General Characteristics
whats the main difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
vertebrates contain a vertebral column
did the the first vertebrates have exo or endoskeletons?
endo
mammals differ from other vertebrates because of their ability to produce....
Milk
What Method do fishes use for movement
Are Vertebrates heterotrophic or autotrophic
Heterotrophic
Animal kingdom is divided into 2 categories ____ and _____
Vertebrates and invertebrates
the first kind of vertebrates that appeared were_____.
Fish
What are fish missing that most other vertebrates have?
Limbs
What do birds use to move that other vertebrates don't have
Wings.
organisms utilise the food produced by _______
autotrophic organisms
Vertebrates and invertebrates belong to what kingdom?
Animal kingdom
What caused the vertebrates evolution
Their evolution started from the cambrian explosion. 500 million years ago
Birds differ from other vertebrates because of the presence of their...
feathers
heir endoskeleton, made of ___________ bones
Strong
how many types of heterotrophic nutrition methods are there?
3
A vertabrae can also be classified as a _____
Spinal Cord.
What were the first tetrapod Vertebrates?
Amphibians
Reptiles differ from other vertebrates because of their ability to do what?
Ability to Adapt to heat.
Do vertebrates have and endoskeleton or a exoskeleton
endoskeleton
what was 3 of the three heterotrophic types of nutrition
nutrition, saprotrophic, parasitic
are insects vertebrates?
No they are invertebrates.
were Amphibians the first to live on land 365 million years ago or 355 million years ago
365 million years ago.
Reptiles are ______ Vertebrates
When their muscles contract and relax, they pull on bones or other structures to create movement. Skeletal, smooth, and ___________ muscle tissue are the three primary subtypes.
Cardiac
organisms utilise______ and ________
water and carbon dioxide