Amphibians & Reptiles
A salamander is this type of vertebrate
Amphibian
A trout is this type of vertebrate
Fish
The part of a fish that helps regulate its buoyancy
Swim Bladder
A hen sitting on her egg to keep it a constant temperature is called
incubation
A special organ to transport nutrients, water, and oxygen to an embroy
Placenta
Babe Ruth is what type of vertebrate?
Reptile
Do vertebrates have exo or endo skeletons?
Endoskeletons
These suck out flesh and fluids from their prey
Jawless Fish
How are bird bones different than human bones?
This is the term for the developmental time inside a mother.
Gestation
How do most amphibians breathe?
Lungs
True or False: A backbone helps support and animal's muscles
True
T / F Fish scales are a type of bony structure
True
What is the feathery material that helps a bird stay warm?
Down
This species of mammals takes care of its offspring for the longest time of all
Humans
Chickens are relatives of what type of prehistoric animal in which vertebrate group (not birds)?
Reptiles/Dinosaurs
Name 3 advantages of being able to fly?
Find food, migrate, escape danger
This part of a fish egg nourishes the developing fish
yolk
When lakes freeze in winter and geese can no longer find food, what do they do?
Migrate
What is the name of the glands that produce milk?
Mammary
What is the difference between ecto and endo therm?
AND
Give an example of a vertebrate group for each
Ecto body temp changes with environment (amphibians, reptiles, fish)
Endo maintains a constant body temp (birds and mammals)
A platypus is this type of vertebrate
Mammal
This is a necessary gas for fish cells to release energy
Oxygen
Why do birds need large amounts of oxygen?
For flying
The only marsupial that lives in North America
Opossum