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Reptile, Bird, and Mammal

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the four groups of marine reptiles only has one species representative?

a)

Marine Iguana

b)

Saltwater Crocodile

c)

Sea Turtle

d)

Sea Snake

2.

Which trait is NOT seen in Marine Reptiles?

a)

blubber

b)

a thick, scaly skin

c)

lay eggs

d)

amniote

3.

What is it called when a sea turtle comes on land but does not lay eggs?

a)

natal beach

b)

false crawl

c)

scute

d)

carapace

4.

What is the name of the beach that sea turtles are born at and females return to lay their eggs?

a)

mortal beach

b)

scute

c)

plastron

d)

natal beach

5.

Select all the dangers that apply to sea turtles:

a)

raccoons

b)

sharks

c)

artificial lights

d)

ants

e)

humans

6.

Identify the following sea turtle:

a)

green

b)

leatherback

c)

hawksbill

d)

loggerhead

7.

Identify the following sea turtle:

a)

green

b)

leatherback

c)

hawksbill

d)

loggerhead

8.

Which of the following is a misconception as to where penguins live?

a)

Live in the Arctic only

b)

Live in Antarctica only

c)

Live in the Southern Hemisphere

d)

Live in the Northern Hemisphere

9.

What is it that egrets feed on?

a)

other birds

b)

small reptiles

c)

plants

d)

small fish

10.

Birds regulate their own body temperature which means they are:

a)

ectothermic

b)

endothermic

11.

Reptiles have to live in warm climates because they are:

a)

ectothermic

b)

endothermic

12.

Which order contains manatees and dugongs?

a)

sirenian

b)

cetacean

c)

mustelid

d)

pinniped

13.

Which order contains whales, dolphins, and porpoises?

a)

sirenian

b)

cetacean

c)

mustelid

d)

pinniped

14.

Which sub-order contains walruses, seals, and sea lions?

a)

sirenian

b)

cetacean

c)

mustelid

d)

pinniped

15.

Which of the following marine mammals does not have blubber but instead has a thick coat of fur?

a)

dolphins

b)

humpback whales

c)

sea otters

d)

orca

16.

Select all of the following that are characteristics of marine mammals:

a)

blowhole

b)

endothermic

c)

nursing young

d)

gills

e)

four-chambered heart

17.

Humpback whales have what instead of teeth?

a)

myglobin

b)

baleen

c)

thermregulation

d)

gums

18.

What do baleen whales feed on since they don't have teeth?

a)

large fish

b)

zooplankton

c)

small fish

d)

birds

19.

Which of the following is a word that means maintaining fluids in an organisms by the control of water and salt concentrations?

a)

osmoregulation

b)

thermoregulation

c)

false crawl

d)

osmosis

20.

Select all of the following ways that animals regulate the salt and water concentrations in their bodies:

a)

collapsible lungs in marine mammals

b)

impermeable skin of sea snakes

c)

lacrimal gland in sea turtles

d)

concentrated urea in sharks