Cold-blooded vertebrate

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

Endotherms

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Ectotherms

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

Gills

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 Fishes

Answer 6

Birkenia, Cyclostome

Question 7

Cartilaginous Fishes

Answer 7

sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras.

Question 8

Bony Fishes

Answer 8

Osteichthyes, popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue, as opposed to cartilage.

Question 9

Swim bladder

Answer 9

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