8.3 Flashcards

1
Q

Cooled blooded vertebrates that breathe with lungs

A

Reptiles

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2
Q

What happens that makes scales on a reptiles so hard

A

They are keratinized

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3
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Most numerous reptiles

A

Lizards

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4
Q

Color changing cell in a lizards body

A

Chromatophores

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5
Q

Protective part of reptile shell

A

Amnion

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6
Q

What happens when a lizard loses its tale

A

Regenerates

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7
Q

A group of 50 old world lizards

A

Monitor lizards

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8
Q

A very poisonous lizard

A

Gila monster

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9
Q

Most familiar lizard group

A

Geckos

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10
Q

Colorful herbivore lizards

A

Iguanas

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11
Q

Arabella lizard found in tropical areas called the color king

A

Chameleon

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12
Q

Lizards with elongated shiny scales

A

Skinks

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13
Q

Legless reptiles with unique body design

A

Snakes

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14
Q

Most common first way for a snake to move

A

Lateral undulation

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15
Q

Snake alternately stretch in unique body movements

A

Rectilinear movements

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16
Q

Where a snake moves and it looks like an accordion

A

Concertina movement

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17
Q

When a snake loses its skin it is cald

A

Molting

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18
Q

Scent organ on the roof of the snakes mouth

A

Jacob son’s organ

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19
Q

A snakes litter is cald a

A

Clutch

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20
Q

Poisonous liquid snakes use in thier fangs to protect themselves and kill there prey

A

Venom

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21
Q

Less than 20% of snakes kill humans by

A

Snake bites

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22
Q

Two common poisonous snakes are cald the

A

Elapids, and Vipers

23
Q

Best known Elapid

24
Q

Longest venomous snake

A

King cobra

25
Q

Snake spits venomous acid from their fangs

A

Spitting Cobra

26
Q

Have venomous gland size of 1/3 its body

27
Q

Snake that stays u def water all of its life

28
Q

Most common elapid

A

Coral snake

29
Q

Poisonous snakes that have 2 groups cald Old World Vipers and Pit Vipers

A

Vipor family

30
Q

Slow moving snakes that squeeze their prey till death then eat

A

Constrictors

31
Q

Most common constrictor

A

Boa and python

32
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Largest groups of snakes

33
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Worlds smallest snakes

A

Blind snakes

34
Q

Only reptiles with a shell

35
Q

Paddle like fins and only come on land to lay eggs

A

Marine turtle

36
Q

Largest living turtle

A

Leatherback turtle

37
Q

Live in freshwater rivers, enjoy the mud

A

Snapping turtle

38
Q

Turtles only found on land

39
Q

Largest living reptile

A

Crocodilians

40
Q

Swift aggressive predators

A

Crocodiles

41
Q

Have brod snouts and do not show their teeth

A

Alligators

42
Q

Long sleek snout live only in India

43
Q

Name means peak on back and are nocturnal lizard like reptiles

44
Q

Means terrible Lizard by Richard Owen large birdlike lizards

45
Q

Carnivorous dinosaurs that walked on 2 legs

46
Q

Large herbivorous animals like apatosaurus

47
Q

Dinosaurs that ranged from 1.2 meters - 8 meters

A

Cerotopsians

48
Q

Triangle plated lizard

A

Stegosaurous

49
Q

Giant horned lizards

A

Ankylasaurs

50
Q

Bony dome shaped headed Dino

A

Pachycephalosaurs

51
Q

Only flying Dino

52
Q

Giant Dino’s of the sea

A

Plesiosaur

53
Q

Dino that looked mainly like a dolphin

A

Ichthyosaurus