Reptiles Review!

Order that includes lizards and snakes?

• Squamata

• Testudines

• Crocodilia

• Rynchocephalia

What order to turtles & tortoises belong to?

• Testudines

• Crocodilia

• Rynchocephalia

• Squamata

All of the following belong in Crocodilia EXCEPT...

• Tuatara

• Alligators

• Gharials

• Caimans

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What group is actually more closely related to birds than other reptiles?

• Crocodilia

• Rynchocephalia

• Squamata

• Testudines

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Because Reptiles don't include all of the descendents of a common ancestor, they are considered...

• Paraphyletic

• Monophyletic

• Polyphyletic

• Paranormal

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This is a characteristic common to both Reptiles and Amphibians

• Bony endoskeleton

• 4-chambered heart

• Endothermic

• Smooth skin lacking scales

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Which of the following is NOT true of any reptiles?

• Internal fertilization

• External fertilization

• Oviparous

• Viviparous

Since snakes don't have limbs, reptiles aren't considered tetrapods.

• True

• False

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Reptiles mostly breathe through lungs.

• True

• False

What part of the skin are most reptile scales made from?

• Dermis

• Epidermis

• They don't have scales.

• The scales aren't made from skin.