Survival of the Fittest Birds and Reptiles

Rules There are 4 teams In order to continue on to the next round, you must complete the challenge and the team with the least points must vote someone off the “island” Each round has a new challenge with increasing difficulty If there is a tie in points at the end of the round, no one gets voted off

Rules You can use your team at all times unless you are dueled, then you are on your own A group can decide to duel if they don’t know the answer to a question During a duel, the team currently with the question picks one person from each group. Once the 3 people are chosen they must write down their answer to a new question and the first person to get it right gets the points for their team. If no one gets the correct answer the points go the team who called the duel

Rules Whenever a team member is voted off, they should continue to play and as more members are voted off they will form their own team. This new group is only a new team once there are 2 members. No team can choose to duel more than once!

Object The object of the game is to be the fittest by having the most points at the end of the time and by having an original team

Round 1: Question 1 Compared to amphibians, most reptiles have larger and stronger _________ that support their body weight.

Answer LEGS!!

Round 1: Question 2 Most reptiles cannot ______ very well; their digestive tracts are specialized for processing large pieces of food.

Answer Chew

Round 1: Question 3 Reptiles were the first vertebrates to….

Answer ….evolve a life cycle that does not rely on standing water

Round 1: Question 4 Define amniotic egg

Answer Self-sufficient developing egg encased in a shell that allows for gas exchange but keeps liquid inside

Round 2: Question 5 What is an ectotherm?

Answer REPTILES! Organisms that get their heat from outside their bodies

Round 2: Question 6 Most reptiles have a what kind of heart?

Answer Not quite four chambered heart

Round 2: Question 7 Reptiles have larger what parts of the brain?

Answer Cerebrum and cerebellum

Round 2: Question 8 True or false? Reptiles were able to adapt to terrestrial life because they fertilized eggs externally, developed an amniotic egg, and typically cared for their eggs in some way.

Answer False

Round 3: Question 9 The only surviving ancient reptiles are…

Answer Tuataras from New Zealand and tortoises and turtles

Round 3: Question 10 What’s the difference between crocodiles and alligators?

Answer Alligators live in fresh water only and are found in North America and China. Crocs live in both fresh and salt water and live in southeast Asia, India, and Africa. Also, alligators have shorter, blunter snouts and their teeth do not protrude from their mouth.

Round 3: Question 11 Birds are the descendents of ….

Answer Small dinosaurs

Round 3: Question 12 What structure divides birds hearts in half?

Answer Septum

Round 4: Question 13 All birds have….

Answer Feathers, hind limbs used for walking, running, or perching and front limbs modified into wings.

Round 4: Question 14 All birds have different sized and shaped _____ used in various ways

Answer beaks

Round 4: Question 15 What is an endotherm?

Answer BIRDS!! Organisms that get heat from within their bodies

Round 4: Question 16 When birds inhale, air bypasses the lungs and enters a large _____.

Answer Air sac

Round 5: Question 17 The ____ is used to break down food before it gets to the stomach

Answer Crop

Round 5: Question 18 Of the 5 human senses, which 2 are not well developed in birds?

Answer Taste and smell

Round 5: Question 19 Why can birds fly?

Answer Relatively light bodies, powerful breast muscles, and aerodynamic feathers and wings

Round 5: Question 20 What can birds do that humans cannot explain?

Answer Ability to navigate across continents and oceans