Alligators and Crocodiles

Life Cycle

100

A group of eggs is called a 

clutch

200

Good swimmer with four webbed toes in the back foot

Alligators and crocodiles

300

I dig a hole in the sand and lay about 50 eggs.

Female crocodile

400

I make a mound  of leaves to protect my 45 eggs.

Female alligators

500

What is produced if the temperature of the egg is 88 degrees or below?

Female crocodile or female alligator

Survive

100

The name of animals that sleep in the day and come out at night are called

nocturnal

200

I can stay underwater for as long as

2 hours

300

Alligators and Crocodiles are meat eaters.  What is another word for this?

Carnivores

400

I have needle-sharp teeth and can hunt on small fish or insects.

hatchlings

500

How many miles can these animals swim per hour?

6 miles per hour

Habitat

100

The name of the state where both alligators and crocodiles live.

Florida

200

I live only in the Southern United States

Alligator

300

I mostly live in Africa, South America and parts of Asia.

Crocodile

400

Another word for live in, home.

Inhabit

500

Alligators and Crocodiles are related to the dinosaurs. Both have live ________________millions of years

230 

EndangeredThreatened

100

Vocabulary word that means close to being extinct

Endangered

200

It is against the law to hunt these animals.  What is another word for against the law?

illegal

300

This word means no longer in existance.

extinct

400

__________ have destroyed my natural environment

Humans/People

500

The name of the scientists that study fossils, remains of plant or animals that lived thousands of years ago.

Paleontologists

Body

100

I can grow to be 20 feet.

Crocodiles

200

I have a wide, rounded snout

Alligator

300

Both my upper and lower jaw can be seen.

Crocodile

400

I can regrow about 3,000 teeth during my lifetime.

Alligators and Crocodiles

500

I spend most of my time on __________________

water