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Science 7 Test 8

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the throat fan of an iguanid called?

a)

Spectacle

b)

Dewlap

c)

Rostrum

d)

Spiracle

2.

What process involves a caecillian growing a new layer of fat to feed its young?

a)

Dermatophagy

b)

Estivation

c)

Dendrobatidis

d)

Annuli

3.

Which group contains amphibians with long bodies and no limbs?

a)

Anurans

b)

Salamanders

c)

Caecilians

d)

Saurus

4.

Which cartilaginous fish has slime glands that help create a slippery coating around it?

a)

Lungfish

b)

Hagfish

c)

Lamprey

d)

Mudskipper

5.

What is the protective layer that surrounds the nutrient-filled egg of a reptile?

a)

Calcium Carbonate

b)

Albumen

c)

Amnion

d)

Yolk Body

6.

Which group of cartilaginous fish have operculum?

a)

Sharks

b)

Sawfish

c)

Hagfish

d)

Chimaera

7.

What are the breathing openings that sharks and rays have behind their eyes?

a)

Rostrum

b)

Spiracles

c)

Spectacles

d)

Operculum

8.

What characteristic do scientists base the categories of salamanders?

a)

Number of legs

b)

Internal Anatomy

c)

Method of breathing

d)

Reproduction

9.

Which group do frogs and toads belong?

a)

Caecilians

b)

Anurans

c)

Salamanders

d)

Elapids

10.

Which group of reptiles is known for providing parental care for their young?

a)

Snakes

b)

Lizards

c)

Crocodilians

d)

Turtles

11.

Which lizard-like reptile has a parietal eye?

a)

Crocodilians

b)

Salamanders

c)

Tuatara

d)

Skinks

12.

What extinct reptile-like aquatic animal looked and moved like a dolphin?

a)

Mosasaurus

b)

Plesiosaurus

c)

Ichthyosaurus

d)

Dunkleostusis

13.

What are the squares on a turtle's back called?

a)

Shields

b)

Scutes

c)

Tetrahedrons

d)

Quadrigon

14.

What color-containing cells give reptiles the ability to change colors?

a)

Photophores

b)

Chromatophores

c)

Colorophores

d)

Plastrons

15.

What group of small flat-bodied lizards have adhesive toe pads?

a)

Frogs

b)

Geckos

c)

Geicos

d)

Salamanders

16.

What is the largest known fish?

a)

Great White Shark

b)

Coelecanth

c)

Whale Shark

d)

Manta Ray

17.

What is the transparent eye cover of a gecko called?

a)

Dewlap

b)

Rostrum

c)

Spectacle

d)

Parietus

18.

What is the turtle's upper shell called?

a)

Carapace

b)

Plastron

c)

Scute

d)

Crust

19.

What organ do pit vipers use to detect temperature?

a)

Jacobson's organ

b)

tongue

c)

Parietal eye

d)

Pit organ

20.

What is the long nose on a sawfish called?

a)

Spectacle

b)

Spiracle

c)

Rostrum

d)

Operculum

21.

What type of medicine is given to a snake bite victim?

(a)  

22.

What are the scales on a shark called?

a)

Denticles

b)

Diamond

c)

Keratinous

d)

Carbonaticles

23.

What is the name of the gill cover on a fish?

a)

Operculum

b)

Spectacle

c)

Rostrum

d)

Spiracle

24.

What is the longest-living animal?

a)

Whale Shark

b)

Tortoise

c)

Crocodile

d)

Tuatara

25.

What is the largest living lizard?

a)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

b)

Ankylosaurus

c)

Brachiosaurus

d)

Komodo Dragon

26.

What North American elapids are known for their colorings of black, yellow, and red?

a)

Cobras

b)

Copperheads

c)

Rattlesnakes

d)

Coral Snakes

27.

What group of venomous snakes has immovable fangs?

a)

Elapids

b)

Pit Vipers

c)

Blind Snakes

d)

Constrictors

28.

What is the light-producing organ of a fish called?

a)

Chromatophore

b)

Light bulb

c)

Photophore

d)

Phosphor

29.

What type of fish are chondrichthyes and cyclostomata?

a)

bony fish

b)

cartilaginous fish

c)

boneless fish

d)

serpentine fish

30.

What term describes a creature with four legs?

a)

Bipedal

b)

Cephalopod

c)

Tetrapod

d)

Dodecapod

31.

What type of motion do snakes use to cross sandy ground?

a)

Rectilinear motion

b)

Concertina movement

c)

Sidewinding movement

d)

Lateral undulation

32.

What do sharks lay their eggs in?

(a)  

33.

what term describes how a lizard's tail grows back after losing it?

(a)  

34.

What is the larva of a frog called?

(a)  

35.

What dinosaur looked like a giant horned lizard with bony plates and club-like tails?

a)

Ankylosaur

b)

Pachycephalosaur

c)

Plesiosaur

d)

Pterosaur

e)

Sauropod

36.

What dinosaur had a bony, dome-shaped head. Its name means "thick-headed lizard"

a)

Ankylosaur

b)

Pachycephalosaur

c)

Plesiosaur

d)

Pterosaur

e)

Sauropod

37.

What dinosaurs had paddle-shaped feet and long necks and swam in the ocean?

a)

Ankylosaur

b)

Pachycephalosaur

c)

Plesiosaur

d)

Pterosaur

e)

Sauropod

38.

What dinosaurs looked similar to modern bats?

a)

Ankylosaur

b)

Pachycephalosaur

c)

Plesiosaur

d)

Pterosaur

e)

Sauropod

39.

What dinosaurs were herbivores with long necks and included the brontosaurus and brachiosaurus

a)

Ankylosaur

b)

Pachycephalosaur

c)

Plesiosaur

d)

Pterosaur

e)

Sauropod

40.

What type of dinosaurs were typically carnivorous and walked on two legs?

a)

Ankylosaur

b)

Pachycephalosaur

c)

Sauropod

d)

Pterosaur

e)

Theropod

41.

What are the w-shaped bands of muscle in a fish called?

a)

myomeres

b)

chromatophores

c)

photophores

d)

dewlaps

42.

What type of snake venom affects the circulatory system?

a)

Circulotoxin

b)

Neuroxin

c)

Hemotoxin

d)

Sangretoxin

43.

What organ allows a fish to stay suspended in water?

a)

Lateral Line

b)

Operculum

c)

Swim Bladder

d)

Spiracle

44.

What type of snakes are the worlds smallest snakes?

a)

blind snakes

b)

cobras

c)

colubrids

d)

constrictors

e)

vipers

45.

What are the most common elapids?

a)

blind snakes

b)

cobras

c)

colubrids

d)

constrictors

e)

vipers

46.

What is the largest group of snakes?

a)

blind snakes

b)

cobras

c)

colubrids

d)

constrictors

e)

vipers

47.

What type of snake squeezes its prey until it dies?

a)

blind snakes

b)

cobras

c)

colubrids

d)

constrictors

e)

vipers

48.

What type of snake has fangs that fold against the roof of its mouth when not in use?

a)

blind snakes

b)

cobras

c)

colubrids

d)

constrictors

e)

vipers

49.

What are the electricity producing cells that some fish have called?

a)

Chromatophore

b)

Photophore

c)

Electrocyte

d)

Phosphor

50.

What is the sperm-containing fluid that male fish release on eggs called?

a)

Roe

b)

Milt

c)

Caviar

d)

Pollen

51.

What shark comes to the surface to gulp air into its stomach?

a)

Great White Shark

b)

Sand Tiger Shark

c)

Whale Shark

d)

Nurse Shark

52.

What type of fin is composed of a bone surrounded by muscle?

a)

Myofin

b)

Lobed fin

c)

Bony fin

d)

Osteofin

53.

What is the lower shell of a turtle called?

a)

Carapace

b)

Plastron

c)

Scute

d)

Tetrahedron

54.

What are the common freshwater turtles that eat fish, birds and insects?

a)

Painted Turtles

b)

Tortoises

c)

Leatherback Turtles

d)

Snapping Turtles

55.

What type of jaw do snakes have to swallow their prey?

a)

Hingless jaws

b)

Single-hinged jaws

c)

Double-hinged jaws

d)

Triple-hinged jaws

56.

What is the largest snake in the world?

a)

King Cobra

b)

Black Mamba

c)

Anaconda

d)

Titanoboa

57.

What type of snake movement involves slithering along the ground in an S-Shape?

a)

Lateral undulation

b)

Rectilinear movement

c)

Concertina movement

d)

Sidewinding movement

58.

What does a snake use to smell?

a)

Pit organ

b)

Jacobson's organ

c)

Antonio's organ

d)

Danica's organ

59.

What term describes a creature that must use external means to warm itself?

a)

Endothermic

b)

Warm-blooded

c)

Cold-blooded

d)

Neutral-blooded

60.

What type of creatures spends part of its life cycle in the water and part of its lifecycle on land?

a)

Fish

b)

Reptile

c)

Amphibian

d)

Mammal

61.

What are reptile scales made of?

a)

Bone

b)

Calcium Carbonate

c)

Keratin

d)

Gelatin

62.

What type of crocodilian does not have visible teeth when its mouth is closed?

a)

Crocodile

b)

Alligator

c)

Caiman

d)

Gharial

63.

Be able to describe a frog's metamorphic cycle for your essay

a)

OK, Mr. Hornish. I will study that.

b)

Don't answer this

c)

Don't answer this

d)

Don't answer this