Abeka Grade 10 Biology Quiz 27

Front 1

Cobras, mambas, and coral snakes are classified as ____.

Back 1

elapids

Front 2

The special organ that allows vipers to "see" warm objects in total darkness is the ____.

Back 2

pit organ

Front 3

The organ that gives the snake its acute sense of smell is the ____.

Back 3

Jacobson's organ

Front 4

Scientists who study reptiles and amphibians are called ____.

Back 4

herpetologists

Front 5

The ____ bone loosely attaches a snake's jaw to its skull on each side.

Back 5

quadrate

Front 6

The method of snake locomotion in which the snake throws its body sideways is ____ movement.

Back 6

sidewinding

Front 7

The method of snake locomotion in which the snake bends into a series of curves and slithers forward along the same path is ____.

Back 7

lateral undulation

Front 8

Elongated, four-legged reptiles with tapered tails, such as the chameleon and anole, are classified as ____.

Back 8

lizards

Front 9

Animals that bear their young alive from eggs that hatch within the body are _____ animals.

Back 9

ovoviviparous

Front 10

Animals that regulate their body temperature by external factors, allowing their body temperature to fluctuate, are ____.

Back 10

cold-blooded