WorksheetsSnakes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What do the terms Concertina, Serpentine, Side-winding, and Caterpillar refer to?
Types of snake fangs
Types of venomous snakes
Types of snake movements
Types of scales
How does a hemotoxin cause damage to prey?
It causes paralysis.
It causes blood to clot.
It causes cells to begin dying off.
It prevents venom from from penetrating cells.
How might non-venomous snakes kill their prey?
Constriction
Poison
Hypnosis
By using their pits
How many species of venomous snakes are in Pa?
2
3
4
5
Snakes can swallow prey up to 3 times the size of their mouth. How is this possible?
Their tongues help pull the prey down their throat.
The can unhinge their jaws.
Most digestion take place before the prey is swallowed.
This is just a myth. They cannot swallow prey that large.
Which of the following would indicate a venomous snake?
a double row of scales past the vent
a rounded head
rounded pupils
a triangular shaped head
Which of the following are only found in vipers?
Rattles
Jacobson's organs
A columella
Pits
A cobra, which has venom glands and small fangs, would be considered
a pit viper
a non-venomous snake
an elapid
a rattlesnake
If a snake bite caused someone to get a finger amputated, the venom injected was most likely
a hemotoxin
a cytotoxin
a neurotoxin
a ambulotoxin
Vipers
may have pits
have large, foldable fangs
are venomous
all of these
