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Vertebrates
Vocab
Fishes
Amphibians
Reptiles
100
An animal with a backbone is called this.
What is a Vertebrate?
100
the bones that make up the back bone
What is vertebrae
100
An animal that is a vertebrate, lives in water and have fins are what?
What is a fish.
100
What kind of metamorphosis do frogs go through?
What is complete metamorphosis.
100
both lizards and snakes are reptiles that have skin covered with these.
What is scales
200
At some point in their lives, chordates will have this.
What is a notochord.
200
the organ that helps stabilize the fish at different depths in the water.
What is swimbladder
200
A jawless fish skeleton is made up of what?
What is cartilage.
200
What do frogs use for movement?
What is sticky pads and webbed feet.
200
a turtle that spends all of its life on land
What is tortoise
300
An animal that does not produce much internal heat is this?
What is ectotherms.
300
an egg with a shell and internal membranes that keep the embryo moist
What is amniotic egg
300
This type of fish relies on swimming to get oxygen.
What is cartilagious fish.
300
What is the main reason for the decrease in frogs population?
What is habitat loss
300
waterproof skin, amniotic egg, kidneys that preserve water, ectothermic, and vertabrate.
What is the characteristics of reptiles.
400
An animal that regulates its body heat is this?
What is endotherms.
400
the name of the chambers in the heart of an amphibian.
What is atrium or ventricle.
400
This type makes up 95 percent of all fish species.
What is bony fish.
400
How many chambers does an amphibians heart have?
What is 3
400
the earliest vertebrates that had legs directly beneath them.
What is dinosaurs
500
What are the slits in the throat in chordates called?
What is pharyngeal.
500
the phylum whose members have a notochord and slits in their throat area at some point in their lives.
What is chordate
500
Other then swimming, what do fish use there fins for?
What is balance.
500
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged through what of adult amphibians?
What is the skin
500
reptiles that care for their young.
What is alligators and crocodiles.