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What are Amphibians

• Read each slide.
• Look at each picture.
• Answer each question.

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• Amphibians
• must
• always
• stay
• close
• to water.

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• All amphibians start out as
• soft eggs. The eggs hatch into tadpoles.

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• They start life in the water,
• but live their adult life on the land.

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• A frog is an amphibian.

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• Toads are amphibians.

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• Newts are amphibians, too.

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• This is the Emperor newt.

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• This is a newt with her eggs.

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• Salamanders are amphibians.

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• All amphibians hatch from eggs.

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• The eggs
• have a
• soft,
• jelly like,
• shell.

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• Amphibians must lay their eggs in water.

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• The water
• keeps the
• eggs wet.
• If they laid their eggs on land the sun would dry
  them out and no tadpoles would hatch.

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• Look closely.
• Do you see
• the tiny
• tadpoles?
• They are
• about to
• hatch.

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• Tadpoles are tiny when they hatch.

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• All baby amphibians are called tadpoles.

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• Baby frogs are tadpoles.

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• Baby toads are tadpoles.

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• Baby newts are tadpoles

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• and baby salamanders are tadpoles, too.

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• QUIZ
• Where do amphibians live? _________ and
  ____________
• How are they born? _________
• What are baby amphibians called?
  ___________________
• Name 3 amphibians. ________
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