REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

Hello! This time we’ll learn about REPTILES and AMPHIBIANS.

Click on this link and find out!

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/default.cfm?nzps=bc

1. Can you mention the four groups of reptiles?

2. Can you mention the four groups of amphibians?

3. What is a reptile’s body covered by?

4. What does ectothermic mean?

5. Do reptiles lay eggs?

6. Where are amphibians born?

7. How are they born?

8. What does metamorphosis mean?

9. How do they breathe when they are born? And later on?

10. Are amphibians warm or cold blooded?

REPTILES

a) What do reptiles eat? Find the answer, and then, try the quiz “Carnivore or herbivore?”!

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/reptile_diet.cfm?nzps=sec

a) How do some reptiles defend themselves?

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/lizard_defense.cfm?nzps=sec

b) How do reptiles move?

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/reptile_moves.cfm?nzps=sec

c) What do reptiles see?

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/reptile_vision.cfm?nzps=sec

d) What is venom?

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/venom.cfm?nzps=sec

AMPHIBIANS

a) What does amphibian mean?

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/amphibian_conservation.cfm?nzps=sec

b) Why is an amphibian’s skin so important?

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/amphibian_conservation.cfm?nzps=sec

c) Can you describe the different stages of “metamorphosis”?

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/amphibian_conservation.cfm?nzps=sec

Finish your project by doing the following quiz:

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Exhibit/Topics/quiz.cfm?nzps=sec

Use the answers in the quiz to draw a chart or a Venn Diagram to compare REPTILES and AMPHIBIANS.