Reptile Review ABHS

The main difference between tortoises and turtles is that tortoises are _____ and turtles tend to be more_________

• aquatic, terrestrial

• terrestrial, aquatic

Lizards, snakes, and geckos represent which order in the class reptilia?

• Crococilia

• Rhynchocephalia

• Squamata

• Chelonia

A__________ is a chemical that affects the nervous system and causes paralysis to any animal injected with it.

• hemotoxins

• immunotoxins

• neurotoxins

• venotoxins

The texture of a reptilian egg is similar to that of _________ and is soft and porous.

• plastic

• jelly

• stone

• leather

Most of the scales of reptiles are made of the protein _________ which is the same as the protein in hair and nails

• keratin

• melanin

• chitin

• peptidoglycan

What structure do reptiles use to breath?

• Gills

• Lungs

• Book lungs

• linings of mouth cavities

Which is not one of the form of motion used by snakes?

• Lateral undulation

• Side winding

• side stepping

• rectilinear movement

Snakes thrust out the _____ from the throat to enable it to breathe while it is preying on a large organism.

• Jacobson's organ

• fangs

• forked tongue

• windpipe

The best way in which reptiles regulate their body heat is by _____.

• Snuggling with another animal

• making a fire

• basking in the sun

• Generating their own heat

The upper and lower jaws of snakes move _____ of each other due to the fact that they can become unhinged

• independently

• dependently