Marine Birds & reptiles

Birds have ____ on their feathers to help them stay waterproof.

• wax
• oil
• dirt
• sugar

What is the primary function of a bird's beak?

• Singing

• Feeding

• Flying

• Swimming

1. Vertebrates that have two pairs of legs, a group that includes the cetaceans.

• Macropods

• Arachnids

• Tetrapod

• Uniped

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

 Their body temperature varies with that of the environment

• Heterotherm

• Poikilotherm

• Homeotherm

• Endotherm

They lose most of their metabolic heat to the environment

Which of the 7 species of turtles are endothermic?

• None of the 7 species of turtles are endothermic.
• All 7 species of turtles are endothermic
• Only the green sea turtle is endothermic
• The leatherback turtle is endothermic

These animals nest on land but feed on marine organisms

• beach bears
• seabirds

• land sharks

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What are the 4 characteristics of marine reptiles that we discussed?

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• a species that is in danger of becoming extinct 

• vulnerable species
• endangered species
• threatened species
• extinct species

Sea snakes are ovoviviparous. What does Ovoviviparous mean?

• The eggs develop outside the mother's body and the young are born live
• The eggs develop inside the mother's body and the young are born dead
• The eggs develop inside the mother's body and the young are born live, but there is no placental connection.