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Chapter 34C: Vertebrates Cont. Slide 80 Flashcards

1
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Are tetrapods that have a terrestrially adapted egg

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Amniotes

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Are tetrapods whose living members are the reptiles (including birds) and mammals

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Amniotes

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Amniotes are named for the ________ _____, which contains ___ membranes that protect the embryo

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Amniotic egg; 4

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4
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A key adaptation for life on land, the amniotic egg reduced dependence on ______ for reproduction

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water

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What are the 4 extraembryonic membranes

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Amnion
Chorion
Yolk sac
Allantois

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A fluid-filled sac that surrounds, bathes, and cushions the embryo

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Amnion

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Function in gas exchange, nutrient transfer, and waste storage

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Yolk sac
Chorion
Allantois

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Tuataras, lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodilians, and birds

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Reptiles

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9
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Lizards and snakes

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Squamates

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Reptiles have scales containing _________ to protect skin from desiccation and abrasion

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Keratin

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Most reptiles are _________, absorbing external heat as the main source of body heat

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Ectothermic

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12
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Regulate their body temperature through behavioral adaptations

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Ectotherms

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13
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Birds are __________, capable of maintaining body temperature through metabolic activity

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Endothermic

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14
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Earliest reptiles that resembled lizards

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Diapsids

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Have a pair of holes on either side of the skull through which muscle attach to the jaw

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Diapsids

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What are the 3 lineages of Diapsids?

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Turtles
Lepidosaurs
Archosaurs

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Include living tuataras, lizards, and snakes, and extinct mososaurs

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Lepidosaurs

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Include living crocodilians, and extinct pterosaurs and dinosaurs

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Archosaurs

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19
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Bipedal carnivores (T-Rex)

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Theropods

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20
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Two lineages of turtles

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Side-necked
Vertical-necked

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21
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Fold their neck horizontally

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Side-necked turtles

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Fold their neck vertically

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Vertical-necked turtles

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Largest living species of turtles

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Sea turtles

24
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Lepidosaurs —> _________ (lizards and snakes)

25
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_______ are descendants from lizards with legs

26
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Snakes use _________ _______ to grip the ground at several points and pull their body up and forward

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Belly scales

27
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Birds are _________ that have evolved extensive modifications in their adaptation to flight

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Archosaurs

28
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Birds lack

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Urinary bladder

29
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How many ovary do female birds have?

30
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Bird feathers are made of ___-________ are arranged to form wings into _______

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Beta-keratin; airfoils

31
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Birds have ______ vision, acute eyesight, and ______ muscle control to support flight

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Color; fine

32
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What in birds benefits hunting and scavenging, escapee from terrestrial predators, and long-distance migration

33
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What two structures in birds insulate the body, reducing heat loss

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Feathers and layer of fat

34
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Fertilization in birds is

35
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The clade that includes the 28 orders of living birds

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Neornithes

36
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Order of flightless birds including the ostrich, rhea, kiwi, cassowary, and emu

37
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Are amniotes that have hair and produce milk

38
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What structure in mammals produce milk to feed young

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Mammary glands

39
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In mammals, these two structures allow for insulation

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Hair
Fat layer under the skin

40
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In mammals, conserve water from wastes

41
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In mammals, structure used for shearing, crushing or grinding

42
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Mammals in arid environments, structure that limits evaporative water loss

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Thick oily skin

43
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Mammals in arid environments, structure that increase efficiency of water reabsorption when exhaling

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Large nasal passages

44
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Mammals in arid environments, two structures that absorb most of the water from food, losing little in feces and urine

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Large intestine
Kidneys

45
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Amniotes that include mammals

46
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All synapsids are distinguished by a single ___________ ___________ (hole behind each eye socket)

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Temporal fenestra

47
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Egg-laying mammals

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Monotremes

48
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Mammals with a pouch

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Marsupials

49
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Placental mammals

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Eutherians

50
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Are a small group of egg-laying mammals

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Monotremes

51
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Include 4 species of echidnas and one species of platypus

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Monotremes

52
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In Monotremes, females lack _______ and secrete milk from ________ on their bellies; babies suck milk from their _______

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Nipples; glands; fur

53
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Nipples to provide milk
Birth of live young
Embryonic development in the uterus
A placenta for nutrient transfer

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Marsupials

54
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Are born early and continue to develop while nursing in pouch called the ___________

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Marsupials; marsupium

55
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Compared with marsupials, ___________ have a more complex ________ and longer ______________

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Eutherians; placenta; pregnancies

56
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The mammalian order that includes lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys and apes

57
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_________ are members of the ape group

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