American Crocodile Vocabulary
Name ___________________________ Date ______________
Use these words to fill in blanks in the sentences below:
survivor, predator, strong, snout, hatchling, scutes, reptile, semi-aquatic, submerged, poikilothermic, carnivore, slither.
1. I watched a crocodile _______________ through the mud. The ____________ on the back of her neck were olive-brown.
2. A second crocodile lay resting, half ________________ in water. I saw the nostrils at the end of its ______________.
3. Crocodiles are ______________ swimmers.
4. The American crocodile is a mighty _______________ that hunts birds, fish, turtles, crabs, and mammals. An animal that eats other animals is called a ________________.
5. An air-breathing animal with a backbone, bony skeleton, three-chambered heart, and scales is called a ______________.
6. A little crocodile ______________ learned to hunt and swim by following its mother.
7. The scientific word that describes cold-blooded animals is _________________. The word for an air-breathing animal that spends a lot of time in water is _______________.
8. Dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles are extinct, but the crocodile is a tough, old _______________.
Name ___________________________ Date ______________
Use these words to fill in blanks in the sentences below:
survivor, predator, strong, snout, hatchling, scutes, reptile, semi-aquatic, submerged, poikilothermic, carnivore, slither.
1. I watched a crocodile _______________ through the mud. The ____________ on the back of her neck were olive-brown.
2. A second crocodile lay resting, half ________________ in water. I saw the nostrils at the end of its ______________.
3. Crocodiles are ______________ swimmers.
4. The American crocodile is a mighty _______________ that hunts birds, fish, turtles, crabs, and mammals. An animal that eats other animals is called a ________________.
5. An air-breathing animal with a backbone, bony skeleton, three-chambered heart, and scales is called a ______________.
6. A little crocodile ______________ learned to hunt and swim by following its mother.
7. The scientific word that describes cold-blooded animals is _________________. The word for an air-breathing animal that spends a lot of time in water is _______________.
8. Dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles are extinct, but the crocodile is a tough, old _______________.