Cold-Blooded Vertibrates

Question 1

Vertebrates

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Endotherms

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

Question 3

Ectotherms

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

Question 4

Lateral Line

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

Question 5

Gills

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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

Question 6

Jawless Fishes

Answer 6

Lampreys and hag fish

Question 7

Cartilaginous Fishes

Answer 7

shark,stingray,tiger shark

Question 8

Bony Fishes

Answer 8

Walleye,Carp,sunfish

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

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Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia.

Question 11

Lungs

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The lungs are a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax).

Question 12

Tadpole

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A tadpole is the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly that of a frog or toad

Question 13

Metamorphosis

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a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means.

Question 14

Caecilians

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Caecilians are a group of limbless, serpentine amphibians

Question 15

Salamanders

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Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance

Question 16

Frogs

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A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura

Question 17

Toads

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Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae

Question 18

Reptiles

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Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today’s turtles

Question 19

Amniotic Eggs

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Amniotes are a clade of tetrapod vertebrates comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals

Question 20

Turtles

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Cold blooded mammals with a shell

Question 21

Tortoises

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They are a bigger version of a turtle and it doesn’t swim

Question 22

Crocodiles

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Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large semi aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics

Question 23

Alligators

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An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae

Question 24

Snakes

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Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

Question 25

LIzards

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Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species

Question 26

Tuataras

Answer 26

Tuatara are reptiles endemic to New Zealand. Although resembling most lizards