Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Eggs
Identification
Pop Culture
100
When reptiles grow in size, they shed their skin aka they do this four-letter verb.
What is molt?
100
This word means all the feathers of a bird. It includes the type, coloration, and arrangement.
What is plumage?
100
To be classified as a mammal, the animal must have this in its skin.
What is hair?
100
This part of the egg is what the embryo uses as a food source.
What is the yolk?
100
This category of snake suffocates its prey by squeezing them to death. Hint: It starts with a 'C'
What is a Constrictor?
100
In the movie "The Wild Robot", Pinktail is this marsupial. Hint: It is the only marsupial in North America.
What is a (North American or Virginia) opossum?
200
Most turtles live in this type of water.
What is saltwater?
200
Pictured above are two bones. The top bone is more hollow, while the bottom bone is denser. Which of these bones most likely comes from a bird's endoskeleton?
The top bone because it is hollow.
200
Marsupials give birth to poorly developed babies. The babies then crawl into this pouch to spend a few months completing their development. Give the name of the marsupial's pouch.
What is the marsupium?
200
Birds and reptiles lay this type of egg that provides a sustainable environment for their embryo to develop on land.
What is an amniotic egg?
200
What is a Blue Jay?
200
In the movie "Over the Hedge" Verne is mistakenly called an amphibian several times (much to his annoyance). But unlike an amphibian Verne has water-proof skin which is a key characteristic of this animal class.
What is a reptile? (Verne is a tortoise)
300
Notice the segmented design on this turtle shell. These non-overlapping segments are created by the turtle's dermis. Give the correct biological term for the bone-like segments on this turtle shell.
What are scutes?
300
This adjective means warm-blooded.
What is endothermic?
300
Before mammals give birth, the placenta nourishes their young. After they have given birth, mammals use this organ to produce milk for nursing their young.
What are mammary glands?
300
An adjective used to describe animals that lay their eggs in the nest and then care for their eggs. It can be used to describe birds and most species of reptiles.
What is oviparous?
300
There are three types of Testudines. Turtles live in the water, tortoises live on land, and this Testudine lives half of the time on land and half of the time in water.
What is a Terrapin?
300
Knuckles, from the Sonic series, is a monotreme (a mammal that can lay eggs and lactate). More specifically he is this spiky animal. Hint: There are only two animals in the monotreme order.
What is an echidna?
400
This organ is located in the mouth of snakes and helps them analyze chemicals that come in on the tongue.
What is Jacobson's organ?
400
This part of the bird's feather holds the vane and provides structure to the feather.
What is the rachis?
400
This part of the central nervous system connects the brain with the rest of the body and regulates breathing and heartbeats.
What is the brainstem?
400
The outer membrane of the egg. It is involved in gas exchange with the environment.
What is a chorion?
400
This reptile native to New Zealand is not a lizard. It is the only non-extinct animal that belongs to order Sphenodontia.
What is a tuatara?
400
In the movie "Zootopia 2" this character struggles to stay warm in Tundratown because he is ectothermic (aka cold-blooded).
Who is Gary (De'Snake)?
500
A reptile's heart is made up of this many chambers.
What is three?
500
A bird's heart is made up of this many chambers.
What is four?
500
This part of the brain controls how an animal processes information from the environment and then responds to that information.
What is the cerebrum?
500
The inner membrane of an egg that contains fluid to provide protection from mechanical shock, abrasion, and dehydration of the embryo.
What is the amnion?
500
This animal is the only mammal that is covered in overlapping keratin structures (scales).
What is a pangolin or spiny anteater?
500
In the Korean TV series "Business Proposal" Shin Ha-ri says that Kang Tae-moo looks like this extinct dinosaur. Hint: it begins the the letter 'A' and some scientists believe it evolved into the modern bird.
What is an Archaeopteryx?