Cold-Blooded Vertebrates

Question 1

Vertebrates

Answer 1

an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone

Question 2

Endotherms

Answer 2

an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat

Question 3

Ectotherms

Answer 3

an animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat

Question 4

Lateral Line

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Gills

Answer 5

the paired respiratory organ

Question 6

Jawless Fishes

Answer 6

Lamprey, Hagfish

Question 7

Cartilaginous Fishes

Answer 7

shark, stingray, batoids

Question 8

Bony Fishes

Answer 8

catfish, lungfish, tuna

Question 9

Swim Bladder

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Amphibians

Answer 10

a cold-blooded vertebrate animal

Question 11

Lungs

Answer 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

Question 12

Tadpole

Answer 12

the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian

Question 13

Metamorphosis

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Caecilians

Answer 14

legless, tailless tropical amphibians, resemble earthworms but have vertebrate characteristics such as jaws and teeth

Question 15

Salamanders

Answer 15

slender bodies, short legs, and long tails

Question 16

Frogs

Answer 16

jumping abilities, croaking sounds, bulging eyes and slimy skin

Question 17

Toads

Answer 17

dry skin, warts, crests behind the eyes, and parotoid glands

Question 18

Reptiles

Answer 18

a vertebrate animal of a class that includes snakes, lizards, etc. they are distinguished by having a dry scaly skin and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land

Question 19

Amniotic Eggs

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Turtles

Answer 20

special bony or cartilaginous shell, breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, four legs

Question 21

Tortoises

Answer 21

They have four legs and a shell that is joined down the sides

Question 22

Crocodiles

Answer 22

live throughout the tropics, large aquatic reptiles

Question 23

Alligators

Answer 23

armored body with a muscular, flat tail, embedded bony plates called osteoderms or scutes

Question 24

Snakes

Answer 24

elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales

Question 25

LIzards

Answer 25

dry, scaly skin. They have four legs, clawed feet, and a long tail

Question 26

Tuataras

Answer 26

are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia