles will eat these slimy, wriggly creatures that live in the soil.


What are earthworms?


100

This type of reptile does not have any limbs.


What is a snake?


200

Why does a snake shed and leave its skin behind? 


A snake sheds several times in a year because it has grown too big for the current skin to fit. It is done for safety and the snake's health. After it sheds, the skin is useless.  

200

How does a turtle protect itself?


What has a shell, and sometimes it will pull its head inside of its shell?


200

A lizard can detach this part of its body to save itself when attacked by a predator.


What is its tail?



200

How do frogs eat

they swallow their prey whole and use their eyes to push the food down its throat.

200

This type of reptile is a Ninja??


What is a turtle?


300

True or false? Snakes "smell" with their tongues 

True!  They flick their forked tongues to collect scent particles and deliver them to a specialized organ in the roof of their mouths. 

300

Which turtle has a smooth, leathery, flexible oval carapace? 

Spiny Softshell Turtle

300

what is the largest legged lizard in the book?

Six-lined racerunner

300

Some lizards only eat plants and do not eat insects or meat.  They like to climb high up into trees and eat the berries, fruits, and leaves that grow there. They are called ______________.


What are herbivores?


300

Reptiles are cold-blooded- true or false?


What is true?


400

Snakes cannot chew their food- true or false?


True! Snakes swallow their food whole.


400

True or False? Turtles are famous for their longevity.  

True! Some species can live for more than 100 years. The giant tortoise Jonathan is believed to be over 190 years old.

400

True or False?  Lizards can walk across the ceiling.


What is true? Lizards have have bulbous toes that are covered in hundreds of tiny hairs called setae, which allow them to stick to surfaces. 


400

Snakes only eat meat.  They hunt for their prey, such as small rodents, frogs, birds and slugs. They are called ______________.


What are carnivores?


400

These reptiles are protected by a hard shell that they grow on their backs.


What are turtles?


500

The official name for this well-known part of a turtle's body is ‘carapace’. The common name is ___________.


What is shell?


500

how long does it take for the tail to grow back once its lost?

3-4 weeks

500

which group is most likey to eat fruit?

Turtles

500

Some types of snakes have live births for their young, but most reptiles hatch from these.


What are eggs?


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