Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Chordate Characteristics
Miscellaneous
100
A puffer fish is an example from this class of fish.
What is bony fish
100
A gecko is a salamander. True or false?
What is false
100
This type of reptile has a shell.
What is turtle
100
Tubelike structure above the notochord that in most chordates develops into the brain and spinal cord
What is the nerve cord
100
This type of egg has a shell, a food supply, and pores to allow air to enter and exit.
What is an amniotic egg
200
This class of fish has a skeleton that is mostly made of cartilage.
What is jawed cartilaginous fish
200
These organs help an amphibian to breathe underwater when it is developing.
What are gills
200
Turtles are capable of breathing underwater. True or false?
What is false
200
Firm but flexible structure that extends along the upper part of a chordate's body
What is a notochord
200
Tough, flexible tissue that joins vertebrae and makes up all or part of the vertebrate endoskeleton
What is cartilage
300
The hagfish is a part of this class of fish.
What is jawless fish
300
Blue jeans, red-eyed tree, poison dart - these are types of what amphibian group?
What are frogs
300
This type of reptile cares for its young after they hatch.
What are crocodilians
300
In developing chordates, the paired openings found in the area between the mouth and the digestive tube
What is pharyngeal pouches
300
Inactivity in hot, dry months
What is estivation
400
DAILY DOUBLE (you will not lose points for getting this question wrong, but will get double points if you get it right!) You might not know this one, but think about it and you will get it... this type of fish does not lay eggs. Eggs are stored inside of the body, and they hatch inside of the female. This type of fish actually gives birth to live young.
What are sharks
400
These are the two environments in which amphibians lay their eggs.
What are 1. in water, and 2. on leaves around water
400
Amniotic eggs contain a special food supply called what?
What is yolk
400
Muscular structure at the end of a developing chordate, extending from the notochord
What is a postanal tail
400
Vertebrate whose internal temperature changes
What is ectotherm
500
Bony fish use this organ to regulate their depth in the water by letting out air to sink, and taking air in to float.
What is a swim bladder
500
Amphibians can breathe because of this type of blood vessel, capable of trading oxygen for carbon dioxide through thin cell walls.
What is capillaries
500
Name the four major groups of reptiles.
What are snakes, lizards, crocodilians, turtles
500
Of the four chordate parts, only one is kept by humans throughout their lives. Which part is this?
What is the nerve cord
500
Supportive framework, providing an internal place for muscle attachment
What is endoskeleton
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