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Question 1

two differences between a salamander and a lizard

Answer 1

lizard has scales, salamander does not

lizard breathes through lungs, salamander breathes through skin

Question 2

snout differences in alligators and crocodiles

Answer 2

alligators have short and thick snouts and their teeth fit inside

crocodiles have a long and skinny snouts and their teeth sticking out

Question 3

what is the difference between a turtle and a tortoise

Answer 3

turtle has fins, tortoise has feet

Question 4

List three ways that God designed the bodies of birds that helps them to fly

Answer 4

1. light bones
2. air sacs on lungs
3. fast metabolism/rapid digestion

Question 5

gestation

Answer 5

length of pregnancy

Question 6

preening

Answer 6

spreading oil on the feathers to waterproof and condition them

Question 7

Syrinx

Answer 7

special organ for bird song

Question 8

contour feathers

Answer 8

on the outside of the bird giving appearance

Question 9

down feathers

Answer 9

underneath the other feathers giving insulation

Question 10

Jacobson’s organ

Answer 10

smell, determines chemicals

Question 11

quadrate bone

Answer 11

jaw unhinges

Question 12

scutes

Answer 12

special scales on snake

Question 13

Plastron

Answer 13

belly shell on turtle

Question 14

carapace

Answer 14

top shell on turtle

Question 15

rumen

Answer 15

multi-chamber stomach

Question 16

cud

Answer 16

redigested food

Question 17

incisors

Answer 17

gnawing food

Question 18

canines

Answer 18

tearing food

Question 19

Molars

Answer 19

grinding food

Question 20

mammary glands

Answer 20

mammals nurse young

Question 21

larynx

Answer 21

voice box

Question 22

placenta

Answer 22

protective layer that filters in food and oxygen and filters out waste

Question 23

uterus

Answer 23

muscular chamber where young develop within the mother

Question 24

umbilical cord

Answer 24

contains blood vessels to deliver food, oxygen to fetus and carry off waist

Question 25

Squamata

Answer 25

order for snakes and lizards

Question 26

testudines

Answer 26

order for turtles and tortoises

Question 27

crocodilia

Answer 27

order for alligators and crocodiles

Question 28

aves

Answer 28

class for birds

Question 29

mammals

Answer 29

class for dogs, cats, whales, etc

Question 30

Chordata

Answer 30

phylum for reptiles, aves, mammals

Question 31

endothermic

Answer 31

warm blooded

Question 32

ectothermic

Answer 32

cold blooded

Question 33

are reptiles oviparous or viviparous?

Answer 33

oviparous

Question 34

are reptiles endothermic or ectothermic?

Answer 34

ectothermic

Question 35

how many chambers in the reptile heart

Answer 35

three, with an exception of alligators and crocs with four

Question 36

how many chambers to the bird heart

Answer 36

four

Question 37

are birds endothermic or ectothermic

Answer 37

endothermic

Question 38

birds that are born blind featherless and helpless

Answer 38

altricial

Question 39

birds that are born with feathers and can feed themselves

Answer 39

precocial

Question 40

blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

Answer 40

arteries

Question 41

blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart

Answer 41

veins

Question 42

heart chamber that accepts blood into the heart

Answer 42

atrium

Question 43

heart chamber that pumps blood out of the heart

Answer 43

ventricle

Question 44

order Cetacea

Answer 44

Dolphins, whales

Question 45

order Sirenia

Answer 45

see cows, manatees

Question 46

primates

Answer 46

animals that can stand on 2 feet

Question 47

three differences between a snake and a lizard

Answer 47

1. snakes cannot hear
2. lizards can blink
3. snakes have scutes