Science Chapter 8

Chapter Checkup

A. DEFINE EACH

1. candle

2. barbule

3. preen

4. down

5. swim bladder

6. gill

7. molt

8. jacobson’s organ

9. gila monster

10. venomous

11. fang

12. carapace

13. scute

14. metamorphosis

15. tadpole

B. CLASSIFY EACH USING THE LIST ON PAGE 277 (1-20)

AMPHIBIAN BIRD FISH

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REPTILE

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C. ANSWER EACH PUZZLE

1. In early spring you notice several strange birds visiting a tree in your yard. You run in to tell your family about your discovery. When you return to the tree, you find it empty. To the north you see a cloud of birds flying into the horizon. What do you think the birds are doing?

2. On a hike in the desert, you almost step on a colorful snake with red, black, and yellow stripes. You notice that the black stripes are between the red and yellow stripes. Are you in danger? How do you know?

3. The zookeeper made a mistake, and he is asking you to help correct it. He somehow confused the alligators and the crocodiles. How will you tell the difference between them?

4. The same zookeeper accidently put all the turtles together. He was told to put one kind of turtle into an aquarium, but he does not remember which kind. How can you help him put the right turtles into the aquarium where they belong?

5. The poor zookeeper will lose his job unless you can help him tell the difference between frog eggs and toad eggs. How can you help?

6. You will be hired as the next zookeeper if you can tell what ostriches, komodo dragons, anaconda and pythons, and Japanese giant salamanders have in common. How will you answer?

D. IDENTIFY EACH ANIMAL

1. ________________________ a deadly Australian snake

2.__________________________ a poisonous lizard known by its black, pink, and yellow markings

3. _________________________One of the world’s largest salamanders that never leaves the water

4. ______________________________a spitting fish

5.____________________________ a lizard that changes color to match its surrounding

6. __________________________a poisonous snake that attacks at night

7.________________________ a bird that walls herself into her nest

8.________________________a cartilaginous fish that looks like a stone

9._______________________a fish with two eyes on one side of its head

10. _______________________a sea loving lizard

11. _____________________a bird often considered the most unusual-looking bird in the world

12. _______________________the largest bird in all the world

13._______________________a ground bird with short, rounded wings

14._______________________the most feared reptile

15._______________________the bird with an air diving speed of 220 mph

16._______________________the bird from New Guinea with brilliant plumage

17. ________________________the bird that can fly backwards

18. ________________________the largest poisonous snake

19._________________________the largest lizard

20.________________________the legless lizard

ANSWER EACH QUESTION

1. What is the difference between cold blooded and warm blooded animals?

2. In what way do mother crocodiles act more like mother birds than like mother turtles?

3. Why did God give amphibian’s slimy skin?

4. What is so unique about most bird bones?

5. What are some characteristics of a snake’s skin?

6. Why does a snake flick its tongue?

7. How are crocodiles able to go under water without swallowing water?