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Chordates
Fish
Amphibians
Vertebrate Chordates
Miscellaneous
100
The phylum name for Chordates as a group
What is Chordata?
100
3 major groups of fish.
What is jawless, sharks/rays, bonyfish?
100

Definition of "amphibian"

What is "having both kinds of life?"

100

The five classes of vertebrates

What are fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals?

100

Remora fish, sharks, rays

What are examples of chondrichthyes?

200
The four traits of a chordate.
What is notochord, tail,nervecord, pharyngeal pouches?
200

Secretes mucus, has eyespots to detect light, strictly marine, no bones, separate genders

What is a hagfish?

200
3 groups of amphibians.
What is salamanders/newts, frogs/toads, caecelians?
200
True / False: All vertebrates have a backbone and most have jaws.
What is true?
200

Some adaptations of amphibians to regulate their body temperature when it's hot or cold

Bask in the sun, burrow underground, active at night, find shelter during hot days

300
The flexible rod shaped structure that supports the body of developing chordates
What is notochord?
300

Predatory parasites, well-developed eyes, 7 pairs of gills, salt and fresh water dwelling

What are lampreys?

300
Able to extract oxygen from air, deal with rapid temperature changes

What are some adaptations that allow amphibians to live on land?

300
Animals that heat their bodies from heat in the environment. An example of these.
What is ectotherms? reptiles: turtle, lizard, snake
300

96% of fish are in this class

What is Actinopterygii?

400
Groves on the sides of a developing chordate.
What is pharyngeal pouches?
400

No swim bladder, multiple gill slits, teeth not fused to jaw, mouth below head.

What are the characteristics of chondricthyes?

400

Ways amphibians defend themselves

What are play dead, secrete poison, taste bad, make themselves appear larger?

400
These are tetrapods that live on land and depend on H20 to survive and reproduce.
What is an amphibian?
400

Another name for caecilians

What is apoda?
500

These are characteristics of subphylum Vertebrata

What is a vertebral column instead of a notochord?

500

Swim bladder, paired fins, one pair of gill openings, mucus glands

What are characteristics of osteichthyes?

500

Frogs vs. Toads

What are smooth skin and long legs in a frog and rough skin and short legs in a toad?

500
Animals that generate their body heat from inside and an example.
What is endotherm: birds
500
The name for a 4 limbed vertebrate animal.
What is a tetrapod?