Vertabrates

Question 1

Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, etc.

Answer 1

Echinoderms

Question 2

_________ can regenerate after injury or loss of part of their body; fragmentation,
asexual reproduction

Answer 2

Echinoderms

Question 3

All species in this group are marine

Answer 3

Echinoderms

Question 4

early larval stages have bilateral symmetry, adults have pentaradial symmetry

Answer 4

Echinoderms

Question 5

endoskeleton under the skin
composed of calcareous ossicles

Answer 5

Echinoderms

Question 6

coelom partially modified into water vascular system

Answer 6

Echinoderms

Question 7

All species in this group are marine and some can inject toxins

Answer 7

Echinoderms

Question 8

a flexible, rod-shaped support structure

Answer 8

notochord

Question 9

derived from ectoderm that in most species develops into the brain and spinal cord

Answer 9

dorsal hollow nerve cord

DHNC

Question 10

pharyngeal slit and post-anal tail

Answer 10

2 other key features that Chordata have

Question 11

earliest terrestrial tetrapods

Answer 11

Amphibians

Question 12

__________ have four well developed limbs, are carnivores, and require water for reproduction

Answer 12

Amphibians

Question 13

__________ have moist, permeable skin with mucus glands that allows cutaneous respiration

Answer 13

Amphibians

Question 14

____________ do external fertilization

Answer 14

Amphibians

Question 15

__________ have scales that cover their skin that prevent water loss, and do internal fertilization

Answer 15

Reptiles

Question 16

Birds are _____________ which means that they generate their own body heat metabolically

Answer 16

Endothermic

Question 17

____________ are modified reptilian scales

Answer 17

Feathers

Question 18

___________ have skin that is covered by hair or fur

Answer 18

Mammals

Question 19

______________ have glands including mammary glands

Answer 19

Mammals

Question 20

____________ have an ancestory called the cynodont reptile

Answer 20

Mammals

Question 21

early _________ and small nocturnal insectivores are called Morganucdonts

Answer 21

Mammals

Question 22

• monotremes– egg-laying platypus & echidnas,
• marsupials
  -placental mammals

Answer 22

3 rounds of radiation & extinction

Question 23

the largest existing land animals

Answer 23

Elephants

Question 24

3 species of Elepants living in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia

Answer 24

1. African bush elephant
2. the African forest elephant
3. the Asian elephant

Question 25

habitats for __________ include savannahs, forests, deserts, & marshes

Answer 25

Elephants

Question 26

Elephants are ___________ and ____________

Answer 26

herbivores, social

Question 27

________ in groups of females and ___________ lead by the matriarch

Answer 27

Cows, Calves

Question 28

_________ leave their family groups at puberty, solitary with other males, interact with family groups for mating

Answer 28

Bulls

Question 29

Increase in size

Answer 29

Megaherbivores

Question 30

The ___________ in ______ allows elephants to survive on low-nutritional value vegetation

Answer 30

increase in size

Question 32

Upper second incisors on elephants are called

Answer 32

tusks

Question 33

Straight, curved upward, curved downward, spiralled

Answer 33

tusk shape by species

Question 34

Earliest ___________ were smaller and aquatic in late Paleocene

Answer 34

Proboscids

Question 35

at the beginning of Pleistocene, elephantids experienced a _____________

Answer 35

High rate of speciation

Question 36

in the Late Pleistocene, most proboscidean species vanished during the _____________ that killed off 50% of genera weighing over 5 kg (11 lb) worldwide

Answer 36

Quaternary glaciation

Question 37

Hagfish and Lamprey

Answer 37

Jawless Fish

Question 38

Sharks, ray, and skates

Answer 38

cartilaginous fish

Question 39

Ray-finned fish, lobe-finned fish

Answer 39

Bony Fish

Question 40

Frogs, salamanders, caecilians

Answer 40

Reptile examples

Question 41

Embryos develop in shelled egg and it is protected by amniotic membranes

Answer 41

Reptiles and birds

Question 42

Enchinodermata and Chordata are examples of

Answer 42

Deuterostomes

Question 43

Tunicates, Lancelets, and Vertebrates

Answer 43

Chordata