Venomous Snakes Question Sheet
Directions: Answer all of the questions by using the links provided. The name of
each link is listed in bold print and is underlined.
Click on the site Beginner’s Guide to Snakes to answer the questions below.
1. What is a snake?
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2. Are snakes warm blooded or cold blooded?
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3. What does venom do to a snake’s prey? ________________________________
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3. Click the rattlesnake picture to hear what a rattlesnake sounds like when it’s
threatened.
Click on the Venomous Snake Guide link to answer the following questions.
4. Why does a rattlesnake’s tail make noise? ______________________________
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5. How many species of venomous snakes are found in the United States?
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6. How does venom affect the human body?
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Click on the link titled SnakeBites to answer the questions below.
7. How many people get bitten each year in Australia? _________
Use the link Snake Identification to answer the next question.
8. How can you identify what kind of snake bit you?
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9. List the ten venomous snakes.
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10. Choose one snake and explain what happens to a person’s body when that particular
snake bites someone. ___________________________________________________
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Click on the Snake First aid link to answer the following questions.
11. Is it good to put ice on a snakebite? ___________________________
12. Name the four don’ts of snake bite first aid.
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13. How can you tell the difference between a cottonmouth and snakes that are non-
venomous?
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14. The Florida cottonmouth is known by what other name?
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Click on the link Copperhead to answer questions 4-6
15. What color is the copperhead? ___________________________
16. What are some predators of the copperhead?
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17. What part of the country can copperheads be found in?
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Click on the link Cobras to answer the questions below.
18. What is a cobra called in India and Sri Lanka?
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19. How large can a cobra grow? _________________________
20. What do cobras eat?
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21. List three facts about one of the snakes you read about.
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20. Facts:
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