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How do squamates detect their prey
Jacobson Organ
What structures/strategies do amphibians use for respiration/breathing?
Perform gas exchange across their skin, buccal pumping, lungs
what does the swim bladder do for the bony fishes
helps it regulate buoyancy
what do birds use to fly
Wings
What is unique to mammals and mammals only
hair/fur
what are the three orders of amphibians
Frogs
Salamanders
Caecilians
T/F is a Crocodile a tuatara
False
Describe Bony fish fins
What is a wing type birds use to fly
High-lift, Soaring, High-speed, Elliptical
T/F there are benefits to the eye placements of mammals on their face
True
What are the differences between scales and scutes
Scales come from the outer layer of skin, scutes are produced from a deeper layer. Scales are shed and regrown, scutes are more like human nails that continue as they are worn down
T/F would you find amphibians in saltwater
False
Describe cartilaginous fish fins
Their fins are covered by the same skin that cover their whole body
What is unique about the way that birds breathe?
They have numerous air sacs that hold air and allow for a continuous flow of air through their lungs
What structure do mammals use to bring air into their lungs?
Diaphragm
what is the difference between reptile and amphibian eggs
Reptile eggs are amniotic
Give examples of a squamate
Gecko, lizard, iguana
How do saltwater bony fish osmoregulate
Salt pumps in their gills to pump out excess salt
what are two other things birds use to digest their food
A crop and Gizzard
What is an example of a rodent
Hamster, rat, squirrel
what are the three stages of metamorphosis of an amphibian
egg tadpole adult
4 orders of reptiles
Turtles (testudines), Tuataras, Crocodilians, Squamates
What are the three types of fish
Jawless, Bony, Cartilaginous
what structure helps birds fly
The Keel bone
Example of a Marsupial
Kangaroo, Koala, and opossums