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• Answer the Science General Knowledge questions, then find the words in the grid.
• Words appear horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backwards. Some words may overlap.
Quiz Questions
1. There are only a few of these snakes, and geckos. Chameleons and some water dragons, are some of the very few of these lizards.
2. Just north of what circle, do the viviparous lizard and the European viper exist.
3. Most species of reptiles, follow a pattern of determinate growth as they mature, although they reach reproductive maturity before reaching this size.
4. A type of igneous rock, with greater than 50% carbonate minerals, can be confused with marble, and needs geochemical classification.
5. The Jacobson’s organ in lizards and snakes, is one. The nerve connecting Jacobson’s organ to the brain is a branch of the olfactory nerve.
6. In male reptiles, this organ is either a penis (as in turtles and crocodiles), or hemipenes (as in lizards and snakes).
7. A volcano has three stages in a resurgent caldera one: 1st is a massive eruption, big enough to cause a caldera; 2nd a smaller eruption occurs because the Earth’s crust has been weakened; and 3rd is the cooling down. Then it is back to stage one.
8. Most reptiles possess this physiology (cold blooded).
9. When the water evaporates from the magma, the gas builds on the roof of the chamber, causing the volcano to do this.
10. Australia’s rich and varied this, includes reptiles and amphibians, such as frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards, and the most species of venomous snakes of any continent.
11. A few species of lizards and snakes, curl their bodies around their clutch of eggs, for the entire duration of this period.
12. The second of the three excretory organs, that develop in vertebrate embryo, are replaced by these in reptiles, providing the Wolffian duct, connecting the testes and the cloaca.
13. The largest modern lizard, the Komodo Dragon, is a species of this lizard, that reaches a total length of 3 metres (10 ft).
14.The Gila what, native to SW US, and NW Mexico, have venom glands under their lower teeth, which is used as a lethal hunting tool.
15. The study of the shapes and arrangement of parts of organisms. The reptile groups are diverse; most lizards and all crocodiles, possess limbs, whereas other groups, such as the worm lizard and snakes, are limbless.
16. During courtship, the male snake crawls over the female, tapping his chin on her back, resulting in an exchange of these.
17. These eruption what, are columns of volcanic particles and gases, ejected into the atmosphere, produced by explosive volcanic eruptions.
18. The largest living reptiles are these pythons, and ssltwater crocodiles, which may grow to more than 7 metres (23 feet).
19. A Strombolian volcanic eruption’s primary product is this, and in constrast to pumice, sinks in water.
20. These (mammal-like reptiles) have distinctive temporal openings in the cheek bones, allowing attachment of larger jaw muscles, hence a more effective bite.
21. Composite volcanoes are tall conical mountains, composed of lava flows, and this in alternate layers, therefore also called stratovolcanoes.
22. Most reptiles have an external covering of scales, the largest being the scutes, covering the shell of this, or the plates of a crocodile.
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