Marine Reptiles and Birds

All four-legged animals (tetrapods) are:

• air breathers
• endotherms
• bear live young

Which is not a characteristic of marine birds?

• they lay eggs with hard, protective shells 
• dense, strong bones
• waterproof feathers

Which of the following is not true about penguins? 

• cannot fly
• clumsy on land
• live in north and south poles
• streamlines bodies that use countershading

I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, am ectothermic (cold-blooded), and often have scaly skin which holds in the water.  What am I?  

• fish
• mammals 
• birds
• reptile 

Marine iguanas:

• live on rocky coastlines
• feed on seaweed
• are found only on Galapagos Islands
• all of the above are correct

Sea turtles:

• lay their eggs under rocks in the intertidal zone   
• have a very successful rate of reproduction 
• guard their eggs    
• return to the beach they are born to lay their eggs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

There are several species of marine lizards.

• true
• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Sea turtles belong to the order

• Aves
• Chelonia
• Squamata
• Crocodilia

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which is NOT a characteristic of a reptile?

• Endothermic
• Scaly skin
• Has lungs
• lays leathery eggs

How many kinds of Sea Turtles are there in the world?

• Seven
• eight 
• three
• nine