Cold Blooded Vertebrates

Question 1

Defined as being warm blooded having a blood temperature that is regulated by the body.

Answer 1

Endothermic

Question 2

An animal that has a spine, or backbone composed of vertebrae made of bone or cartilage.

Answer 2

Vertebrates

Question 3

Defined as being cold blooded with a blood temperature regulated by the surrounding temperature of the environment.

Answer 3

Ectothermic

Question 4

Sensory system in fish and some amphibians that detects water movement and vibrations

Answer 4

Lateral Line

Question 5

Organs found on fish that extract oxygen from water for breathing.

Answer 5

Gills

Question 6

Leech-like fish that have a cupped, circular mouth that latches on to prey. They have a backbone and are therefore fish.

Answer 6

Jawless Fish

Question 7

Fish that have a skeleton and skin made of cartilage.

Answer 7

Cartilaginous Fish

Question 8

Fish with a skeleton made of bone.

Answer 8

Bony Fish

Question 9

Gas filled organs found in bony fish that help them maintain buoyancy.

Answer 9

Swim Bladder

Question 10

One of the five groups of vertebrate animals that live both in and out of the water, are cold blooded, and have slimy skin.

Answer 10

Amphibians

Question 11

Organ that processes oxygen through breaths of air.

Answer 11

Lungs

Question 12

The larva state of a frog or toad.

Answer 12

Tadpole

Question 13

The process in which some animals experience change from a larva adolescent to an adult through several growth stages.

Answer 13

Metamorphosis

Question 14

Eggs laid by birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and Monotremes(egg laying mammals) that contain embryos of the next generation of the species that lay them.

Answer 14

Amniotic Eggs

Question 15

One of the five groups of vertebrate animals that have scaly skin and are cold blooded.

Answer 15

Reptiles