WIS2040 EXAM 2 WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
The indigo snake is an example of a species that uses the _____ foraging mode.
(a.) front-fanged venomous
(b.) seize and swallow
(c.) constriction
(d.) rear-fanged venomous - ✔✔B
Researchers from ______ found that, like the amphibians, populations of many
species of reptiles were declining.
(a.) Harvard
(b. ) Savanna River Ecology Lab
(c. ) ITAC
,(d.) USDA - ✔✔B
Sea turtles have declined, in part, because they are killed _____.
(a.) because they are diseased
(b.) for food
(c.) for religious purposes
(d.) because they prey on baby sharks - ✔✔B
Most lizards feed on _____ although there are exceptions to this pattern.
(a.) small vertebrates
(b.) plants
(c.) insects
(d.) worms - ✔✔C
The Gopher Tortoise is classified in Florida by the FWC as _____.
(a.) SSC
(b.) not listed
(c.) endangered
,(d.) threatened - ✔✔A
A reduced plastron to the shape of a cross is characteristic of the _____.
(a.) snapping turtle
(b.) leatherback
(c.) softshell turtle
(d.) sliders - ✔✔A
_____ of the fossil reptile groups ultimately went extinct and left no descendents.
(a.) 1 (b.) 2 (c.) 4 (d.) 5 - ✔✔B
The _____ is the extra-embryonic membrane that collects embryonic wastes.
(a.) yolk sack
(b.) allantois
(c.) chorion
(d.) amnion - ✔✔B
Perhaps the main reasons the reptiles were able to dominate the Mesozoic was that
they were _____.
, (a.) faster than the early mammals
(b.) efficient predators
(c.) not dependent on water for reproduction
(d.) large bodies - ✔✔C
_____ is an important region in central Florida for several specialized species such
as the sand skink and other species of lizards.
(a.) Ocklawaha Basin
(b.) Lakes Wales Ridge
(c.) Piedmont
(d.) the Flemish Cap - ✔✔B
The fossil reptiles diversified into _____ sub classes.
(a.) 9 (b.) 15 (c.) 3 (d.) 6 - ✔✔D
The _____ is an example of an herbivorous lizard.
(a.) tokay gecho
(b.) glass lizard
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
The indigo snake is an example of a species that uses the _____ foraging mode.
(a.) front-fanged venomous
(b.) seize and swallow
(c.) constriction
(d.) rear-fanged venomous - ✔✔B
Researchers from ______ found that, like the amphibians, populations of many
species of reptiles were declining.
(a.) Harvard
(b. ) Savanna River Ecology Lab
(c. ) ITAC
,(d.) USDA - ✔✔B
Sea turtles have declined, in part, because they are killed _____.
(a.) because they are diseased
(b.) for food
(c.) for religious purposes
(d.) because they prey on baby sharks - ✔✔B
Most lizards feed on _____ although there are exceptions to this pattern.
(a.) small vertebrates
(b.) plants
(c.) insects
(d.) worms - ✔✔C
The Gopher Tortoise is classified in Florida by the FWC as _____.
(a.) SSC
(b.) not listed
(c.) endangered
,(d.) threatened - ✔✔A
A reduced plastron to the shape of a cross is characteristic of the _____.
(a.) snapping turtle
(b.) leatherback
(c.) softshell turtle
(d.) sliders - ✔✔A
_____ of the fossil reptile groups ultimately went extinct and left no descendents.
(a.) 1 (b.) 2 (c.) 4 (d.) 5 - ✔✔B
The _____ is the extra-embryonic membrane that collects embryonic wastes.
(a.) yolk sack
(b.) allantois
(c.) chorion
(d.) amnion - ✔✔B
Perhaps the main reasons the reptiles were able to dominate the Mesozoic was that
they were _____.
, (a.) faster than the early mammals
(b.) efficient predators
(c.) not dependent on water for reproduction
(d.) large bodies - ✔✔C
_____ is an important region in central Florida for several specialized species such
as the sand skink and other species of lizards.
(a.) Ocklawaha Basin
(b.) Lakes Wales Ridge
(c.) Piedmont
(d.) the Flemish Cap - ✔✔B
The fossil reptiles diversified into _____ sub classes.
(a.) 9 (b.) 15 (c.) 3 (d.) 6 - ✔✔D
The _____ is an example of an herbivorous lizard.
(a.) tokay gecho
(b.) glass lizard
