Cold Blooded

Question 1

Vertrebrate

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 which detect pressure and vibration.

Question 5

Gill

Answer 5

the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.

Question 6

Jawless Fish

Answer 6

lampreys and the hagfish.

Question 7

Cartilaginous fishes

Answer 7

Whale Shark.
Basking Shark.
Great White Shark.
Thresher Sharks.
Skates.
Southern Stingray.

Question 8

Bony Fish

Answer 8

Tuna.
Atlantic cod.
Red lionfish.
Giant frogfish.
Seahorses.
Ocean sunfish.

Question 9

Swim Bladder

Answer 9

The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to expend energy in swimming.

Question 10

Lung

Answer 10

The lungs are a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax). The trachea (windpipe) conducts inhaled air into the lungs through its tubular branches, called bronchi. The bronchi then divide into smaller and smaller branches (bronchioles), finally becoming microscopic.

Question 11

Tadpole

Answer 11

A tadpole is the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial. Tadpoles have some features that may not be found in adult amphibians such as a lateral line, gills, and tails.

Question 12

Metamorphosis

Answer 12

change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means the metamorphosis of humans into animals. b : a striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances The company has gone through a series of metamorphoses.

Question 13

Caecilians

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Caecilians are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics of South and Central America, Africa, and southern Asia.

Question 14

Salamanders

Answer 14

Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten extant salamander families are grouped together under the order Urodela.

Question 15

Frogs

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A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura.

Question 16

Toads

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Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.

Question 17

Amniotic Egg

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The amniotic egg: An air-breathing egg characterized by a shell and extraembryonic membranes. These enclosed the amniote embryo in a private pond during its development and mediated gas-exchange with the external environment.

Question 18

Turtles

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Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the side-necked turtles and hidden neck turtles which differ in the way the head retracts.

Question 19

Tortioses

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Tortoises are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines. They are particularly distinguished from other turtles by being exclusively land-dwelling, while many other turtle species are at least partly aquatic. Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats.

Question 20

Crocodiles

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Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia

Question 21

Alligators

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An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator and the Chinese alligator. Additionally, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains.

Question 22

Snakes

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Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales

Question 23

Lizards

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Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

Question 24

Tuataras

Answer 24

Tuatara are reptiles endemic to New Zealand. Although resembling most lizards, they are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia. Their name derives from the Māori language, and means “peaks on the back”.