Birds and Reptiles
What are the four types of birds?
The four types of birds are: flightless birds, ground-dwelling birds, waterfowl and all the rest.
What are the three types of fish?
The three types of fish are: jawless fish, bony fish, and cartilaginous fish.
Austrailia
What is science?
Science is classification.
Who was the first scientist to classify plants and animals?
Aristotle
What are the three main types of reptiles?
The three main types of reptiles are: snakes and lizards, turtles, and crocodilians.
What are the two main types of amphibians?
The two main types of amphibians are: frogs and toads, newts and salamanders.
What are unique about marsupials compared to the other types of mammals?
They have pouches
What is taxonomy?
Taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms.
Who is the Father of Modern Taxonomy?
Linnaeus
How does a sidewinder snake attack its prey?
It burrows into the sand, and surprises its prey.
What is an amphibian's habitat?
Semi-aquatic
What are the three types of mammals?
The three types of mammals are: placental mammals, marsupials, and monotremes.
There are six Kingdoms of living things?
What is a characteristic?
A characteristic is a feature of an organism used to classify it.
Which bird is famous for its blue eggs?
Robin
Some frogs breathe with something other than their lungs or gills. What do they breathe with?
Their skin
What type of mammals are humans?
Placental mammals
What are the seven levels of Taxonomic rank?
The seven levels of Taxonomic rank are: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
What do vertebrates have the invertebrates do not?
A backbone
What bird can circle the globe in 46 days, without stopping?
An albatross
What are the four stages in the life cycle of a frog?
Eggs, Larvae, Tadpole, Adult
What two animals are considered monotremes?
Platypuses and echidna.
What is the name of the Phylum with all vertebrate animals?
Chordata
Which kind of animal creates its own body heat?
Endothermic