Types of Modern Reptiles

Question 1

The amniotic egg provides a complete _____ for the tilian egg.

Answer 1

environment

Question 2

Found in or near water in warm climates, crocodilians, such as crocodiles, gavials, and alligators, are similar in _____?

Answer 2

appearance

Question 3

The three living groups of _____ are lizards and snakes,turtles,and crocodilians.

Answer 3

reptiles

Question 4

Reptiles are _____ with a thick dry waterproof skin.

Answer 4

ectotherms

Question 5

The only reptiles that have a two-part shell made of hard, bony plates are _____.

Answer 5

turtles

Question 6

Some animals’ jaws are _____-like, while others are not.

Answer 6

hinge

Question 7

Some animals in the largest group of reptiles, the lizards and snakes like those shown, have a type of _____ not found in other reptiles.

Answer 7

jaw

Question 8

Reptiles live on every continent except _____ and in all the oceans except those in the polar regions.

Answer 8

Antarctica

Question 9

Some animals have a type of jaw that enables them to swallow the whole. They have movable quadrate _____?

Answer 9

bones

Question 10

Three-Horned _____ have movable eye sockets and tongues as long as their bodies.

Answer 10

Three-Horned lizards

Question 11

_____ have developed ways of moving without legs.

Answer 11

snakes

Question 12

The scales on _____ prevent the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide through the skin.

Answer 12

reptiles

Question 13

_____ have no teeth but they do have powerful jaws with a beaklike structure used to crush food.

Answer 13

turtles