January-February 2001

MATCH THE ANIMAL OR TERM ON THE LEFT WITH ONE OR MORE VERTEBRATE CLASSES ON THE RIGHT. BIRDS MAMMALS REPTILES FISH AMPHIBIANS SNAKE COLD-BLOODED SALAMANDER WARMBLOODED SOME CRAWL ON BELLIES BEGIN LIFE AS GILLED AQUATIC LARVAE ELTON JOHN SINGS ABOUT A COLD-BLOODED, BONY-PLATED, SHORT-LEGGED ANIMAL. TO WHICH VERTEBRATE CLASS DOES IT BELONG?

INDICATE WHETHER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS TRUE OR FALSE: TRUEFALSE WHEN CHECKING TRACKS, REMEMBER, SOME ANIMALS WALK BACKWARD TO CONFUSE PURSUERS. TRUEFALSE IF YOU WANT TO TRACK AN ANIMAL OVER A LONG DISTANCE, A LIGHT SNOW COVER IS ONE OF THE BEST SURFACES. TRUEFALSE FISH PICK UP VIBRATIONS IN THE WATER BY USING THEIR SCALES. TRUEFALSE BEARS ARE NEARSIGHTED. TRUEFALSE MOST OF THE TIME, ANIMALS WANDER RANDOMLY. TRUEFALSE TRACKING IS EASIEST DURING MIDDAY. TRUEFALSE HERBIVORE SCATS TEND TO BE SMALL AND UNIFORM IN TEXTURE. TRUEFALSE FOXES AND SKUNKS HAVE FIVE TOES.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANIMAL FROM THE NUMBERED LIST TO MATCH ITS CORRESPONDING FRONT TRACK. (TRACKS ARE NOT NECESSARILY PROPER SIZE IN RELATION TO OTHER TRACKS.) SKUNKRED SQUIRRELWEASELDOGWHITE-TAILED DEERCOTTONTAIL RABBITWOODCHUCKOTTEROPOSSUMPORCUPINE SKUNKRED SQUIRRELWEASELDOGWHITE-TAILED DEERCOTTONTAIL RABBITWOODCHUCKOTTEROPOSSUMPORCUPINE SKUNKRED SQUIRRELWEASELDOGWHITE-TAILED DEERCOTTONTAIL RABBITWOODCHUCKOTTEROPOSSUMPORCUPINE SKUNKRED SQUIRRELWEASELDOGWHITE-TAILED DEERCOTTONTAIL RABBITWOODCHUCKOTTEROPOSSUMPORCUPINE SKUNKRED SQUIRRELWEASELDOGWHITE-TAILED DEERCOTTONTAIL RABBITWOODCHUCKOTTEROPOSSUMPORCUPINE SKUNKRED SQUIRRELWEASELDOGWHITE-TAILED DEERCOTTONTAIL RABBITWOODCHUCKOTTEROPOSSUMPORCUPINE

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