Fish
Fish use these to breathe
What are gills?
Reptiles are cold-blooded, but we can use this more scientific term.
What is ectothermic?
Amphibians start life breathing with gills and later will use these to breathe.
What are lungs?
All birds have feathers and wings, but not all do this.
What is fly?
Mammals have this, and most of the time it keeps the animal warm.
What is hair / fur?
Fish have these to help them swim, balance and steer in the water.
What are fins (and tail)?
There are this many groups of reptiles.
What are 4 groups?
There are this many groups of amphibians.
What are three?
Birds maintain their own body temperature so we say there are this.
What is endothermic ( warm-blooded)?
Mothers care for their young and are able to produce this for their babies.
What is milk?
Sharks and Rays are not grouped as bony fish, but instead are in this group of fish.
What are cartilaginous fish?
This is a defense mechanism of the regal horned lizard.
What is squirting blood out of its eye? ( or puffing out / playing dead / frenzied attack)
This stage in the frog life cycle comes after the tadpole stage, but before the mature adult frog stage.
What is a froglet?
This special characteristic of birds' bones allow flying to be easier.
What are hollow bones?
What are monotremes?
Lampreys and hagfish are this type of fish.
What are jawless fish?
Name one way tuataras are different from lizards?
They lack external ears or have a light sensitive "third eye", or have two rows of upper teeth, or prefer cooler temperatures.
How do tadpoles and adult frogs differ in diet?
Tadpoles are herbivores and frogs are carnivores.
A group of eggs laid by a bird during a single nesting.
What is a clutch?
This is the only marsupial animal in North America.
What is the oppossum?
This part of the fish allows detection of vibration and currents, helping the fish to detect prey and avoid predators.
What is the lateral line?
Differences in this determine whether tuataras will have male or female bearing eggs.
What is temperature of the environment where eggs are laid?
Axolotls are closely related to this amphibian.
What is the tiger salamander?
The part of the bird that stores food before it is digested.
What is a crop?
This is the largest of the 3 groups of mammals, and it includes humans.
What are placentals?