Early Chordates
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians/Fish
Mammals
100
List one example of an invertebrate chordate
What is tunicate or lancelet
100
What one characteristic do birds have that no other vertebrate does?
What is Feathers
100
What group of reptiles has a hard shell
What is turtles
100
True or False amphibians breath through their skin
What is True
200
What are the 4 traits that all chordates share
What is Nerve Cord, Notocord, Tail, Pharyngeal Pouches
200
Name at least 2 defining characteristics of birds
What is feathers, wings, hollow bones, beaks
200
List the three groups of reptiles
What is Lizards, Turtles and Tortoises, Snakes
200
Besides breathing through the skin what other defining characteristic do all amphibians share
What is can live in both land and water at some point of their life
300
What do scientists call chordates without backbones
What is invertebrate chordates
300
What do penguins use their wings for?
What is swimming to catch prey
300
How do reptiles warm their bodies
What is basking, warming up in the sun, laying on a warm rock
300
What are the three groups of amphibians
What is Caecilians, Toads and Frogs, Salamanders
300
what type of eggs do mammals have
What is amniotic eggs
400
Name all of the groups of vertebrate chordates
What is Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals
400
What type of egg do birds lay
What is amniotic eggs
400
Are reptiles endoderms or ectoderms
What is ectoderms
400
List the three groups of fish and one characteristic of each.
What is bony fish, jawless fish, sharks and rays
400
List an example for each group of mammal
What is see answers
500
Draw an example of a lancelet and label the 4 characteristics of chordates
What is see student drawing
500
Are birds endoderm or ectoderm
What is endoderm
500
True or False Reptiles were the first organisms to lay amniotic eggs
What is True
500
List one example for each group of fish
What is see student answers
500
What are the defining characteristics of mammals
What is fur, mammary glands