Vertebrates

Question 1

What are the phylum and sub phylum of vertebrates

Answer 1

Vertebrata, chordata

Question 2

What does the backbone surround

Answer 2

The backbone surrounds the spinal cord

Question 3

What is your backbone made up of

Answer 3

Vertebrates

Question 4

Axial skeleton

Answer 4

Made up of the vertebral column, skull and rib cage. Protects spinal cord

Question 5

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 5

Made up of the appendage bones and the wide flattened girdles

Question 6

Agnathans

Answer 6

Jaw less fish

Question 7

Examples of agnathan fish

Answer 7

Lampreys, hagfish.

Question 8

How do lampreys get their food

Answer 8

They are parasites

Question 9

How do hag fish get their food

Answer 9

They are bottom dwellers

Question 10

What are Chondrichthyes

Answer 10

Cartilage fish

Question 11

Examples of Chondrichthyes

Answer 11

Shark and rays

Question 12

Do Chondrichthyes have jaws

Answer 12

They have hinged jaws

Question 13

What is covering the skin of Chondrichthyes

Answer 13

Placoid scales

Question 14

What is the spiral valve

Answer 14

Slows movement of food to give more time to digest

Question 15

What type of liver does a shark have

Answer 15

Large and oily make up nearly 20% of its body weight

Question 16

How many chambers do fish hearts have

Answer 16

2 chambers, one to receive blood and one to pump it out

Question 17

How do fish reproduce

Answer 17

Sexually, cartilligenous fish reproduce internally

Question 18

What type of sensory systems do fish have

Answer 18

Highly, developed. Bony fish has the lateral line system

Question 19

Lateral line system

Answer 19

Enables them to sense objects and changes in their environment

Question 20

Osteichthyes

Answer 20

Bony fish

Question 21

Examples of Osteichthyes

Answer 21

Ray finned fish lobe finned fish

Question 22

Cycloid scales

Answer 22

Cover ray finned fish, over lap like shingles

Question 23

What covers the scales

Answer 23

A layer of mucus

Question 24

Swim bladder

Answer 24

Enables the fish to float or sink to the desired altitude

Question 25

Operculum

Answer 25

Protective flap of tissue that protects the gills

Question 26

Ectothermy

Answer 26

Body temp is regulated by external environment

Question 27

Ray fin fish reproduction

Answer 27

Separate sexes and external fertilization

Question 28

What adaptation did amphibians make to live on land

Answer 28

Developed strong limbs and bones

Question 29

What does the stomach in the amphibian do

Answer 29

Begins to break down food

Question 30

What does the small intestine do in amphibians

Answer 30

Digests food further and secretion from the liver and pancreas

Question 31

What does the large intestine do in amphibians

Answer 31

Forms feces from I digested materials

Question 32

Cloaca

Answer 32

Stores feces until the y are eliminated through the anus

Question 33

Kidney

Answer 33

Excrete waste from the blood stream

Question 34

Bladder

Answer 34

Waste from the kidney are stored here, until the are released into the cloaca

Question 35

What kind of a heart does an amphibian posses

Answer 35

3 chambered heart

Question 36

Which parts of the heart recieve the blood

Answer 36

Left atrium and right atrium

Question 37

Which part of the heart pumps the blood

Answer 37

The single ventricle

Question 38

Right atrium function

Answer 38

Receives O2 negative blood

Question 39

Left atrium function

Answer 39

Receives O2 rich blood from the lungs

Question 40

What is the main function of the skin of an amphibian

Answer 40

They use their skin to bring in more oxygen

Question 41

Nictating membrane

Answer 41

Transparent eye lid keeps the eyelid moist in air and protected in water

Question 42

Tympanic membranes

Answer 42

Receive sound waves, located behind the ear

Question 43

Parthegenosis

Answer 43

Asexual reproduction performed by some amphibians

Question 44

What can ray finned fish do applaud to sharks with their gills

Answer 44

Ray finned fish can pump water over their gills