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Reptiles
Bird structures
Turtles & Snakes
Chordata
100
The term for any land dwelling vertebrate (hint: they have 4 limbs)
What is a tetrapod
100
What adaptation made reptilians able to have babies way from water.
What is the amniotic egg?
100
Describe the nostrils of a albatross
tube like and 2 pairs
100
Describe why sea snake venom is so toxic
marine environment dilutes things, so it has to be potent
100
This structure eventually grows into a brain and spinal cord.
what is the dorsal hollow nerve cord
200
Supphylum of lancelets
What is Cephalochordata?
200
Name four reptilian characteristics?
What are scaly skin, leathery eggs, air breathing, poikilothermic
200
How are bird's bones different from other animals?
what are hollow/light?
200
What is a physiological difference between sea turtles and land turtles?
can't retract head, flippers instead of feet
200
This structure develops into the vertebrae in vertebrates
What is the Notochord?
300
Organisms that retains all 4 chordate characteristics throughout it's life.
What is a larvacean
300
What order of reptilians includes sea snakes and marine iguanas
What is Squamata?
300
How are Penguins bones unique?
They are solid
300
Order of sea turtles
What is Chelonia?
300
What are the 4 characteristics that all chordates share?
pharnygeal gills, notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, and postanal tail
400
The term used for animals who cannot regulate their body temperature internally.
What is ectothermic
400
What is the marine reptile that is more feared than sharks?
What is the salt water crocodile
400
What does beak shape indicate?
Feeding behavior
400
The shell of which turtle provides tortoiseshell?
Hawksbill
400
Supphlyum of salps and tunicates
What is Urochordata
500
Retains metabolic heat/Body temperature remains constant despite environment
What is the comparison of endothermic and homeothermic?
500
Name three reasons sea turtles are endangered or threatened.
plastic consumption=suffocation eggs get eaten/destroyed on beaches babies can't make it to the water
500
Describe two breeding habits of most seabirds
What are mate for life, care for young
500
Which oceans have sea snakes?
Indian and Pacific
500
What group are acorn worms in?
What is hemicordata?
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