Vertebrate 12/4-12/8

Question 1

What is a vertebrate?

Answer 1

A animal with a backbone

Question 2

What is a endoskeleton?

Answer 2

Endo= inside.
A endoskeleton protects organs, body shape/support, muscle attachment

Question 3

What is a backbone?

Answer 3

A backbone protects spinal cord and provides flexibility

Question 4

What is a ectotherm?

Answer 4

A cold-blooded animal.

Question 5

What is a endotherm?

Answer 5

A warm-blooded animal.

Question 6

What are some fish characteristics?

Answer 6

A fish is a ectotherm, has fins, scales, gills.

Question 7

What type of fertilization do fish have that?

Answer 7

External fertilization

Question 8

How many chambers do fish hearts have?

Answer 8

2 chambers.

Question 9

What are the Jawless Fish characteristics?

Answer 9

No jaws, no scales, cartilage skeleton

Question 10

What are some examples of Jawless Fish?

Answer 10

hagfish, lampreys

Question 11

What are the Cartilaginous Fish characteristics?

Answer 11

jaws, scales, cartilage skeleton, carnivores

Question 12

What are some examples of Cartilaginous Fish?

Answer 12

sharks, rays, skates

Question 13

What are the Bony Fish characteristics?

Answer 13

jaws, scales, cartilage skeleton, carnivores

Question 14

What are some examples of Bony Fish?

Answer 14

trout, tuna, goldfish

Question 15

What is most of the fish percentage made of?

Answer 15

Bony fish are 95% of fish.

Question 16

What are the Amphibian characteristics? (Juvenile life)

Answer 16

Ectotherms, juvenile life: water (gills), movement: fins, 1 loop circulatory system, 2 chamber hearts, herbivores,

Question 17

What are the Amphibian characteristics?

Answer 17

Ectotherms, adult life: land (lungs), 2 loop circulatory system, 3 chamber hear, camouflage, carnivore

Question 18

What are some examples of Amphibians?

Answer 18

frogs, toads, external fertilization: salamander, internal fertilization, cacelilans

Question 19

Why are Amphibians threatened to extiction?

Answer 19

1) habitat destruction
2) pesticides, chemical pollution

Question 20

What are the Reptile Characteristics?

Answer 20

ectothermic: cold-blooded, lung, scales (cover skin), 3 chamber heart (except alligators 4 chambers), First true land lifestyle, adaptations to conserve water: skin, amniotic egg

Question 21

What are some examples of Reptiles?

Answer 21

snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators,
crocodiles, dinosaurs (extinct)

Question 22

What are the Lizards & Snakes characteristics

Answer 22

overlapping scales, shed scaly skin, environment: warm

Question 23

What are the Alligators & Crocodiles characteristics?

Answer 23

Largest living reptiles, Nocturnal carnivores, First living “care for young” behavior

Question 24

What are the Turtle characteristics?

Answer 24

shell (with ribs & backbone) made of
fused scales, beak, herbivores & carnivores

Question 25

What are the Dinosaurs (extinct Reptiles) characteristics?

Answer 25

earliest vertebrates with legs directly beneath their bodies,Ectotherms or First endotherms, First “care for young” behavior

Question 26

What are the Bird Characteristics?

Answer 26

feathers, hollow bones, air sacs, First Major Group w/ 4 chamber heart

Question 27

How do Birds obtain food?

Answer 27

Bills – tear, strainer, Crop - internal storage tank, Two part stomach:, Part 1: chemical breakdown, Part 2: gizzard- physical breakdown with stones (gastroliths)

Question 28

What are the Mammal characteristics?

Answer 28

endotherms – warm blooded, 4 chamber heart, fur/hair, breast (mammary glands, milk), "care for young” behavior, lungs with diaphragm, advanced nervous system (complex brains for problem solving), highly developed senses (large eyes, sonar, smell sensitivity)

Question 29

What are examples of Mammals?

Answer 29

Monotremes, Marsupials, Placental Mammals.

Question 30

What are the Monotreme characteristics?

Answer 30

lay eggs (primitive)

Question 31

What are examples of Monotremes?

Answer 31

spiny anteater, duck-billed platypus

Question 32

What are the Marsupial characteristics?

Answer 32

partly developed young live in a pouch.

Question 33

What are the examples of Marsupials?

Answer 33

koala bear, kangaroo, opossum

Question 34

What are the Placental characteristics?

Answer 34

develop inside mothers body; diverse, subdivided based on eating and movement

Question 35

What are the examples of Placental Mammals?

Answer 35

carnivores (eat meat), marine (swim), rodents (gnaw), rabbits/hare (hop), trunk, insect eaters, toothless, hoofed, flying (wing), primates (large brain)