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What is a fish?
What is an Amphibian?
What is a Reptile?
What is Cold-Blooded
What is Warm-Blooded?
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Where do all fish spend their entire lives?
water
100
All amphibians are born in the _________________
water
100
Why do reptiles have dry, scaly skin?
To hold in their moisture
100
Ecto-thermic is the scientific word for ______________
cold blooded
100
Does a warm blooded animal rely on its environment to keep it warm?
No
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How does a fish breathe?
With gills
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All amphibians are born in the water, but they grow up on ______________
land
200
How is a snake different from a lizard?
snakes do not have legs
200
A cold blooded animal relies on the _______________ to keep it warm
environment
200
Explain what warm-blooded means
A warm blooded animal has an invisible internal "thermostat" that keeps its body at the same temperature no matter what the temperature is like outside.
300
What part of a fish's body helps it to move?
fins
300
Young amphibians breathe through ________________
gills
300
Reptiles shed their skins in order to grow. What do we call this process of shedding skin?
molting
300
How does a turtle protect itself from its enemies?
its shell
300
If a human's normal temperature is 98.6 and he is playing outside and it's 45 degrees out, what will the human's temperature be?
98.6
400
How to fish reproduce? (have baby fish)
They lay eggs
400
TRUE or FALSE An amphibian's skin is usually smooth and moist (wet)
TRUE
400
How do reptiles reproduce? (have baby reptiles)
They lay eggs which are tough and leathery
400
If a lizard is outside on a hot desert day and he needs to cool off, what can he do?
Go under a rock, bush, or in a burrow in the ground......anywhere out of the sun
400
Since a human is warm blooded, could a human survive in Antarctica in a hoody jacket?
No......the temperature is too low to survive.
500
Name the only fish that cares for it's young?
The father seahorse
500
Frogs start out as tadpoles, grow feet, lose their tails, and become adults that breathe out of their lungs. What is this big change called?
metamorphosis
500
Reptiles have a Jacobson's Organ on the roofs of their mouths. What does this organ help them do?
smell and taste
500
TRUE or FALSE Aphibians breathe through lungs AND through their skin.
TRUE
500
The animals we have been studying are VERTEBRATES. What does that mean?
They have back bones