Amphibians
What are baby frogs and toads called?
Tadpoles
What is the basic cause of all weather?
The sun
What is the largest bird in the world?
Ostrich
Are fish warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
Cold-blooded
What is the process in which a snake loses its skin?
Molting
What do amphibians breathe with until they develop fully?
Gills
How many major wind systems are there?
3
What is the only bird that can fly backward?
Hummingbird
What is the coat of hard, rounded disks fish have for protection?
Scales
What is the fastest snake?
African Black Mamba
Amphibians protect themselves by secretly what?
Slime
What is the amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature called?
Relative humidity
What bird can dive through the air at speeds of 220 mph or more?
(Peregrine) Falcon
What type of fish is a lamprey?
Jawless Fish
How do many lizards escape danger?
Shedding their tails
What is the process in which amphibians change as they grow older?
Metamorphosis
What are different seasons caused by?
The tilt of the Earth's axis
What is the South American relative of the ostrich?
Rhea
What fish has both of its eyes on one side of its head?
Flounder
The lizard that can squirt a stream of blood from its eye
Horned Lizard
What is the largest salamander?
Japanese Giant Salamander
Name the 8 planets in order from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What bird encloses itself in its nest with a mud wall?
Hornbill
Most fish in the world are which type of fish?
Bony
What is the only lizard that uses poison to stun their prey?
Gila Monster & Beaded Lizard