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Animals
Animals
Animals
Animals
Animals
100
An animal that has a backbone
What is a vertebrate?
100
Cold blooded vertebrates that live parts of their lives on water and part of their lives on land.
What is an amphibian?
100
Cold blooded animals that obtain body heat from outside sources
What is an ectotherm?
100
A gland that secretes toxins
What is a parotoid gland?
100
The oldest and smallest order of reptiles called "living fossils."
What is a tuatara?
200
An internal skeleton
What is an endoskeleton?
200
Most amphibians do not reach adulthood
Why do amphibians lay so many eggs?
200
A change in development
What is metamorphasis
200
The depletion of the ozone layer, clear cutting, acid rain and pesticides
What is killing amphibians?
200
An evolutionary milestone that allowed vertebrates to reproduce on land.
What is an amniotic egg?
300
The process of shedding the exoskeleton in order to grow.
What is molting?
300
The science of classification
What is taxonomy?
300
The largest order of amphibians. It includes tailless amphibians
What is Anura?
300
The only 2 lizards with a poisonous bite
What is the Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard
300
A reptile that has become extinct
What are dinosaurs?
400
Food, oxygen and shelter
What are the basic needs of all animals?
400
A scientist who studies amphibians and reptiles
What is a herpetologist?
400
Peculiar wormlike amphibians
What are caecilians?
400
Shelled reptiles
What is a turtle/tortoise?
400
A large, aggressive, meat-eating reptile that lives in brackish water
What is a crocodile?
500
A framework that shapes and supports the body
What is a skeleton?
500
A resting state to survive during the cold winter months.
What is hibernation?
500
An amphibians with a long body and tail
What is a salamander/newt?
500
A special sensory organ that receives scent particles from the air
What is the Jacobson Organ?
500
These cover the body of a reptile to prevent water loss
What are scales?