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Frogs
A Complete (and unnecessary) Description of the Frog
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Biology
9th Grade
03/29/2009

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the frog is a member of the animal kingdom and the class---
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amphibia
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Amphibians can live in both water and on ----
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land
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Their ---- life is usually spent in water and their later life is usually spent on land.
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early
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they are ---- blooded -------
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cold blooded vertebrates
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amphibians breathe through their ----
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skin
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other organs of respiration in the frog include ---- in young and some adults
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gills
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many adults have ----- as an organ to breathe through
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lungs
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most amphibians lay their eggs in ---- where they hatch out as ----- and develop into adults thru a process called ---------
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water, larvae, metamorphasis
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some amphibian larvae only eat -----------. some feed on ----- or---------.
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live water animals, algae or dead water animals
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some amphibians can regrow lost tails or legs during ------ stages and some even after ------------
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larvae, metamorphasis
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the most common amphibians are the ----, ----, -------, and the ----
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frog, toad, salamander, and newt
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frogs usually live in moist temperature climates because they can;t tolerate -------
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the cold
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the frogs of US and Canada are ----- skinned but in other parts of the world there are frogs with ---- skin
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smooth, rough
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the skin is moist and many frogs ----- their skin periodically
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shed
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all frogs have ----- front legs and ---- hind legs
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short... large, strong
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the hind feet are -----
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webbed
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frogs two main uses: ---- and ------
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food and lab study
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frogs are good fro lab study because..?
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numerous and easily caught
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frogs usually lay their eggs in ----
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water
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In temperate zones most frogs hibernate in the ---
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mud
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in spring or summer the female lays thousands of tiny eggs in ------
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large masses
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the eggs, fertilized by the ---- as they are discharged by the female
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male
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the females eggs are held together by a ------ substance that swells in water to form a protective coating.
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jelly like
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the hatching of eggs can take from several days to several weeks depending on ------, --------- and ---------------
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species,water temperature,amount of sunshine
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the larvae stage of the frog is a -----
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tadpole
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the tadpole has a tail and breathes through ----
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gills
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at first the tadpole is ------
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legless
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