cold blooded vertabrates

Question 1

an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Answer 1

vertabrates

Question 2

an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm-blooded animal.

Answer 2

ednotherms

Question 3

an animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat.

Answer 3

ectotherms

Question 4

a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.

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lateral line

Question 5

the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.

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gills

Question 6

Heterostraci,and Pteraspidomorphi

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jawless fish

Question 7

shark,and sawfish

Answer 7

Cartilaginous Fishes

Question 8

cichlid,and teleost

Answer 8

bony fishes

Question 9

a gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy.

Answer 9

swim bladder

Question 10

a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders

Answer 10

amphibians

Question 11

each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed

Answer 11

lungs

Question 12

the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian (frog, toad, newt, or salamander), breathing through gills and lacking legs until its later stages of development.

Answer 12

tadpole

Question 13

the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

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metemorphis

Question 14

a burrowing wormlike amphibian of a tropical order distinguished by poorly developed eyes and the lack of limbs.

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Caecilians

Question 15

a newtlike amphibian that typically has bright makings

Answer 15

Salamanders

Question 16

a tailless amphibian with a short squat body, moist smooth skin, and very long hind legs for leaping.

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frogs

Question 17

a cold-blooded vertebrate of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. They are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin, and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land.

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reptiles

Question 18

The type of egg produced by reptiles, birds, and prototherian mammals, in which the embryo develops inside an amnion

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Amniotic Eggs

Question 19

a slow-moving reptile, enclosed in a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and thick legs.

Answer 19

turtles

Question 20

a turtle, typically a herbivorous one that lives on land.

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tortise

Question 21

a large predatory semiaquatic reptile with long jaws, long tail, short legs, and a horny textured skin, using submersion and stealth to approach prey unseen. The crocodile has been extensively hunted for its valuable skin.

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crocodiles

Question 22

a large semiaquatic reptile similar to a crocodile but with a broader and shorter head, native to the Americas and China.

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alligators

Question 23

a long limbless reptile that has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Some snakes have a venomous bite.

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snakes

Question 24

a reptile that typically has a long body and tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and a rough, scaly, or spiny skin.

Answer 24

lizards

Question 25

a nocturnal burrowing lizardlike reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off New Zealand.

Answer 25

tuataras