Muscles and Bones
What do we call the hard frame made of all our bones?
The skeleton
What do we call the giant pieces that make up the Earth's outer layer?
Plates (Tectonic plates)
Do turtles and tortoises have teeth?
No, they have a beak-like mouth.
Which one lives mostly in the water: the turtle or the tortoise?
The turtle.
What is the name of the animal group that has scales or plates and breathes with lungs?
Reptiles
What are the flexible tissues that help us jump and smile?
Muscles
How do the Earth's plates move: very fast or slowly?
Slowly
What covers the heads of both turtles and tortoises?
Hard skin/scales.
What does a sea turtle have instead of feet to help it swim?
Flippers
What does "cold-blooded" mean for a reptile?
Their body temperature changes with the weather (the temperature around them).
True or False: Muscles work all the time, even when we don't think about it.
True
What happens when two plates "bump into each other"?
They can create mountains or cause earthquakes.
Where do sea turtles lay their eggs?
In a hole on the beach (in the sand).
Which animal has a shell shaped like a high dome?
The tortoise.
Where do most reptiles usually live?
In warm places.
What does your skin protect under it?
Your bones (and muscles)
Plates can move away from each other or slide against each other. True or false?
True
Both animals are "cold-blooded." What group of animals do they belong to?
Reptiles
Which one has a flatter shell to help it move through water?
The turtle.
Most reptiles lay eggs, but do some have live babies?
Yes.
Do humans have only big bones, or both big and small bones?
Both big and small bones.
What is the name of the planet we live on?
Earth
How many eggs can a sea turtle lay at one time?
Hundreds
What is the name of the "undershell" or the belly part of the shell?
The plastron
Name three animals that are reptiles.
Crocodile, turtle, lizard (or chameleon/snake)