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REPTILES

THE PHYLUM CHORDATA, SUBPHYLUM VERTEBRATA

CLASS REPTILIA

READING ASSIGNMENTS	PAGES
GENERAL INFORMATION	479-480 RESPIRATION, MOVEMENT, AND FEEDING
SPECIFIC TO GROUP	709-713 AND 486-487

QUESTIONS

1. Where do they live? What are examples of their habitat and food source?

2. How are these animals important to humans and the environment?

3. How are these animals unique?

4. How do they support their shape? Do they have a skeleton?

5. How do they get oxygen and get rid of Carbon Dioxide?

6. How do these animals reproduce? What is the life cycle like?

1. What is their nervous system like? Do they have specific sensory structures?

2. What type of circulatory system do these animals have?

3. What is their excretory system like? How do they eliminate the wastes we get rid of as urine?

4. How do these animals digest their food? Do they have a complete digestive system?

5. What are some examples of this group of animals?

6. What is internal fertilization and how has this affected Reptiles move onto land?

7. What adaptations do Reptiles have that have allowed them to move onto land and away from water?

8. What is bulk feeding?

9. What type of adaptations do they have to allow them to be active ectotherms?

10. Describe the amniotic egg in detail

11. What is up with the snake tongue-flipping thing?

12. Describe these Reptilian Orders:

- Crocodillia

- Chelonia

- Squamata