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7th Science Ch.9
Ch.9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What term refers to an iguanid's throat fan | dewlap |
| What is the largest group of snakes | colubrids |
| Identify the toothlike scales found on sharks | denticles |
| what term is used for the process whereby a mother caecilian grows a new layer of fat every 3 days to feed her young | dermatophagy |
| frogs and toads are placed into which group | anurans |
| Identify a turtle's upper shell that covers its back | carapace |
| what are the 3 types of chimaera family | long-nosed, short-nosed and plow-nosed |
| name the breathing openings that sharks and rays have behind their eyes | spiracles |
| on what characteristic do scientist base the 3 main categories of salamander | reproduction |
| what group are true rays, electric rays, skates and sawfish classified in | batoids |
| A scientist who studies fish is known as a | ichthyologist |
| A "square" on a turtle's shell is called a | scute |
| In which type of movement does a snake follow an S-shaped path by exerting force against surface irregularities | lateral undulation |
| Which group contains amphibians with long bodies and no limbs | caecilians |
| Identify the protective layer that surrounds the nutrient filled egg of a reptile | amnion |
| Which organism has slime glands that help create a slippery coating around it | hagfish |
| Identify the lizardlike reptile with a partial eye | tuatara |
| Identify the organ used by snakes to detect scent molecules | Jacobson's |
| A gecko's transparent eye cover is called | spectacle |
| Color-containing cells that control a reptile's ability to change color are called | chromatophores |
| Identify the organ used by snakes to detect temperature | pit |
| Name the shark that has eyes on large wings on either side of its head | hammerhead |
| Give the general term for a turtle that lives on land | tortoise |
| What term refers to a medicine used to counteract venom | antivenin |
| Which crocodilians have narrow snouts and a fourth lower tooth that shows when the jaw is closed | crocodiles |
| What is the largest known fish | whale shark |
| Identify the longest-living animal | tortoise |
| Which group of venomous snakes has small, immoveable fangs | elapids |
| What is the largest living lizard | Komodo Dragon |
| What type of venom attacks the circulatory system | hemotoxic |
| The process by which amphibians change from aquatic larvae to terrestrial adults is called | metamorphosis |
| The world's smallest snakes are the | blind snakes |
| Larvae of frogs and toads are called | tadpoles |
| Herpetologists study these | reptiles and amphibians |
| Animals that possess four legs are known as | tetrapods |
| On sandy ground, a snake moves using ? in which it supports its body at several points while moving the rest in the direction of motion | sidewinding movement |
| Animals that use external means to regulate temperature are considered | cold-blooded |
| Fish eggs | roe |
| hard, movable plate covering a fish's gills | operculum |
| fin made of a single bone surrounded by muscle | lobed |
| allows fish to stay suspended in water | swim bladder |
| protective case that sharks lay their eggs in | mermaid's purse |
| W-shaped band of skeletal muscle | myomere |
| fin located on the side of a fish and behind its gills | pectoral |
| prominent fin on top of a fish | dorsal |
| a fish's tail fin | caudal |
| a sawfish's long and unusual nose | rostrum |
| Describe the metamorphosis of a frog | hind legs begin to develop, then the front legs, the tail shrinks during leg growth, the digestive system also begins to shrink, the tadpole then develops lungs, the tadpole turns into a froglet |
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