Fish
What are some examples of fish?
Sharks, rays, and their relatives
What are some examples of Amphibians?
Frogs, salamanders, caecilians...
What are some examples of Reptiles?
Turtles, tortoises, snakes, lizards, crocodiles...
What are birds covered with?
Feathers
What are some examples of Mammals?
Cat, dog, human, pig, lion, elephant, giraffe...
What organ do Fish use to breathe with?
Gills
What is the meaning of "amphibian"?
"Double life"
What do reptiles use to breathe?
Lungs
What are some characteristics of birds? (List at least 3)
Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates, bilateral symmetrical, four-chambered heart, lay eggs, covered with feathers, toothless, bones are thin and hollow...
What are some characteristics of mammals? (List at least 3)
Mammals are the most complex vertebrates, large-brained, active, endotherms, have hair to retain heat, have mammary glands to produce milk, a middle ear with three bones, chewing jaws, have a notochord, they care for their young more attentively, have specialized teeth, intelligent, four-chambered heart, breathe with lungs...
What was the first invertebrate on earth?
Fish
What do adult amphibians use for breathing?
Lung/skin
What kind of egg do reptiles have?
Terrestrial eggs-protected by a hard shell
Amniotic egg
What does the lightweight skeleton of birds allow them?
Minimize weight, enables birds to fly.
What are mammals categorized into?
Monotremes, Marsupials, Eutherians
What kind of reproduction do fish have?
External reproduction
Are amphibians ectoderms or endoderms?
Ectoderms(cold-blooded)
What are the similarities and differences between turtles and tortoises?
Both are reptiles, shelled.
Turtles are aquatic
Tortoises are terrestrial
What are the shapes of the bird's beak?
Spearlike, hooked, chisel-shaped
What are the front teeth called and their function?
The front teeth are called incisors, are used for biting and cutting.
What is swim bladder used for?
Ballon-like organ filled with oxygen and other gases give fish buoyancy-ability to float-fills with gas the fish rises when gas leaves the bladder, it deflates and fish sinks.
What is the function of the lateral line system?
Detect water movement(vibration).
What is the function of scales on reptiles' bodies?
Scales contain protein keratin, help protect the animal skin from desiccation and abrasion.
What is the function of cerebrum?
Controls complex behavior patterns such as navigation, mating, and nest building.
How did Monotremes differ from other mammals?
They lay shelled eggs.