Reptile Exam

True or false reptiles can live in cold climates.

• True

• False

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If you knew that a vertebrate has lung and lays eggs what other characteristic would it need to be classified as a reptile?

• What its skin is like

• how many limb girdles it has

• whether or not it lives on land

• whether it has a well-developed skull

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How do reptiles warm themselves up?

• move into the shade

• speed up its metabolism

• bask in the sun

• crawl into an underground burrow

Which one of these does NOT help a reptile live outside of water?

• having lungs

• having scaly skin

• having two limbs

• laying eggs that have protective membranes

Reptiles exchange gases through their

• Skin

• Lungs`

• gills

• limbs

deoxygenated and oxygenated blood undergo the least amount of mixing in the heart of a

• snake

• lizard

• crocodile

• turtle

When a snake flick their tongue in the air and then draw it across the Jacobson's organ the function of the tongue is to

• detect chemicals in the air

• measure the temperature

• pick up vibrations in the air

• sense the direction of the wind

What is one way snakes can detect prey in the dark

• if the prey is motionless

• if it releases an odor

• the prey is warmer than its surroundings

• if it is brightly colored

True or false all reptiles are oviparous

• True

• False

True or false turtles have a four chambered heart

• True

• False; alligators

• False; snakes

• False; tuataras

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