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Oklahoma Amphibians & Reptiles

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the largest reptile native to Oklahoma?

a)

alligator snapping turtle

b)

timber rattlesnake

c)

American alligator

d)

Texas horned lizard

2.

What is the largest turtle in Oklahoma?

a)

common snapping turtle

b)

alligator snapping turtle

c)

Mississippi map turtle

d)

stinkpot turtle

3.

What is the largest amphibian in the United States and is found in some parts of Oklahoma?

a)

eastern hellbender

b)

tiger salamander

c)

American bullfrog

d)

cave salamander

4.

Checklist: Which of the following Oklahoma turtles are considered "land" turtles?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Identify this species of venomous snake

a)

copperhead

b)

cottonmouth

c)

timber rattlesnake

d)

western massasauga rattlesnake

6.

Which of the following is the smallest venomous snake in Oklahoma?

a)

timber rattlesnake

b)

cottonmouth

c)

pygmy rattlesnake

d)

copperhead

7.

The cottonmouth and water moccasin are two very different species?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which of the following is an eardrum-like structure, can be external, that is responsible for hearing?

a)

tympanic membrane

b)

nictitating membrane

c)

glottis

d)

esophagus

9.

What structure in an amphibian is responsible for pulling air into the lungs and pushing air out of the lungs?

a)

diaphragm

b)

movement of limbs

c)

back of mouth

d)

movement shoulder & pelvic girdles

10.

Many vertebrates (not fish) have a circulatory system in which blood is pumped separately to pulmonary and systemic circuits. What term best describes this type of circulatory system?

a)

double circulatory system

b)

pulmonary circuit

c)

systemic circuit

d)

single circulatory system

11.

What are the specialized pigment cells found in the skin of mollusks and amphibians?

a)

chromatophores

b)

photophores

c)

mucus glands

d)

poison glands

12.

What term describes respiration that occurs across skin? This is a very important type of respiration for amphibians.

a)

double circulatory system

b)

pulmonary circuit

c)

cutaneous respiration

d)

single circulatory system

13.

What is the name given to the two teeth found in the roof of a frog's mouth? These teeth are used to hold prey.

a)

Vomerine teeth

b)

maxillary teeth

c)

mandibles

d)

incisors

14.

What are the tiny teeth along upper jaw of frog's mouth?

a)

Vomerine teeth

b)

maxillary teeth

c)

mandible teeth

d)

incisors

15.

What term best describes animals that have 4 limbs? Most are terrestrial.

a)

tetrapods

b)

bipeds

c)

decapods

d)

isopods

16.

Exit for the digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems

a)

cloaca

b)

crop

c)

gizzard

d)

ampullae of Lorenzini

17.

Young develop in eggs inside the female's body (applies to some sharks as well as many snakes like boas and pit vipers)

a)

ovoviviparous

b)

viviparous

c)

oviparous

d)

mouth brooders

18.

Young develop in eggs in the environment (like birds, turtles, and many other animals)

a)

ovoviviparous

b)

viviparous

c)

oviparous

d)

mouth brooders

19.

Which of the following best describes adult amphibians like frogs and salamanders?

a)

carnivorous

b)

scavengers

c)

omnivorous

d)

herbivorous

20.

Paedomorphic salamander that retains external gills into adulthood and never goes through metamorphosis, can be found in Oklahoma

a)

mudpuppy

b)

tiger salamander

c)

rubber eels

d)

axolotl

21.

What is the largest frog in the United States? This frog is also Oklahoma's state amphibian.

a)

African goliath frog

b)

American bullfrog

c)

marsupial frog

d)

poison dart frog

22.

What protein makes up hair, feathers, nails, and scales?

a)

keratin

b)

chitin

c)

hemoglobin

d)

skin

23.

Transparent scale covering each eye of a snake

a)

spectacle

b)

cloaca

c)

nictitating membrane

d)

Jacobson's organ

24.

What body system does a turtle's shell belong to?

a)

skeletal

b)

integumentary

c)

protective

d)

circulatory

25.

What structures make up a significant portion of a turtle's shell?

a)

vertebrae and ribs

b)

shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle

c)

cranium and jaws

d)

vertebrae and leg bones

26.

How do turtles breathe?

a)

the diaphragm forces air in and out of the lungs

b)

movement of leg muscles

c)

secondary palate in the mouth

d)

expansion and deflation of ribs

27.

Mobile skull with movable joints in the palate and across the roof of a snake's mouth? Allows snakes to eat relatively large prey items. Also seen in lizards and birds, but their skulls are not as mobile.

a)

kinetic skull

b)

plastron

c)

spectacle

d)

mandible

28.

Pit-like sense organ in the roof of a snake's mouth; removes scent molecules from the tongue and transmits information to the brain

a)

spectacle

b)

plastron

c)

Jacobson's organ

d)

pit organ

29.

What determines the sex of many reptiles including turtles, crocodilians and many lizards?

a)

sex chromosomes

b)

nest humidity

c)

nest temperature

d)

their parents

30.

What turtle structure is represented by letter D? This structure on the belly side of turtles. The term means "breastplate."

a)

plastron

b)

carapace

c)

vertebrae

d)

ribs

31.

What turtle structure is represented by letter B?

a)

plastron

b)

carapace

c)

vertebrae

d)

ribs

32.

What turtle structure is represented by letter A?

a)

plastron

b)

neck

c)

vertebrae

d)

ribs

33.

What structure is represented by letter H? This is the opening that allows air to enter a snakes body and move to the lungs.

a)

fang

b)

discharge orifice

c)

glottis

d)

nostril

34.

What structure is represented by letter G?

a)

fang

b)

discharge orifice

c)

glottis

d)

nostril

35.

What structure is represented by letter F?

a)

fang

b)

discharge orifice

c)

glottis

d)

nostril

36.

What structure is represented by letter D?

a)

fang

b)

discharge orifice

c)

glottis

d)

nostril

37.

What structure is represented by letter C? This heat-seeking structure allows snakes, like copperheads and rattlesnakes, to find their prey.

a)

pit organ

b)

venom duct

c)

venom gland

d)

nostril

38.

What structure is represented by letter A?

a)

pit organ

b)

venom duct

c)

venom gland

d)

nostril

39.

What forms the outer layer of a turtle's shell?

a)

keratin

b)

bone

c)

skin

d)

chitin

40.

What forms the inner layer of a turtle's shell?

a)

keratin

b)

bone

c)

skin

d)

chitin

41.

What percentage of all reptiles are lizards and snakes?

a)

50%

b)

95%

c)

5%

d)

80%

42.

S-shaped snake movement; very fast and efficient; typical snake movement

a)

serpentine movement

b)

rectilinear movement

c)

concertina movement

d)

side-winding movement

43.

Snakes that have heat-sensitive pit organs between the nostril and eye; the majority of venomous snakes in the US are in this group of snakes

a)

pythons

b)

boas

c)

colubrids

d)

pit vipers

44.

All of the snakes listed below are venomous snakes found in the US. All are pit vipers, except one. Which snake is NOT a pit viper?

a)

coral snake

b)

rattlesnake

c)

copperhead

d)

water moccasin

45.

What type of venom attacks the nervous system?

a)

hemolytic venom

b)

neurotoxic venom

c)

cytotoxic venom

d)

hemorrhagin venom

46.

Structure in the mouth that allows crocodilians and mammals to breathe through the nose while the mouth is filled with food or water

a)

secondary palate

b)

spectacle

c)

double circulatory system

d)

kinetic skull

47.

Large crocodilian found in southeastern US and Central American; can be aggressive

a)

American alligator

b)

American crocodile

c)

caiman

d)

Komodo dragon

48.

Which of the following is a transparent, eyelid-like membrane that covers the eyes of some birds, cats, and frogs?

a)

tympanic membrane

b)

nictitating membrane

c)

glottis

d)

esophagus

49.

What turtle structure is represented by letter C? This structure forms the hard, dorsal shield of many animals.

a)

plastron

b)

carapace

c)

vertebrae

d)

ribs

50.

What family do the majority of non-venomous snakes in the United States (and Oklahoma) belong to?

a)

Viperidae

b)

Boidae

c)

Colubridae

d)

Pythonidae