Amphibians Practice

Why do amphibians need to live near water even though they have lungs to live on land?

• they need to get food and oxygen

• they need water to reproduce

• the need water to excrete waste

• none of these

The Class name "amphibian" is derived from Greek words meaning...

• double life

• fishlike

• froglike

• first lunged

As adults, amphibians breathe through 

• Gills and skin
• Gills only

• Lungs and skin
• Lungs only

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an amphibian?

• live on land as adults

• they breathe with lungs as adults

• they have scales and claws

• they have mucus glands to keep them from drying out

A person that studies amphibians and reptiles is called a/an_________.

• herpetologist

• ornithologist

• entomologist

• ichthyologist

During metamorphosis, what happens to the frog?

• lungs replace gills

• limbs develop

• the tail disappears

• All of these

Eggs of amphibians dry out easily because they _______

• do not have shells to protect them

• are usually laid on land.

• are always fertilized internally

• are laid in salt water

Amphibian eggs, like fish eggs are ______..

• amniotic

• laid in water to avoid drying out

• laid on land to avoid drowning

• hatched inside the body and live young are born

Amphibians are the only vertebrate class to not have any __________.

• protective skin covering like scales, fur or hair.

• claws.

• protective coloration.

• mating rituals.

Amphibians live in water in the _________ part of their life stage.

• reproductive

• pupae

• larva

• adult