Science Notebook - Student Edition

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Reptiles and Birds 297

Reptiles and Birds

Before You Read

Think about the lives of fishes compared to the lives of reptiles and the lives of birds. What

adaptations do birds and reptiles have to suit them to life on land and in the air?

Science Journal

Before You Read Reptiles and Birds After You Read

• Snakes flick their tongue to smell odors.


• Some scientists hypothesize that a
  meteorite crashed to Earth, causing
  extinction of the dinosaurs.


• All birds have feathers.


• All birds can fly.

Before you read the chapter, respond to these statements.

1. Write an A if you agree with the statement.


2. Write a D if you disagree with the statement.