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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Animalia | Name the Reptile Kingdom |
| Cordata | Name the Reptile Phylum |
| Reptilia | Name the Reptile Class |
| 150 Million Years Ago | How long ago do reptiles date back? |
| Dinosaurs | Name the reptile that has become extinct since the "Age of Reptiles"? |
| ectothermic | What word do we use to classify how reptiles control their body temperature? |
| 1. Rough Dry Skin 2. Well Developed Lungs 3. Amniotic Eggs 4. Kidneys concertrate urine to conserve water | Name the 4 characteristics that allow reptiles to live on land? |
| Nails | The stuff that a reptiles scales are a lot like is? |
| Rough & Dry Cells | Reptiles scales are made of these? |
| Waterproof | Name the special covering that a reptiles scales form? |
| Drying Out | The reptiles special waterproof covering prevents the reptile from doing this? |
| Reptile Skin is too thick | Why can't a reptile breathe through its skin? |
| Well Developed Lungs | How do we describe a reptiles lungs? |
| 1. Shell 2. Albumen 3. Amniotic Sac 4. Yolk 5. Allantois | Name the 5 parts of a reptile egg? Remember - SAAAY |
| Shell | Name the part of the egg that protects the egg. |
| 1. Protects from Damage 2. Keeps it from drying out 3. Allow Oxygen to pass through the shell and Carbon Dioxide to be removed | Name 3 function of the egg shell |
| Albumen | Name the part of the egg that provides food, water and protein to the embryo. |
| Amniotic Sac | Name the part of the egg that surrounds and protects the embryo. |
| Amniotic Fluid | Name the fluid inside the amniotic sac. |
| Yolk | Name the part of the egg that provides the embryo a rich supply of food. |
| allantois | Name the part of the egg that stores the embryo's waste. |
| 1. Stores Waste 2. Passes Oxygen to the embryo from the pores in the shell | Name the 2 function of the allantois |
| Leather | Reptile Egg Shells can be compared to this |
| Hard Shell | What kind of shell do few reptiles have? |
| Membranes | Inside the egg shell there are several layers of these? |
| Internal | Reptile Fertilization is Internal or External? |
| Inside the Female's body | Where does the egg fertillization take place? |
| yellow yolk | Name the part of the egg contains the egg cell. |
| 1. Cushions the Embryo 2. Provides Food & Water 3. Prevent Bacterial Infection | Name the Albumen's 3 Jobs |
| 1. Lay Eggs 2. Keep Eggs Inside her Body | Name the 2 ways a mom reptile can reproduce |
| Oviparous | This means to lay eggs? |
| Viviparous | This means to hatch egges inside the body. |
| 1. Bury 2. Incubate 3. Guard until Hatched | Name 3 things a mom will do with eggs layed outside of her body. BIG |
| Live Young | Viviparous Reptiles give birth to eggs or live young? |
| Mini Adults | What do young reptiles look like when they are born? |
| Metamorphasis | Young Adult Reptiles do not experience this? |
| Reptiles have a HARD Shell | How are reptile and amphibian eggs different? |
| Prevents Drying Out | Why is the reptile shell so important? |
| Inside the Body | Where are reptile eggs fertilized? |
| Outside the Body | Where are amphibian eggs fertilized? |
| No, it would dry out | Can an amphibian eggs survive is laid on land? |
| Yes, it has a HARD Shell to protect it from drying out | Can a reptile egg survive is laid on land? |
| 1. Swallow Prey Live 2. Squeeze Prey to Death 3. Poison Prey | Name 3 ways a snake can catch and consume their prey . |
| Constrictors | Snakes that Squeeze their prey are known as this? |
| Insects, Frogs, Lizards, Fish, and other Small Animals | Snakes that swallow their prey usually eat what kinds of things? |
| Small Rodents | Snakes that Squeeze their prey usually eat what kind of food? |
| Venomous Snakes | Snakes that poison their prey are known as what kind of snakes? |
| Small Rodents | Snakes that POISON their prey usually eat what kind of food? |
| Fangs | Venomous Snakes used these to inject poison into their prey. |
| Glands in the Upper Jaw | Where does a Venomous Snake store venom? |
| Powerful Protein Digesting Enzymes that cause massive tissue damage at the injection site. | What is venom? |
| 1. Causes Cell Destruction 2. Blocks the transmission of nerve impulses 3. Prey will hemorage, go into shock and die | What does venom do to prey? |
| 1. Northern Copperhead 2. Timber Rattlesnake 3. Eastern Massasuge Rattlesnake | Name 3 Pennsylvania Venomous Snakes |
| Single Row | Scales on a Venomous Snake are in a single or double row? |
| Venomous Snake | Does a Venomouse or Non-Venomous Snake have a rattle? |
| No External Ears | Does a snake have external ears? |
| Poor | Snake have what kind of eyesight? |
| Smell | Snakes best sense is this? |
| Forked Tongue | Snakes use this to help it smell? |
| Roof of the mouth | Where is the air particles picked up by the snakes tongue analyzed? |
| Jacobson's Organ | Name for the snakes special organ that senses scent? |
| Contract | Snakes move by using it muscular body to do this? |
| Scales on it belly grip the surface and move it forward | How does the snake move forward? |
| Scutes | Name the scales on the snake's body. |
| Paddle Shaped Tails | Sea Snakes use these to move in the water? |
| 1.Squamata-Lizards & Snakes 2.Testudinata-Turtles&Tourtoise 3.Crocodilia-Alligators & Crocs | Name 3 Orders of Reptiles |
| 1. Slender Body 2. Movable Eyelids 3. Long Tails 4. 4 legs 5. Clawed Toes | Name 5 parts of a Lizard Body |
| Movable | Lizards have _____ eyelids? |
| Insects & Other Terrestrial (Land) invertebrates | Lizards Eat these? |
| Waits & Pounces with its Jaws | How does a lizard usually capture prey? |
| Sticky Tongue | Chameleons capture their prey this way. |
| Poisons Prey | Gila Monsters of the American Southwest capture prey this way. |
| Change Color & Loose their Tails when Caught | Name 2 adaptions that help some lizards avoid becomming someone's dinner. |
| Chameleons | Which lizard is famous for changing its color? |
| Komodo Dragon | World's Largest Lizard |
| 10 feet Long & Over 200 lbs | How big is a Komodo Dragon Lizard? |
| Snakes | Most numerous of all reptiles. |
| Over 2000 Kinds | How many snakes are there? |
| Scales | A Snake's Body is convered with these. |
| Scutes | A Snake's belly is covered with these? |
| Shedding their Skin | Snakes grow by doing this? |
| Molting | Term for Snakes Shedding Their Skin |
| Section of Rattle | Every Time a Rattlesnake molts, it also get another one of these? |
| Animals | All Snakes eat these? |
| Weeks & Months | How often does a snake eat? |
| Transparent Scale | Snake Eyes are covered with these. |
| Chordata | Turtle & Tourtoise Phylum |
| Testudinata | Turtle & Tourtoise Order |
| Turtle | Reptile whose body is enclosed in a shell and lives in water |
| Tortoise | Reptile whose body is enclosed in a shell and lives on land |
| Plates of Bone Covered by Sheilds made of a substance like scales | A Turtle's Shell is made of these. |
| Vertebrate & Ribs | Name the 2 body parts that give the shell shape & support |
| Capapace | Turtles's Upper Shell is known as this? |
| Plastran | Turtles's Lower Shell is known as this? |
| 200 Times its Own Weight | How much weight can a turtle shell hold? |
| Leatherback Sea Turtle | Which Turtle does not really have a shell? |
| Leatherback Sea Turtle | Name the Largest Living Turtle |
| 138 years | Box Turtles have been known to live how long? |
| teeth | Turtles do not have these |
| Beak | Instead of Teeth, Turtles have a _____. |
| Plants & Animals | What do Most turtles eat? |
| Ecoli & Salmanella | Name the 2 bacterias that live in a Turtle's intestine. |
| Alligator Snapping Turtle | This Turtle lives on the bottom of rivers & ponds trying to look like a rock. |
| Eyesight | What is a turtle's best sense? |
| Low Vibrations | Turtles can only hear______. |
| Homing Sense | What sense causes the turtle to always find it's home? |
| Sea Turtles | Name the Turtle that lays its eggs on the beaches. |
| Wave Motion & Magnetic Fields | How does a turtle maintain direction in the ocean? |
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