Snakes
This adaptation allows snakes to detect airborne chemicals by flicking their tongues.
What is a Jacobson's (vomeronasal) organ?
Chameleons can move these body parts independently, allowing them to look in two directions at once.
What are their eyes?
Compared to turtles, tortoises usually have short, sturdy legs instead of these.
What are flippers or webbed feet?
Lizards use these coverings on their bodies to protect themselves.
What are scales?
This body covering protects alligators and crocodiles like a suit of armor.
What are scales?
Unlike venomous snakes, these kinds of snakes kill their prey by squeezing it until blood flow stops.
What are constrictors?
This special tail helps chameleons hold onto branches.
What is a prehensile tail?
Plastic bags in the ocean can be dangerous because sea turtles sometimes mistake them for this favorite food.
What are jellyfish?
Some lizards can drop this body part to escape a predator.
What is their tail? (tail autotomy)
These special body parts on top of their heads allow alligators and crocodiles to see and breathe while mostly underwater.
What are their eyes and nostrils?
The largest venomous snake in the world belongs to this group and can reach over 18 feet long.
What is the King Cobra?
A chameleon notices another chameleon nearby and turns bright colors. Why might it change color?
What is to communicate, attract a mate, or warn another chameleon to stay away?
True or False: A turtle can come completely out of its shell.
False! A turtle's shell is attached to its skeleton, including its ribs and backbone!
This special feature on the feet of geckos helps them climb smooth surfaces like walls and windows.
What are sticky toe pads?
This is the special flap in the back of an alligator's or crocodile's throat that allows it to catch prey underwater without swallowing water.
What is the palatal valve (or throat valve)?
This type of snake venom attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis.
What is neurotoxic venom?
Chameleons need food, water, air, and shelter. They also rely on warm temperatures because they are this type of animal.
What is cold-blooded (ectothermic)?
This is the name of the top part of a turtle's shell.
What is the carapace?
A lizard may do this when it sees a predator in order to keep itself safe.
What is freeze?
What is the main difference between an alligator and a crocodile?
The snout is usually wider and U-shaped on an alligator but narrower and V-shaped on a crocodile
Snakes shed their skin in one piece through a process called this.
What is ecdysis (shedding/molting)?
Chameleons have a ridge or crest on the top of their head called a "casque." What can it help them do?
What is helps collect rainwater or makes them appear larger to other chameleons?
This is the name of the bottom part of a turtle's shell.
What is the plastron?
Unlike snakes, most lizards have two physical features that snakes do not. Name one.
What are eyelids or external ear openings?
This spinning move helps crocodiles tear apart large pieces of food.
What is the death roll?