Reptiles R&Q

  • Due No due date
  • Points 20
  • Submitting a text entry box or a website url

Go to:

https://www.ck12.org/c/biology/reptiles/lesson/Reptiles-Advanced-BIO-ADV/?referrer=concept_details Links to an external site. 

Read the article, answer the questions! 

  1. What are some adaptations that make reptiles ideally suited for life on land?
  2. Which vertebrates are considered amniotes? What are some major differences between amniotes and amphibians?
  3. What usually covers the eggs of reptiles?
  4. What provides the embryo with food and water inside a reptile's egg?
  5. List the characteristics of reptiles. 

Then, pick three of the reptiles below (or pick any 3 you are curious about), search for them and write down 3 interesting facts about each, and where they are found (range):

Vine snake

Black-banded sea krait

Gila monster

Web-footed Gecko

Panther chameleon

Komodo Dragon 

Tuatara

Solomon Island skink

Pick a Reptile!

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