STAA Chordates and Mammals

Hakuna Chordata

100

What phylum do Mammals belong to?

Chordata (chordates)

200

This supporting rod of Chordates turns into the Vetebrae (backbones).

Notochord 

300

This part of chordates turns into the spinal cord.  

Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord

400

Some species keep this part to swat flies and/or swing from trees.  

Postanal Tail

500

These parts turn into the pharynx, tonsils, and inner ear tubes.  

Pharyngeal Pouches

Your Mammal

100

This is what mammals breathe.

Air (oxygen from air)

200

Number of chambers in a Mammal's Heart

4

300

This means a mammal is warm- blooded.

Endothermic

400

Female mammals all have these structures to produce milk.

Mammary glands  

500

Define homeostasis and give an example.

Maintaining a stable internal environment....regulating waste, temperature, blood pressure, etc...

How you do it?

100

Mammals that nourish their young with a Placenta

Placental

200

Mammals who nourish their young in a pouch

Marsupials

300

Mammals that lay eggs

Monotremes

400

This keeps a fetus attached to the placenta and makes your belly button

Umbilical Cord 

500

Give an example of each:  Placental Mammal,  Marsupial,  Monotreme

Varies...

Primates

100

What type of vision do primates have?  

Binocular

200

Give an example of a prosimian.

Lemur, tarsier, bush babies...

300

Give an example of a hominoid.

Monkeys, Apes, Humans...

400

What allows primates to have higher thinking and organized societies (aka adopting orphans and starting wars).  

Large Cerebrum (big brain)

500

What is a prehensile tail?  

a tail that can be used as an appendage and wrap around tree branches

Old Stuff

100

The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

Osmosis

200

Give an example of a Cephalopod

Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish

300

This is the powerhouse of the cell.

Mitochondrion

400

Give an example of a Gastropod

slug or snail

500

The balanced equation for Photosynthesis.  

6H₂0 + 6CO₂  ----> C₆H₁₂O₆ +  6O₂