What is vertebrae or backbones (they may also have notochords)
100
Which has the most flexible skeleton, a shark, a frog, or a lionfish?
What is a shark?
200
What color is oxygenated blood?
It is red.
200
If an animals reproduces when the female lays eggs and the male then fertilizes them. Is the fertilization internal or external?______________
What kind of development is this?_____________
What is external fertilization.
What is oviparous?
200
Which does an air bladder do for a fish?
Allows fish to change depths and float in water.
200
What sends messages from the brain to other parts of the body and vice-versa?
What is the spinal cord?
200
What is the function of a Gonad?
What is reproduction?
300
What happens to blood as the heart pumps it past the fishes gills?
It is oxygenated.
300
Amphibians lack and internal mechanism for regulating heat. They are ____________________
What is ectothermic?
300
Which class does a shark belong to: Chondrichthyes or Cephalochordata?
What is Chondrichthyes.
300
What do all chordata have running down the length or their bodies?
What is the spinal cord?
300
What organ makes bile for the digestion of fats and does many other chemical tasks?
What is the liver?
400
What is the soft tissue that produces red blood cells?
What is bone marrow?
400
What is the major respiratory organ for most amphibians?
What is their skin?
400
Are salmon oviparous, viviparous or ovoviviparous?
What is oviparous?
400
An animal's optic lobes are very small, what, most likely, is its weakest sense?
Sight is it's weakest sense.
400
Name two chordates that have a larval stage as part of their life cycle.
What is a lamprey, lancelet, sea squirt, frog, toad, or salamander. They all have larval stages.
500
What protein allows red blood cells to perform their function?
What is hemoglobin?
500
What does amphibian mean in Greek?
Why is this a logical name for an amphibian?
Amphi means "both sides" , and "bio" means life.
It makes sense because the larval stage of most amphibians takes place in the water. The adults can also live in or out of the water during their adult life.
500
What is the classification of bony fish?
What is class Osteichthyes?
500
The lobes of the brain that integrate sensory infomation and coordinate the creature's response to that information.
What is the cerebrum?
500
What class is the Sea squirt in, Subphylum Urochordata or Subphylum Cephalochordata?