reptiles and birds

Question 1

what are the characteristics of a reptile

Answer 1

1. vertebrates
2. has dry scaly skin
3. lungs
4. terrestrial eggs with several membrane

Question 2

when was the first reptile fossil found

Answer 2

Carboniferous period

Question 3

what is mesozoic era also called

Answer 3

age of reptiles

Question 4

what happens after each mass extinction

Answer 4

adaptive radiation

Question 5

how many mass extinctions have there been

Answer 5

5

Question 6

what is adaptive radiation

Answer 6

diversification of a species or single ancestral type into several forms that are each adaptively specialized to evolve to exploit a new niche or resource

also is just an animal adapting and changes due to the environment

Question 7

what is a habitat

Answer 7

where the species lives

Question 8

what is a niche

Answer 8

the role that the organism plays in the system/how they interact with environment

Question 9

what is another name for a ornithischian dinosaur

Answer 9

bird hipped

Question 10

what does a bird hip look like

Answer 10

pubic bone and ischium points downward towards the tail

Question 11

what is another name for a saurischia dinosaur

Answer 11

lizard hipped

Question 12

what does a lizard hip look like

Answer 12

pubis points downward and forward at an angle to the ischium… bone looks like L

Question 13

what is a sauropoda

Answer 13

large carnivores

Question 14

what is a theropoda

Answer 14

bipedal carnivores

Question 15

what did modern