What Are Reptiles

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What Are Reptiles?

• Prepared for Third Grade Science
• By Brian Klein
• Lesson on Reptiles

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Reptiles Are

• Cold blooded animal (warms body up by using the
  sun.
• Bodies covered in dry, horny scales.
• Some Reptiles lay eggs, others give live births.

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• Estimated 6,800 Reptile Species on Earth.
• Reptiles are Vertebrates, they have an internal
  skeleton with a backbone.
• All reptiles have four legs, even snakes had four
  legs before they were lost.

Facts About Reptiles
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Is This A Reptile?

• No
• This is a Spider.

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Is This A Reptile?

• Yes
• This is a snake.

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Is This a Reptile?

• No
• This is a Bird(Red Tail Hawk)

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Is This a Reptile?

• Yes
• This is an Alligator.

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What You Need To Do Now
Circle Yes if it is a Reptile

• You need to get a piece of paper and a pencil.
• You can also push the button below if you would
  like a printed assignment sheet.

or
Circle No if it is not a Reptile
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Is This A Reptile?
A Lizard
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Is This A Reptile?
A Snake
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Is This A Reptile?
A Pack of Wolves
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Is This A Reptile?
An Alligator
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How Did You Do?
Lets Go Check The Answers.
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Answer Key
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References

• MSN Learning and Research at http//encarta.msn.co
  m/encnet/features/home.aspx
• Yahooligan (reptiles) at http//yahooligans.yahoo.
  com/content/animals/reptiles/ and
  http//www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/reptiles/whatis.html
  

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