TEST 4 Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
Q
what animals are in the suborder Sauria
A
lizards
2
Q
what kind of environment are lizards found in
A
- terrestrial
- marine
3
Q
what animals are in suborder serperites
A
snakes
4
Q
what kind of limbs do snakes have
A
limbless
5
Q
true or false: snakes have great vision
A
false
6
Q
do snakes have an external tympanum
A
no
7
Q
how many species of crocodiles are there
A
21
8
Q
what kind of heart do crocodiles have
A
4 chamber heart
9
Q
what kind of skull do crocodiles have
A
dorsal-ventrally flattened skull
10
Q
describe the eye sockets of crocodiles
A
triangular eye sockets
11
Q
what kind of teeth do crocodiles have
A
laterally compressed teeth
12
Q
true or false: crocodiles do a lot of parenting
A
true
13
Q
what kind of external structures does class reptilia have
A
scales
14
Q
define ecdysis
A
shedding
15
Q
special feature of scales
A
they are water proof
16
Q
true or false: some animals in class reptilia have chromatophores
A
true
17
Q
what are the 5 uses of chromatophores
A
- camouflage
- courtship
- territory
- sex
- species
18
Q
how do salamanders walk
A
zig zag
19
Q
how do lizards walk
A
straight line
20
Q
why do lizards walk in a straight line and salamanders don’t
A
because lizards have medially mounted legs
21
Q
2 pros of having medially mounted legs
A
- belly is off the ground
- straight line motion
22
Q
is class reptilia carnivores or herbivores
A
- most are carnivores
- very few are herbivores
23
Q
what kind of tongue does class reptilia have
A
sticky
24
Q
true or false : there are no animals in class reptilia that are venomous
A
false
25
what animals have a pineal eye
snakes
26
describe the pineal eye
- not focusable
| - light/dark
27
circadian rhythm
timing of life events
28
zeitgeber
Environmental stimulus that sets circadian rhythm
29
how does class reptilia hear
tympanum
30
what is the tympanum sensitive to
air-borne sounds
31
what do snakes/lizards use to smell
Jacobson's organ
32
how does the Jacobson's organ work
allows snakes to smell left and right
33
what does class reptilia use to detect heat
pit organ
34
what kind of animals does the pit organ detect
endothermic animals
35
what kind of waste is secreted in class reptilia
uric acid
36
in class reptilia are animals dioecious or monoecious
dioecious
37
how does class reptilia reproduce
- very few do asexual reproduction
| - internal fertilization
38
what is the egg called in class reptilia
amniotic egg
39
what are the extra mmbs in the amniotic egg
- allantois
- yolk sac
- ammion
- chorion
40
describe class aves heart
- 4 heart chambers
41
is class aves endothermic or ectothermic
endothermic
42
external structures in class aves
- scales
- claws
- beaks
- feathers
43
function of down feathers
insulation
44
what is filoplume feathers sensitive to
air current sensitive
45
what are contour feathers used for
flight
46
what is special about the bones of class aves
- gas filled
| - strutted
47
true or false: class aves does not have any teeth
true
48
function of wings in class aves
create lift for flight
49
thoracic, lumbar, sacral vertebrae are fused together to make what
synsacrum
50
fused caudal vertebrae
pygostyle
51
function of the keeled sternum
increases sa for flight muscle attachment
52
fused clavicles
furculum
53
fused carpals
carpometacarpus
54
function of carpometacarpus
allows wing to move quickly w/o bending
55
how do birds and planes fly
air foil
56
for flight lift has to be (more than or less than) gravity
more than
57
for flight thrust has to be (more than or less than) drag
more than
58
how do the pectoralis move the wings
down and forward
59
how does the supracoracoideus move the wings
up and back
60
true or false: birds have a very inefficient digestive track
false
61
what do birds excrete
uric acid
62
what reproductive strategy are birds
oviparous
63
oviparous def
young are hatched in eggs
64
monogamous
1 male and 1 female
65
polygynous
1 male and many females
66
polyandrous
many males and 1 female
67
what is a group of eggs called
clutch
68
describe precocial baby animal
- not naked
- aware
- motile
- cute
69
describe altricial baby animal
- naked
- unaware
- not motile
- ugly
70
what kinds of birds have a great sense of smell
- vultures
| - detrivores
71
how is bird's vision
well developed
72
true or false: diurnal birds have better color vision than nocturnal birds
true
73
what are cones sensitive to
wavelength
74
what are cones not sensitive to
light
75
what are rods sensitive to
light
76
what are rods not sensitive to
wavelength
77
do nocturnal animals have more rods or cones
rods
78
do birds have pinna
no
79
how do birds know where to go when they migrate
- earth's magnetic field
| - celestial bodies
80
what kind of heart does class mammalia have
4 chambers
81
what does class mammalia have for external anatomy
- hair
| - claws
82
what reproductive strategy does class mammalia use
- oviparous
| - viviparous
83
coordinated response to a stimulus
behavior
84
anything perceived
stimulus
85
fixed action pattern
stimulation via sign stimulus
86
modified based on experience
learned behaviors
87
what kind of learning decides what kind of animal you are
Imprinting
88
classical Conditioning
associate 2 unrelated stimuli
89
what kind of learning is based on consequence
operant conditioning
90
habituation
learn to ignore a stimulus
91
what kind of learning teaches you to get along in your environment
spatial learning
92
insight learning
combine previous lessons to solve new problems
93
is verbal comm limited to line of sight
no
94
is verbal comm long or short lived
short
95
true or false: verbal comm signals vary greatly
true
96
is odor limited to line of sight
no
97
is odor long or short lived
long
98
what does odor communicate
- territory
- reproductive status
- identity
- rank
99
is color comm limited to line of sight
yes
100
is color comm long or short lived
long
101
what does color communicate
- rank
- species
- age
- sex
102
is posture comm limited to line of sight
yes
103
is posture comm short or long lived
short
104
what does posture communicate
emotion
| rank
105
is movement comm limited to line of sight
yes
106
is movement comm short or long lived
short
107
what does movement communicate
- emotion
| - courtship
108
what does a tactile display show
- affection
| - location of food
109
one is choosy
sexual selection
110
which sex is more choosy during sexual selection
the rarer sex
