Date ______Name ______
Apologia Zoology 3: Lesson 10 Test
1. The Latin word “squama” means ______.
2. Which type of venom affects the muscles?
a)neurotoxin
b)hemotoxin
3. What’s the longest amount of time that snakes can go between meals?
a)days
b)weeks
c)months
d)years
4. Name the hair-like projections on gecko’s feet that allow them to climb.
5. Name the lizard with legs that has a snake-like body.
6. Tuataras are living versions of something once thought to exist only as a fossil.
Because of this they are known as ______.
7. Which snake is the heaviest?
a)python
b)anaconda
8. Most snakes are:
a)viviparous
b)oviparous
c)ovoviviparous
9. What animal has a dewlap?
a)iguana
b)gecko
c)chameleon
d)anole
10. Label A for the drawing below:A ______
Match the correct description with each term:
______11. sidewindinga. used to move forward in a straight line
______12. rectilinear motionb. used to climb trees or move forward in
tight spaces
______13. lateral undulationc. used to move sideways
______14. concertina motiond. used to move in an “s” shape to “slither”
15. What do baby snakes and baby chicks have in common?
16. Give another name for reptiles:______
17. Name two types of venomous snakes in the United States:
18. What are two things that do NOT determine a chameleon’s color?
surroundingslighttemperature
time of daymooddesire to mate
19. Name one similarity between snakes and lizards:
20. A snake is waiting in the grass for a suitable creature to come by that it can eat. This snake would be known as an:
a)active hunter
b)ambush predator
21. Scales on the underside of a snake’s body that help it move are called
______.
22. Name one thing a blind snake will eat:
23. Which of these means cold-blooded?
a)endothermic
b)ectothermic
24. A venomous snake doesn’t release venom when it bites. This is known as a(n)
______.
25. Which is NOT a way snakes kill their prey?
a)by biting
b)by suffocating
c)by drowning
d)by poisoning
Match the correct description to each skin layer.
______26. Layer 1 (outermost)a. brown and blue
______27. Layer 2 b. epidermal (protection)
______28. Layer 3c. white
______29. Layer 4 (innermost)d. yellow and red
30. What is the nickname for the basilisk lizard that can “walk on water”?
31. What group of snakes are also considered “typical snakes”?
a)colubrids
b)constrictors
c)venomless
d)elapids
32. Special organs used to detect heat are known as ______.
33. Tell one way snakes can be helpful.
True or False – Write T for true and F for false for the following statements
______34. Snakes will eat other snakes.
______35. Snakes feel the soundwaves in the air.
______36. A lizard’s tail can grow back if it’s lost.
______37. Tuataras can live to be over 100 years old.
______38. The fastest snake alive lives in Asia.
______39. A snake with a triangular head is probably venomous.
______40. Komodo dragons are not venomous.
______41. Geckos are nicknamed “frill-necked lizards.”
______42. Moisture makes molting easier.
______43. Baby monitor lizards like to eat ants because their eggs hatch in anthills.
______44. Snakes are numerous in Ireland.
______45. Worm lizards are NOT worms.
Bonus: Name three ways a snake will try to deter predators.
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