NAME: ___________________________
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Amphibian Webquest
FIRST: Look up the word amphibian on a dictionary web site. Write the definition and
the site you used here:
NOW GO TO:
http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/weird.html
Start with the GENERAL TOUR and answer the questions below.
1. How many species of amphibians are there?
2. How are amphibians different from reptiles?
3. What are the three orders (types) of amphibians?
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3.
Look at the page on salamanders in this packet. Read the first paragraph. Fill
in the blank.: Salamanders are amphibians that retain their __________as an
adult.
4. Below, list some of the differences between FROGS and TOADS (if you find
more than four, OK to add more!)
FROGS
TOADS
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5. Do frogs have teeth?
Do toads?
NAME: ___________________________
6. How does a frog’s skin help it breathe?
Does a toad use the same mechanism?
7. Frog Life Cycle
Label each stage, note how old it is, whether it lives in water or on land and how it
breathes.
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TIFF (Un c o m p re s s e d ) d e c o m p re s s o r
a re n e e d e d to s e e th i s p i c tu re .
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NAME: ___________________________
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8. List 4 reasons that frogs sing
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how is a frog sound noted in the language that you are studying?!
9. On the FROG ENEMIES! Page, click on the SAVE OUR FROGS link. Then
click on the orange SOME THREATENED SPECIES link. Briefly write about one
type of frog that is threatened. Why is your frog worth studying?
10. Click on the link AMPHIBIAN THREATS. Read this page carefully. What are
the 4 general threats to frogs?
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NAME: ___________________________
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11. Go to the STRANGE BREEDING section (you can get here by clicking
STRANGE BUT TRUE FACTS at the bottom of any page in the tour). Give one
strange breeding example:
12. Go to the COOL FACTOID section. Report on your favorite frog fact.
Here is MY favorite frog fact, though it is on a different web site. The Swiss are
innovators in protecting animal life from human impact. Go here:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/greenerroadsides/sum02p5.htm to read about how
they have constructed tunnels to allow frogs and toads to go from their habitat to
breeding grounds without the threat of being run over by cars!
NOTE! We will not dissect a frog in this class. If you want to see a frog dissection on
the web, try these: http://froggy.lbl.gov/virtual/
http://sps.k12.ar.us/massengale/frog_dissection.htm.
Many of the pictures are real so don’t look if this might make you sick!