cold blood animals

Question 1

Vertebrates

Answer 1

an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Question 2

Endotherm

Answer 2

an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm-blooded animal.

Question 3

Ectotherm

Answer 3

an animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat.

Question 4

Lateral Line

Answer 4

a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.

Question 5

Gill

Answer 5

by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.

Question 6

Jawless fishes

Answer 6

lampreys and the hagfish

Question 7

Cartilaginous fishes

Answer 7

Whale Shark Basking Shark Great White Shark Thresher Sharks

Question 8

Bony fishes

Answer 8

Sunfish, bass, catfish, trout, and pike

Question 9

Swim bladder

Answer 9

a gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes used to maintain and control buoyancy.

Question 10

Lung

Answer 10

an open space in a town or city, where people can breathe fresher air.

Question 11

Tadpole

Answer 11

the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian (frog, toad, newt, or salamander), breathing through gills and lacking legs until the later stages of its development.

Question 12

Metamorphosis

Answer 12

a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means.

Question 13

Caecilians

Answer 13

a burrowing worm-like amphibian of a tropical order distinguished by poorly developed eyes and the lack of limbs.

Question 14

Salamanders

Answer 14

a lizard-like amphibian with an elongated body and tail and short limbs once thought able to endure the fire.

Question 15

Frogs

Answer 15

a tailless amphibian with a short squat body, moist smooth skin, and very long hind legs for leaping.

Question 16

Toads

Answer 16

a tailless amphibian with a short stout body and short legs, typically having dry warty skin that can exude poison.

Question 17

Amniotic egg

Answer 17

An air-breathing egg is characterized by a shell and extraembryonic membranes.

Question 18

Tortoises

Answer 18

a turtle, typically a herbivorous one that lives on land.

Question 19

Turtles

Answer 19

a slow-moving reptile, enclosed in a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and thick legs.

Question 20

Crocodiles

Answer 20

a large predatory semiaquatic reptile with long jaws, a long tail, short legs, and horny textured skin.

Question 21

Alligators

Answer 21

a large semiaquatic reptile similar to a crocodile but with a broader and shorter head, native to the Americas and China.

Question 22

Snakes

Answer 22

a long limbless reptile that has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Some snakes have a venomous bites.

Question 23

Lizards

Answer 23

a reptile that typically has a long body and tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and rough, scaly, or spiny skin.

Question 24

Tuataras

Answer 24

a nocturnal burrowing lizard-like reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off New Zealand.