Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
100
What is the name of the thin extensions on the body walls surrounded by tiny blood vessels where gas exchange takes place?
Gills
100
What type of feet do amphibians have?
Webbed feet.
100
Most reptiles are terrestrial, but which ones are aquatic?
Sea turtles.
100
True or False: birds have a beak and teeth.
FALSE: Birds have a beak, but no teeth.
100
Name 2 aquatic mammals.
Dolphins and whales.
200
What does "fusiform body shape" mean?
BONUS 100: How does it help fish?
A fusiform body shape is wider in the middle than at the ends.
BONUS: This helps fish move faster through water.
200
What do amphibian's glands do?
BONUS 200: Why?
The glands produce mucus and keep their skin wet.
BONUS: Their skin has no covering.
200
What do reptiles eat and how do they eat their prey?
BONUS 200: What two reptiles are herbivores?
Most reptiles are carnivores, they swallow the prey whole.
BONUS: Most tortoises and some lizards are herbivores.
200
What do birds eat?
They can be carnivores (insects and vertebrates) or herbivores (fruits, plants and seeds).
200
What is fur for?
Fur is to provide thermal insulation.
300
What is poikilothermic?
Their body temperature varies with the environment, they are not able to maintain their body temperature.
300
How do amphibians protect against predators?
With their poison glands.
300
Which reptiles have pit organs and what do these organs do?
Snakes and lizards have pit organs to detect temperature.
300
What are birds' feathers for?
Feathers maintain body temperature and control flight.
300
What is something ONLY mammals have?
BONUS 300: How is reproduction distinct for mammals?
Mammals have glands (sweat glands, mammary glands, sebaceous glands), lips and teeth.
BONUS: The embryo develops inside the mother (viviparous).
400
Explain fish reproduction.
BONUS 200: What type of fish are ovoviviparous and what does it mean?
Sexual reproduction with male and female gametes. External fertilization: the gametes join outside, in the water.
BONUS: Only sharks are ovoviviparous (the egg is inside the female body)
400
What are the two categories of amphibians and what are 2 differences?
BONUS 400: Give two examples of amphibians that fit EACH category (4 amphibians total)
Without tail: Short body, more developed hind legs. (BONUS: toads and frogs)
With tail: Long body, four legs of equal length. (BONUS: salamanders and newts)
400
What are the four categories of reptiles?
BONUS 400: Name two reptiles in each category (8 reptiles total).
Sauria (BONUS: lizards and iguanas)
Testudines (BONUS: tortoises and turtles)
Crocodilia (BONUS: crocodiles, alligators and caimans)
Ophidia (BONUS: snakes -> cobra, python, rattlesnake)
400
What are the two categories of birds and what are two differences for each?
BONUS 300: Name two birds for each category (4 birds total)
(BONUS: a hummingbird and an eagle (flying), a penguin and a flamingo (flightless))
400
How are mammals able to perceive temperature and pressure?
Mammals have corpuscles in the skin to perceive temperature and pressure.
500
What are 2 differences between Bony fish and Cartilaginous fish?
BONUS 300: Name 3 differences.
500
Explain the reproduction of amphibians.
BONUS 200: Where do the gametes join?
Sexual reproduction with male and female gametes
External fertilization: the gametes join outside, in the water (BONUS)
Oviparous: the embryo develops inside an egg that provides nutrients.
500
What are the differences between the four categories of reptiles? BONUS 200: What are the four categories?
500
How can birds fly? Name 4 examples.
They have a fusiform body adapted to flight.
They have feathers to control flight.
They have very specialized limbs.
Their bones are thin and hollow to facilitate flight.
500
What are the three categories of mammals and what are two differences?
BONUS 400: Give two examples of mammals that fit EACH category (6 mammals total)
(BONUS: koalas and kangaroos (marsupials); platypus and echidnas (monotremes); whales, elephants, armadillos, dogs, cats, sheep, cattle, and horses, and humans (placentals))
