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44 Cards in this Set
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fish with both of its eyes on the side of its head
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flounder
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bird which can dive through the air at speeds of 220 m.p.h. and more
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peregrine falcom
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most of the fish in the world fall into this category
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bony fish
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largest bird in the world
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ostrich
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tough, flexible skeleton of the shark
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cartilage
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bird which encloses itself in its nest with a mud wall
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hornbill
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an example of a jawless fish
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lamprey
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bird which can fly backward
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hummingbird
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fish are: a. warmblooded, or b. coldblooded
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coldblooded
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hard, rouded disks on a fish for protection
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scales
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relative of the ostrich from South America
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rhea
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breathing organs of fish
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gills
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this helps the fish to stay at one level in the water without sinking
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swim bladder
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process by which a snake loses its outer skin
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molting
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only lizards in the world that use poison to stun their prey
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gila monster and beaded lizard
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fastest snake
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African black mamba
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lizard which is most at home in water
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marine iguana
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Jacobson's organ helps which sensory organ of a snake
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smell
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lizard which can squirt a stream of blood from its eyes
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horned lizard
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tiniest snake inthe world
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blind snake
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largest poisonous snake in the world
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king cobra
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poison produced by some snakes
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venom
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lizard which can change its color
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chameleon
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crocodillians that live only in the southeastern US and along China's Yangtze River
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alligators
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how many lizards escape danger
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shedding their tails
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only reptiles that guard its eggs until they hatch
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crocodile
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upper section of the turtle's shell
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carapace
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category of most turtles
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freshwater turtles
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round, tough layers of skin covering the turtle's shell
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scutes
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be able to identify and name the following cloud types
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cirrus, stratus, cumulus
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secretion of amphibians which is mildly poisonous and used for protection
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slime
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small piece of ice that is tossed up and down inside a cloud, becoming coated with several layers of ice and finally falling to earth
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hailstone
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baby frogs and toads
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tadpoles
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dew and frost are caused by this
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condensation
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breathing organ of young amphibians used until they develop lungs
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gills
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cause of different seasons
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tilt of the earth's axis
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process in which an animal changes form as it grows older
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metamorphosis
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amount of water vapor that air can hold at a given temperature
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relative humidity
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only animal never bothered by the amphibian's slimy skin
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snake
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number of major wind systems
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three
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basic cause of all weather
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sun
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Be able to list the planets in order from the sun out and write one fact about each
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See 273 for facts. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
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Be able to label the parts of the sun
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corona, chromosphere, photosphere, core
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Be able to discuss the following scenario: You see a lizardlike animal sunning on a rock. Is it a salamander or lizard? How do you know?
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See textbook for answers.
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