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- 1. Multiple Choice
The main idea of the article is that
Jack Conrad is a paleontologist who studies plants and animals that lived long ago.
The AMNH's exhibition of snakes and lizards is interesting and popular.
Lizards, snakes chameleons, geckos and Gila monsters are all squamates.
Darrel Frost is a herpetologist whose job is to study reptiles.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which statement supports the main idea of the article?
Startled onlookers watched a veiled chameleon climb a tree branch and change color.
The public is really interested in scaly, slimy, things.
Studying present-day squamates gives a glimpse into the biology
All of the above.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Turtles and alligators
have larger scales than squamates
can change color to camouflage themselves
are like squamates in only some ways
cannot regulate their own body temperaturs
- 4. Multiple Choice
The main idea of the section called "New Discoveries" is that
scientists study both present-day squamates and ancient fossils
the Gila monster is a squamate that has not changed over a long period of time
paleontologists are scientists who study fossils
museum workers try to appeal to the public's tastes when they plan their exhibitions
- 5. Multiple Choice
Determine the meaning of the word "herpetologists" as it is used in the text.
a person who studies camouflaging
a person who studies frogs
a person who studies reptiles and amphibians
a person who studies fossils
- 6. Multiple Choice
Explain how a chameleon uses its ability to camouflage to its advantage.
It conceals itself by changing its appearance.
It unveils itself.
The chameleon changes colors.
It helps the creature hide from predators and curious museum-goers.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea of the section "What's a Squamate?"
To tell about different species.
To explain what a squamate is.
To tell how squamates lay eggs.
Most squamates lay eggs, although some give birth to live young.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the text supports the main idea of the section "What's a Squamate?"
Squamates comes from the Latin word for "scale" and is the scientific name for legged lizards
Conrad is a paleontologist.
There are 8,000 species or types of squamates.
A fossil is the remains of an ancient plant or animal preserved in Earth's crust.
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