Reptiles

SCIENCE-THIRD PRIMARY YEAR CEIP CORTES DE ARAGÓN

(Teacher: Miguel Navarro)

REPTILES ARE VERTEBRATES THEY HAVE BONES. THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME ON LAND, BUT THEY

CAN SPEND PART OF THEIR TIME ON WATER. EXAMPLES OF REPTILES ARE:

TORTOISE (LAND) TURTLE (WATER) LIZARD SNAKE CROCODILE

MOST REPTILES ARE OVIPAROUS→THEY LAY EGGS ON LAND

BABY REPTILES LOOK LIKE ADULT REPTILES WHEN THEY HATCH (SALEN DEL CASCARÓN)

MOST REPTILES ARE CARNIVORES. SOME ARE OMNIVORES (THEY EAT PLANTS, INSECTS AND SMALL ANIMALS)

REPTILES BREATHE USING THEIR LUNGS

MOST HAVE 4 LIMBS AND A TAIL, BUT SOME HAVE NO LIMBS

THEY HAVE SCALES THAT COVER AND PROTECT THEIR BODY.

HOW DO REPTILES MOVE?

THEY CAN WALK OR RUN

OTHERS CAN SLITHER

AND SOME CAN SWIM