Close Read - 2.2.2

1. Where do most frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders live?

• Partly on land, partly on water

• Underground in the sewer

• On land

• In water

3. What is one difference between reptiles and amphibians?

• • Reptiles have dry, scaly skin, but amphibians have soft, moist skin.

• • Amphibians have dry, scaly skin, but reptiles have soft, moist skin.

• Reptiles lay jelly-like eggs and Amphibians lay hard shelled eggs.

• They are the same

3. What is unique about how amphibians breathe?

• • Amphibians breathe through their skin if it is dry. Adult amphibians also breathe through their gills.

• • Reptiles breathe through their skin if it is damp. Adult Reptiles also breathe through their lungs.
    

• • Amphibians breathe through their skin if it is damp. Adult amphibians also breathe through their lungs.

• They don't.

What is the effect of the rainforest being so humid?

• Everything is dry.

• The trees are wet.

• The ground is very damp.

3. What is unique about how amphibians breathe?

• • They can breathe in two ways: through their eyes and through their toes.

• • They can breathe in two ways: through their skin and through their lungs

• • They can breathe through their tongues and their lungs.

• It is not unique at all.

Amphibians can breathe through their skin when they are damp. What does this have to do with water?

• They don't breathe when they are wet.

• • They can only breathe when they are under water.

• • They can only breathe through their skin if it is damp, which happens from being dry.

• • They can only breathe through their skin if it is damp, which happens from being wet or in water

3. How is water necessary for amphibians’ survival?

• • Water is necessary for amphibians to survive because it helps them to breathe.

• • Water is necessary for amphibians to survive because it cleans them.

• • Water is necessary for amphibians to survive because it they can only live underwater.

• It is not necessary.

6. What is another difference between reptiles and amphibians?

• Amphibians have tough-shelled eggs and lay them on land, and Reptiles have soft, jellylike eggs that they lay in the water.

• Reptiles have tough-shelled eggs and lay them on land, and amphibians have soft, jellylike eggs that they lay in the water.

• They are the same.

What is ANOTHER reason water necessary for amphibians’ survival?

• • Water is necessary for most amphibians’ survival because they need to lay their eggs in it.

• • Water is necessary for most reptiles' survival because they need to lay their eggs in it.

• • It is not necessary.

What is unique about how tadpoles breathe?

• They breathe through skin.

• They breathe through lungs.

• They breathe through gills.