Cold blooded invertebrates

Question 1

Vertebrates

Answer 1

An animal with a backbone

Question 2

Endothermic

Answer 2

Depends on internal heat

Question 3

Ectotherm

Answer 3

An animal that cannot regulate its own 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

An organ for obtaining oxygen from water

Question 6

Jawless fishes

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Agnatha is a superclass of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both present and extinct species. The group is sister to all vertebrates with jaws, known as gnathostomes

Question 7

Cartilaginous fishes

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Chondrichthyes is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes that have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fishes, which have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue

Question 8

Bony fishes

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Osteichthyes, popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage

Question 9

Swim bladder

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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 (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to waste energy in swimming

Question 10

Lung

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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.

Question 11

Tadpole

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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

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the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

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

Question 14

Salamanders

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Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a 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 10 present-day 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. The oldest fossil “proto-frog” appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago

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

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Amniotic egg

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The type of egg produced by reptiles, birds, and prototherian (egg-laying) mammals (amniotes), in which the embryo develops inside an amnion. The shell of the egg is either calcium-based or leathery

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Turtles

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A slow moving reptile enclose in a scaly or leathery domed shell into which it can retract its head and thick legs

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Tortoises

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A turtle typically a herbivorous one that lives on land

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Crocodiles

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a large predatory semiaquatic reptile with long jaws, long tail, short legs, and a horny textured skin, using submersion and stealth to approach prey unseen. The crocodile has been extensively hunted for its valuable skin.

Question 21

Alligators

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

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 chain

Question 24

Tuataras

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