Poison arrow frogs

Poison arrow frogs

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Interactive Video

Science, Biology

1st - 6th Grade

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The video explores the life cycle of poison arrow frogs, highlighting their unique reproductive strategies and parental care. These frogs lay eggs in small puddles, but the male transports the tadpoles to bromeliads in trees for safety. The female provides unfertilized eggs as food for the tadpoles, ensuring their growth into froglets. Despite their deadly nature, poison arrow frogs are attentive parents.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary defense mechanism of the poison arrow frog?

Poisonous skin

Fast speed

Camouflage

Sharp teeth

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does the male poison arrow frog take the tadpoles for them to grow?

A cave

A pond

A bromeliad plant

A river

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role does the female poison arrow frog play in the tadpoles' development?

She lays an unfertilized egg for them to eat.

She protects them from predators.

She teaches them how to swim.

She provides a safe place for them to hide.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do the male poison arrow frogs ensure the tadpoles have food in their new home?

By finding a plant with natural food

By catching insects for them

By laying fertilized eggs

By calling a female to lay an unfertilized egg

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the young frogs once they are fully developed?

They are protected by the male frog.

They are taken back to the forest floor.

They leave to find food on their own.

They stay in the bromeliad plant.