BC Topic 5 Practice Questions

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According to a team of researchers, giant tortoises once occurred on all the continents except ___.
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Australia
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True or false: Cone-nosed toads were adapted for burrowing.
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True
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True or false: There are no native species of chameleons in Madagascar.
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False
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Terrestrial Caecilians are mostly adapted for ___.
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Burrowing
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The ___ gecko is a common introduced lizard in Gainseville, FL.
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Mediterranean
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The ___ is an example of a herbivorous lizard.
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Green Iguana
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According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, there are ___ species of crocadilians worldwide.
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23
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True or false: The American Crocadile is still found on various islands in the Caribbean.
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True
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Caecilians are not found in the tropics of ___.
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Australia
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The Mexican Parrot Snake is a ___ type forager.
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Seize and swallow
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The less evolutionarily advanced salamanders are mostly ___.
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Acquatic
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Chameleons are able to change their body color because of specialized cells called ___.
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Chromatophores
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Of the sea turtles only the ___ is chiefly herbivorous.
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Green Sea Turtle
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Snake venom is made of ___.
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Proteins
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The term "plastron" refers to part of a turtle's ___.
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Shell
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The giant salamanders is ___ in length.
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1.6 meters
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True or false: A species of Poison Arrow Frog has been successfully introduced to the Baltimore area where it has been implicated in the reduction of cockroaches.
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False
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The Eye-lash viper has a ___ between the eye and the nostril.
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Heat detecting pit
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Parthenogenesis is seen in about 1/3 of the species in the lizard genus ___.
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Cnemidophorous
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The development of young from unfertilized eggs is called ___.
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Parthenogenesis
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The introduced Nile Monitor in Florida may have possible become a threat to native ___.
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Burrowing owls
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The ___ is a scavenger that may occasionally kill and eat mammals.
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Komodo Dragon
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The ___ Python has been introduced to the Everglades and apparently is becoming established there.
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Burmese
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the Desert Iguana is indigenous to ___.
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The American southwest
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Temperature-dependent sex determination was discovered in a study of ___.
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Red-eared turtles
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The ___ Anole is a common species introduced to Florida.
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Cuban
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True or false: A species of chameleon has been introduced to Florida.
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True
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The ___ are very fast predators that feed by running down their prey.
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Whiptails
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An endemic family of frogs is found on a series of oceanic islands formed by ___.
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Continental drift
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Salamanders reach their highest diversity in ___.
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Northern Hemisphere
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The ___ are lizards with specially adapted toe pads for clinging to vertical surfaces.
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Geckos
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True or false: In Florida, alligators are hunted recreationally.
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True
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True or false: American Crocodiles are widespread and abundant in Florida.
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False
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True or false: All turtles are egg layers.
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True
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The Nile Crocodile is the largest crocodile species in ___.
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Africa
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There are roughly ___ species of salamanders.
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310
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An endemic family of frogs exists on the ___ islands.
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Seychelles
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___ lizards feed on eggs, small mammals, and birds.
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Monitor
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Garter snakes are ___ type foragers.
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Seize and swallow
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Pythons differ from boas in that boas are ___.
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Live-bearers
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True or false: Among the Amphibia several species are adapted for feeding on plants as adults.
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False
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The Spadefoot toads are native to ___.
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North America
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The dorsal part of a turtle's shell is called the ___.
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Carpace
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The ___ is the largest species of sea turtle.
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Leatherback
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the largest salamander is native to ___.
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Japan
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The modern order Squamata likely descended from the fossil group ___.
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Archosauria
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The Tree Lizards inhabit ___.
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Pinyon-juniper woodland
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Smaller lizards are mostly adapted for feeding on ___.
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Insects
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There are roughly ___ species of caecilians.
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165