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Question 1

7 herp behaviors

Answer 1

Resting
Movement
Water issues
Grooming
Thermoregulation
Food acquisition
Social reactions

Question 2

Locomotion

Answer 2

Moving from place to place

Question 3

Movment types (4)

Answer 3

Locomotion
Navigation
Migration
Habitat selection

Question 4

Water issues (2)

Answer 4

Preventing water loss (waterproofing, activity patterns, habitat selection)
Rehydrating (collect water, drink from standing water, soak)

Question 5

Grooming (3)

Answer 5

Ecdysis
Wiping
Cleaning (removal of debris)

Question 6

Ecdysis

Answer 6

Shedding of outer layer skin. Comes off as a whole sheet or peices and is sometimes eaten.

Question 7

Wiping

Answer 7

Frog species secrete wax onto their backs and spread it around

Question 8

Thermoregulation (3)

Answer 8

Gain heat
Lose heat
Maintain

Question 9

Food acquisition (4)

Answer 9

-Foraging (active & sit and wait)
-Prey capture (overpower, constrict, envenomate)
-Feeding (swallow whole or break up)
-Excretion

Question 10

Reproduction (8)

Answer 10

Mate searching
Masturbation
Courtship
Male to male combat
Copulation
Nesting
Partutrition
Parental care

Question 11

Social reactions (4)

Answer 11

Reproduction
Defense
Territorial advertising
Brumation

Question 12

Breeding patterns

Answer 12

Associated (hormone production is high)
Dissaciated (gonadal activity is low)
Continual (hormone are high in males and dip in females)

Question 13

Frog positions (6)

Answer 13

Axillary
Cephalic
Cloacal aposition
Inguinal
Glued
Straddle

Question 14

Salamanders positions

Answer 14

Spermatophore “dances”

Question 15

Conduction

Answer 15

Direct contact

Question 16

Convection

Answer 16

Moving fluid

Question 17

Radiation

Answer 17

Sun waves

Question 18

Heat exchange routes (4)

Answer 18

Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Evaporation

Question 19

2 most important resources of all organisms

Answer 19

Time and energy because they are essential to survival and are non renewabke resources

Question 20

First law of thermodynamics

Answer 20

Energy can be neither created nor destroyed

Question 21

Second law of thermodynamics

Answer 21

Theres an inevitable degradation of useful energy into heat

Question 22

Metabolism

Answer 22

Resting
Rates increase with temp and mass
8× higher in endotherms than ectos
95% of endotherms energy goes into metabolism

Question 23

Growth

Answer 23

Addition of lean tissue

Question 24

Storage

Answer 24

Brumation
Fat
Protein

Question 25

Trachemys scripta

Answer 25

Kingdom: animalia
Phylum: chordata
Class: reptila
Order: testudines
Family: emydidae