Amphibia Quiz

Question 1

Amphi?

Answer 1

Many

Question 2

bia?

Answer 2

life

Question 3

What does amphibia refer to?

Answer 3

its life on land and water

Question 4

What 3 groups are in amphibia?

Answer 4

Urodela
Anura
Gymnophiona

Question 5

What is a urodela?

Answer 5

Caudata (tailed)
tail evidence of
salamander

Question 6

What is a anura?

Answer 6

Salientia (tailess)
No tail
Frogs and toads

Question 7

What is a Gymnophiona?

Answer 7

Caecillian

Naked snake

Question 8

What are the characteristics of Gymnophionia?

Answer 8

Do not exist in North America because they live in tropical rainforests
Lacks scales
Mold and Fungi is dangerous to them
Holds eggs so they can have air blow off fungus

Question 9

What are the amphibian traits?

Answer 9

Care for their young more
Breathing: Buccel cavity creates vaccum of postive pressure to get air to the lungs. the abs put negative pressure on lung to release air`
Skin: Highly grandular (mucus)called ecinoglands; big variety of color due to chromatophore cells where muscles and skin change color pigmemts
Heart: 3 chambered; polmenary circut and circulaiton circut; atrum holds blood, venticles pump blood to other atrium, then is pumped back leaving the O2; lungs and body blood mix