________Aurora_______________ Period:____1st________

Frog Dissection Pre-lab

Directions: Watch the virtual Dissection Introduction & External Anatomy to answer the
questions. Use the second web link to label the frogs internal organs with location and function.
Expect to take about an hour to prepare for this dissection.

1. Kingdom: Animalia_______________________________
2. Phylum:Chordata_________________________________
3. SubPhylum: Vertebrate________________________________
4. Classification:Amphibian ____________________________________

5. Why are frogs said to have two lives?

They start their life in water, ( first life), then live the rest on land, ( second life).
6. How are amphibians different from reptiles?
Reptiles have scales and Amphibians have skin.
Amphibians have gills and Reptiles dont.
7. What are 3 adaptations that frogs have that make them amphibians?

1. They are cold blooded.

2. They respire by both Skin and Lungs.
3. They lay eggs in water; they have a 3 chambered heart.
8. List the ways in which tadpoles (immature frogs) and frogs differ from each other?

1. Frogs can breath on land and in water, whereas tadpoles can only breath in water.
2. Tadpoles do not have limbs, frogs do.

External Anatomy
9. Dorsal means?
Upper side or back of an animal or plant or organ.
10. Ventral means?

11. A
nterior means?

12. P
osterior means?

13. H
ead means?

14. T
orso means?

15. F
rog lungs are poorly developed. How does this relate to their skin being thin and moist?

16. H
ow does the tympanic membrane work?

17. N
ame 2 ways forelimbs are different than hind limbs.
Critical Thinking Questions
18. Frogs produce a huge number of gametes at one time WHY do you think this is (HINT: Finding
Nemo)?

19. The frogs tongue is anchored in the very front opposite to the orientation and anchoring of
humans. Why do you think this is so

Instructions for Internal Anatomy

20. You will need to visit the second website to identify the function and location of each organ of
the frogs internal anatomy: h ttp://www.biologycorner.com/bio2/notes-frog.html (Link is on
webpage)

***Please color code the parts. You may use your own key simply change or correct the color
indicated.