Question 1

animals with backbones

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vertebrates

Question 2

warmblooded, breathe lungs, have hair, most have four limbs, most give birth to live young, produce milk

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mammals

Question 3

warm blooded, breathe with lungs, have feathers, lay eggs, most fly

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birds

Question 4

coldblooded, breathe with lungs, have scale-like coverings,  most lay eggs, most live on land

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reptiles

Question 5

coldblooded breathe through gills have scales lay eggs live in water

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fish

Question 6

coldblooded, young breathe through gills, adults breathe with lungs, have smooth bare skin, lay eggs, live in water and on land

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amphibians

Question 7

Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are called ________

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coldblooded

Question 8

___________ animals have body temperatures that vary according to the temperature of their surroundings

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coldblooded

Question 9

Birds legs are covered with two layers of _________

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scales

Question 10

God gave birds lightweight feathers that ________ (protect) the birds from cold by trapping air next to the skin as well as keep the birds in the air

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insulate

Question 11

A ______ feather  is made of hundreds of _____ connected to a stiff hollow ______

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flight, barbs, quill

Question 12

each barb in a birds body is held in pace by hundreds of __________

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barbules

Question 13

The _______ and ______  have soft feathers covering their heads, necks, and bodies compared to feathers on their wings and tails

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parakeets and canaries

Question 14

the soft feathers on a parakeet or canary are called ____ ________

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body feathers

Question 15

____ feathers are the softest feathers

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down

Question 16

a bird must regularly clean and straighten or _____ its feathers

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preen

Question 17

air filled bones are strengthened by ____ _____ ____

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tiny cross ribs

Question 18

the fastest bird on the planet

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peregrine falcon

Question 19

the largest bird in the world

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ostrich

Question 20

name three relatives of the ostrich

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rheas, emus, and cassowaries

Question 21

birds hidden in the forests of new guinea

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birds of paradise

Question 22

a bird with a curved bill and black white and gray feathers

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hornbill

Question 23

another name for the whale-headed stork;


hint: it has a broad bill, over-sized head, and long, skinny legs

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shoebill

Question 24

how do fish breathe

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by swallowing water

Question 25

the breathing organ of most water animals

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gills

Question 26

a thin bony ____ _____ helps to keep the water flowing in the right direction by blocking water that does not come through the mouth

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gill cover

Question 27

the ____ _______ is an organ inside the fish kinda like a flotation device

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swim bladder

Question 28

the fish has a _____-______ ____ which helps it cut through the water with ease

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stream-lined body

Question 29

most fish are cover with a coat of hard rounded disks called ______

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scales

Question 30

several ____ are found on a fish on the back belly and sides hint: these also help to steer

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fins

Question 31

fish range in size from a giant 60-foot _____ ______ to a miniature 1/2 a inch ______ ____

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whale shark and dwarf goby

Question 32

the two types of jawless fish

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hagfish and sea lamprey

Question 33

______ and ____ are called cartilaginous fish

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sharks and 
rays

Question 34

a _____ must move continuously to stay afloat

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shark

Question 35

the majority of the fish in the world are the ____ ____

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bony fish

Question 36

there are more varieties of bony fish than _______, __________, ________, and _____ combined

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mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds

Question 37

the _______ has both of its eyes on one side of its head

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flounder

Question 38

the _____-_____ watches for insects hovering above the water and shoots a stream line of water to knock the insect down

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archer-fish

Question 39

the __________ can travel outside of its water habitat by crawling from one mud-hole to another

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mud-skipper

Question 40

a snake has no _______

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eyelids

Question 41

shedding the outer layer of skin is called

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molting

Question 42

the ______ ______ give the snake one method of locomotion

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ventral scales

Question 43

the fastest snake is the ________ _____ _____ moving at seven miles per hour or faster

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African black mamba

Question 44

_________ _____ a special ascent organ located on the roof of the snake's mouth

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Jacobson's organ

Question 45

the tiniest sake in the world- the _____ _____- grows no more then even inches long and weighs less than an ounce

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blind snake

Question 46

the harmless ______ _____ challenges a enemy by inflating the forward part of it's body to display it's head and neck in such a way that it looks like a deadly cobra

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hognose snake

Question 47

probally the most frequent snake seen

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garter snake

Question 48

If you are ever bitten by a nonpoisonous snake what should you do?

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You should call your doctor to see if you need a tetanus shot.

Question 49

long hollow teeth (_____) that inject poison or _______

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fangs and venom

Question 50

the largest piosonous snake of the world

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king cobra

Question 51

the ______ has enough poison in its glands to kill 200 men

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taipan

Question 52

the _____ _____ is the  most feared snake in Africa because of its speed and deadly bite

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black mamba

Question 53

the deadly _____ _____ found in north and south America comes out of hiding at night and slowly sneaks up on its prey

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coral snake

Question 54

many people confuse the _______ ____ _____ with the coral snake

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scarlet king snake

Question 55

rattlesnakes copperheads water moccasins bush masters and fer-de-lances are all considered as ___ ______ because of the deep pits located between their eyes and nostrils

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pit vipers

Question 56

a ___________ gets its name from the tough rattle that grows on the end of its tail

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rattlesnake

Question 57

the _______ bites more people than any other poisonous snake in America

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copperhead

Question 58

the____ _______ is considered the most aggressive pit viper

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water moccasin

Question 59

before its strikes the water moccasin raises its head and opens its mouth to reveal white flesh that looks like a mouthful of cotton because of this it is often called a ___________

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cottonmouth

Question 60

five things you should do if someone gets bit by a snake

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get medical, help remain still, watch for these signs: sharp, pain ,bruising, or swelling around the bite one or two small puncture wound blurry vision, breathing difficulties, an upset stomach, clean the wound

Question 61

true or false: constrictors need fangs to be dangerous

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false
 (constrictors squeeze their prey until they can't breath)

Question 62

giant snakes are called ___________  are dangerous because they use their bodies to squeeze or _______ their prey

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constrictors and constrict

Question 63

the worlds largest snakes

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anacondas and pythons

Question 64

a widely known constrictor

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boa constrictor

Question or Term	Answer or Definition
animals with backbones	vertebrates
warmblooded, breathe lungs, have hair, most have four limbs, most give birth to live young, produce milk	mammals
warm blooded, breathe with lungs, have feathers, lay eggs, most fly	birds
coldblooded, breathe with lungs, have scale-like coverings, most lay eggs, most live on land	reptiles
coldblooded breathe through gills have scales lay eggs live in water	fish
coldblooded, young breathe through gills, adults breathe with lungs, have smooth bare skin, lay eggs, live in water and on land	amphibians
Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are called ________	coldblooded
___________ animals have body temperatures that vary according to the temperature of their surroundings	coldblooded
Birds legs are covered with two layers of _________	scales
God gave birds lightweight feathers that ________ (protect) the birds from cold by trapping air next to the skin as well as keep the birds in the air	insulate
A ______ feather is made of hundreds of _____ connected to a stiff hollow ______	flight, barbs, quill
each barb in a birds body is held in pace by hundreds of __________	barbules
The _______ and ______ have soft feathers covering their heads, necks, and bodies compared to feathers on their wings and tails	parakeets and canaries
the soft feathers on a parakeet or canary are called ____ ________	body feathers
____ feathers are the softest feathers	down
a bird must regularly clean and straighten or _____ its feathers	preen
air filled bones are strengthened by ____ _____ ____	tiny cross ribs
the fastest bird on the planet	peregrine falcon
the largest bird in the world	ostrich
name three relatives of the ostrich	rheas, emus, and cassowaries
birds hidden in the forests of new guinea	birds of paradise
a bird with a curved bill and black white and gray feathers	hornbill
another name for the whale-headed stork; hint: it has a broad bill, over-sized head, and long, skinny legs	shoebill
how do fish breathe	by swallowing water
the breathing organ of most water animals	gills
a thin bony ____ _____ helps to keep the water flowing in the right direction by blocking water that does not come through the mouth	gill cover
the ____ _______ is an organ inside the fish kinda like a flotation device	swim bladder
the fish has a _____-______ ____ which helps it cut through the water with ease	stream-lined body
most fish are cover with a coat of hard rounded disks called ______	scales
several ____ are found on a fish on the back belly and sides hint: these also help to steer	fins
fish range in size from a giant 60-foot _____ ______ to a miniature 1/2 a inch ______ ____	whale shark and dwarf goby
the two types of jawless fish	hagfish and sea lamprey
______ and ____ are called cartilaginous fish	sharks and rays
a _____ must move continuously to stay afloat	shark
the majority of the fish in the world are the ____ ____	bony fish
there are more varieties of bony fish than _______, __________, ________, and _____ combined	mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds
the _______ has both of its eyes on one side of its head	flounder
the _____-_____ watches for insects hovering above the water and shoots a stream line of water to knock the insect down	archer-fish
the __________ can travel outside of its water habitat by crawling from one mud-hole to another	mud-skipper
a snake has no _______	eyelids
shedding the outer layer of skin is called	molting
the ______ ______ give the snake one method of locomotion	ventral scales
the fastest snake is the ________ _____ _____ moving at seven miles per hour or faster	African black mamba
_________ _____ a special ascent organ located on the roof of the snake's mouth	Jacobson's organ
the tiniest sake in the world- the _____ _____- grows no more then even inches long and weighs less than an ounce	blind snake
the harmless ______ _____ challenges a enemy by inflating the forward part of it's body to display it's head and neck in such a way that it looks like a deadly cobra	hognose snake
probally the most frequent snake seen	garter snake
If you are ever bitten by a nonpoisonous snake what should you do?	You should call your doctor to see if you need a tetanus shot.
long hollow teeth (_____) that inject poison or _______	fangs and venom
the largest piosonous snake of the world	king cobra
the ______ has enough poison in its glands to kill 200 men	taipan
the _____ _____ is the most feared snake in Africa because of its speed and deadly bite	black mamba
the deadly _____ _____ found in north and south America comes out of hiding at night and slowly sneaks up on its prey	coral snake
many people confuse the _______ ____ _____ with the coral snake	scarlet king snake
rattlesnakes copperheads water moccasins bush masters and fer-de-lances are all considered as ___ ______ because of the deep pits located between their eyes and nostrils	pit vipers
a ___________ gets its name from the tough rattle that grows on the end of its tail	rattlesnake
the _______ bites more people than any other poisonous snake in America	copperhead
the____ _______ is considered the most aggressive pit viper	water moccasin
before its strikes the water moccasin raises its head and opens its mouth to reveal white flesh that looks like a mouthful of cotton because of this it is often called a ___________	cottonmouth
five things you should do if someone gets bit by a snake	get medical, help remain still, watch for these signs: sharp, pain ,bruising, or swelling around the bite one or two small puncture wound blurry vision, breathing difficulties, an upset stomach, clean the wound
true or false: constrictors need fangs to be dangerous	false (constrictors squeeze their prey until they can't breath)
giant snakes are called ___________ are dangerous because they use their bodies to squeeze or _______ their prey	constrictors and constrict
the worlds largest snakes	anacondas and pythons
a widely known constrictor	boa constrictor
the _________ scurries to a rock crevice and wedges itself in so tightly that the enemy cannot reach in and pull it out	chuckwalla
the _____ _______ can squirt a stream of blood from its eyes and hit its enemy at a distance of three feet	horned lizard
the largest reptile	komodo dragon
the ______ ______ of the Galapagos islands is the only lizard that is more comfortable in water than on land	marine iguana
the most dangerous lizard	gila monster
the only two lizards in the world that us poison to subdue their predators and to stun their prey	Gila monster and the bearded lizard
the ability to change colors or _________ to match its surroundings is what lizard's special ability	camouflage and chameleon
the _____ _____ looks like a snake but has eyelids and ear holes	glass snake
the ________ _____ is often called the american chameleon because it can change from dark brown to light green in three minutes	Carolina anole
tough layers of skin on part of a turtles shell are called ______	scutes
the upper section on a turtle which is like a helmet	carapace
the lower section on which the turtle rests is called the ________	plastron
a turtle with hinged plastrons	box turtle
a biting turtle	snapping turtle
most turtles are ________ turtles	freshwater
land turtles	tortoises
___ _______ live in the oceans and come on land only to lay their eggs	sea turtles
the turtles poisonous bacteria is called ______	salmonella
some reptile cousins of the crocodile	alligators, caimans, and gavials
alligators crocodiles gavials and caimans	crocodilians
_________- animals that live part of their life in water and part of their life on land hint:they change shape in form in their lifetime	amphibians
a frog that calls his mate with a prreep-prreep-prreep	spring peeper
the _____ ____ croaks 50 to 70 times a minute	tree frog
the _______ frog quacks like a duck	leopard
the ____frog bellows deep like a bull	bull
frog babies	tadpoles
a change in form	metamorphosis
the most deadly frog	arrow-poison frog or poison-dart frog
the _______ loses its gills as it matures even though it never leaves the water to breathe instead it breathes through its skin	hellbender
a salamander that is bigger than a hell bender.It is 2 feet to 5 feet long.	Japanese giant salamander
the male _____ ____ in Chile, South America, scoops up the females eggs with its tongue and carries them in his mouth	Darwin frog
the _______ _____ another south american native lays her eggs in the water and then quickly loops under to catch them on her back	surinam toad
____ _____ are unique because of their toes it has suction pads on the tips of its toes to anchor itself to bark	tree frogs
______ _______ the great student of the fossil record said that there was no evidence in the fossil record for the change of one kind of living thing into another	Louis Agassiz
to hold an egg up to a bright light is ________ the egg	candling
four kinds of reptiles	turtles, lizards, snakes, and crocodilians
why a snake flicks its tongue	to smell
how some snakes help farmers	my catching mice and other pests
the most feared reptile	crocodile
name two characteristics of the snakes skin	scaly and dry
2 ways that how some snakes harm people	By biting them to inject poison or squeezing them until they suffocate.
what is the difference between cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals	coldblooded animals don't maintain a relative temperature; warm-blooded animals
What group of vertebrates do the krait, rhea, ray, and tree frog belong to? (they all belong in different groups)	The rhea is a bird, the ray is a fish, the tree frog is an amphibian, and the Krait is a reptile.
What group of vertebrates do the Gila monster, flounder, condors, and anaconda belong to?	The Gila monster and the anaconda are reptiles, the flounder is a fish, and the condor is a bird.
mucus secreted by amphibian skin	slime
What group of vertebrates do the shoe-bill, lamprey, copperhead, and hell-bender belong to?	The shoe-bill is a bird, and a lamprey is a fish. The copperhead is a reptile, and the hell bender is an amphibian.
What group of vertebrates do the mud puppy, swift, gavial, and shark belong to?	Mud puppies are amphibians. The swift is a bird, the gavial is a reptile, and the shark is a fish.
What group of vertebrates do the surinam toad, chuckwalla, salamander, and ostrich each belong to?	The Suriname toad and salamander belong to the amphibians. Chuckwallas are reptiles; the ostrich is a bird.
What do you think a colony of birds flying north are doing?	migrating
say a snake poem telling the difference between the coral snake and the scarlet king snake	red on yellow kill a fellow; red on black venom lack
How can you tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?	Alligators only show their top teeth, and have round jaws . Crocodiles only show some of their bottom teeth; they have sharp jaws.
how can you tell the difference between land or sea turtles	The sea turtle has broad, thin flippers and only comes on land to lay eggs. Sea-turtles have a stream-lined shell; the land turtle has thick, fat legs and a big, boulder-y shell.
what is the difference between toad and frog eggs	Frog eggs look like small black beads encased in clear jelly. There are hundreds or thousands of them grouped together. The toad eggs look like necklaces of beads strung together side by side within a long, transparent cape.
What do ostriches Komodo dragons, anacondas, pythons, and Japanese giant salamanders have in common?	they are all vertebrates and reptiles
a baby chicken is called and ________ when it is inside its egg	embryo
a sac filled with a liquid which creates a protective cushion for the embryo	amniotic sac
a bird with short rounded wings	quail turkey or pheasant
a bird with long broad wings	eagle hawk or condor
animals that breathe with gills	fish
a salamander that never leaves the water	hellbender
what snakeskin is made of	keratin (the same substance as your finger nails)
the _______ lies quietly in Asian jungles during the day; when night falls it often attacks	krait
lizard-like amphibians	salamanders
When a ray is on the rock it is camouflaged as a ____	rock
a frog tadpole loses its _____	tail
A lizard will often ______ when it sheds or loses its tail.	hide
barbs connect to this feather part	quill
a male ostrich ____ __ ___ _____ at night	sit on the eggs
feather parts that are hooked together	barbules
a clear membrane protects the ____ of a snake	eyes
a skin flap protects its ____ when a crocodile goes under water	nose
animals are _______ according to their characteristics	classified

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