Amphibians MOVEMENT on Land

Question 1

Air fluctuates in temperature more _____ compared to water

Answer 1

Rapidly

Question 2

Bony elements of _________ resemble limbs of amphibians

Answer 2

Lobe-finned fishes

Question 3

Fossil with tetrapod legs

Answer 3

Acanthostega (italiced)

Question 4

Sister group of tetrapods

Answer 4

Lobe-finned fishes

Question 5

Adaptions for life on land include

Answer 5

1. Skull
2. Teeth
3. Pectoral Girdle
4. Jointed limbs

Question 6

Early salamanders developed

Answer 6

Weaker legs
Well developed tail

Question 7

Developed webbing on hindlimbs

Answer 7

Anurans

Question 8

Responsible for hearing

Answer 8

Olfactory epithelium

Question 9

Body temp relies on environment

Answer 9

Ectotherms

Question 10

Eggs easily

Answer 10

Dessicate and must be kept moist

Question 11

Fertilization is

Answer 11

Internal

Question 12

Order of Salamander

Answer 12

Order Caudata

Question 13

This salamander is 1.5m long

Answer 13

Japanese giant salamander

Question 14

Salamanders are

Answer 14

Ectotherms

Question 15

Amphibian sperm is called

Answer 15

Spermatophore

Question 16

These newt species skip _____ stage and remain entirely aquatic

Answer 16

Red eft

Question 17

Aquatic species that Lose their gills and respiratory by lungs

Answer 17

Amphiumas

Question 18

Family Plethodontidae lack lungs and use

Answer 18

cutaneous respiration

Question 19

Preservation of pre-adulthood features

Answer 19

Paedomorphosis

Question 20

Non-metamorphic species that retain gills

Answer 20

perennibranchiates

Question 21

Axolotl Scientific name

Answer 21

Ambystoma tigrinum

Question 22

Frogs and toads belong to order?

Answer 22

Orde Anura

Question 23

Family Ranidae contains

Answer 23

Common larger frogs in North america

Question 24

This family includes tree frogs

Answer 24

Family Hylidae

Question 25

Contains toads with wart skins

Answer 25

Family Bufonidae

Question 26

Specie that caused the decline of anurans

Answer 26

Bufo marinus

Question 27

Frogs that release highly toxic skin poisons

Answer 27

Dendrobatid frogs

Question 28

Produces skin color

Answer 28

Chromatophores

Question 29

Responsible for yellow, orange, red pigments

Answer 29

xanthophores

Question 30

Middle layer of coloration is composed of

Answer 30

Iridophores

Question 31

Deep layer is composed of

Answer 31

Melanophores

Question 32

Three respiratory surface of amphibians

Answer 32

1. Skin 2. Mouth 3. Lungs

Question 33

The skin provides

Answer 33

cutaneous breathing

Question 34

The mouth provides

Answer 34

buccal breathing

Question 35

Frogs and toads are dependent on

Answer 35

Lung breathing

Question 36

Gas molecules diffuse about _______ more rapidly in air than in water

Answer 36

10,000 times

Question 37

Water is 800 times and about 10,000 tines _____ than in air

Answer 37

More viscous

Question 38

Small sac inside the lungs of mammals

Answer 38

Alveoli

Question 39

Male have better developed ______ compared to females when it comes to vocalization

Answer 39

Larynx

Question 40

Frog heart contains

Answer 40

1 undivided ventricle 2 separate atria

Question 41

Blood from body enters through

Answer 41

sinus venosus and right atrium

Question 42

Blood from lungs enters the

Answer 42

Left atrium

Question 43

Separates oxygenated and deoxygenated blood

Answer 43

conus arteriosus

Question 44

Blood separation is aided by

Answer 44

Spiral valve

Question 45

Adult amphibians are

Answer 45

Carnivorous

Question 46

Larval stages, tadpoles, are

Answer 46

Herbivores

Question 47

3 parts of the brain

Answer 47

1. Forebrain or telencephalon(smell( 2. Midbrain or mesencephalon(vision) 3. Hindbrain or rhombencephalon(hearing and balance(

Question 48

In the brain, _____ is of little function

Answer 48

Cerebrum

Question 49

Enlarged anterior end of the spinal cord

Answer 49

Medulla

Question 50

Medulla perceives

Answer 50

1. Auditory reflexes 2. Respiration 3. Swallowing 4. Vasomotor control

Question 51

Found in larvae or aquatic adults only

Answer 51

Lateral line

Question 52

Eardrum

Answer 52

Tympanic membrane

Question 53

Covered with tectorial membrane

Answer 53

Lagena

Question 54

Keeps the eye moist, free of dust, and protected

Answer 54

Lachrymal glands Eyelids

Question 55

When the male clasps the female for mating

Answer 55

amplexus

Question 56

Tadpole hatches in

Answer 56

6-9 days