Cold-Blooded Vertebrate Vocabulary Cards

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Vertebrates

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Endotherms

Question 3

an animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat. example: a cold-blooded animal

Answer 3

Ectotherms

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Lateral Line

Question 5

the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians

Answer 5

Gills

Question 6

any of the taxonomic group of primitive vertebrates without jaws including cyclostomes and extinct related forms; examples: Heterostrac, Pteraspidomorphi

Answer 6

Jawless Fishes (2 examples)

Question 7

a fish of a class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone; examples: sharks, rays, and chimeras

Answer 7

Cartilaginous Fishes (3 examples)

Question 8

any of a major taxon comprising fishes with a bony rather than a cartilaginous skeleton; examples: eels, mackerels, and sunfish

Answer 8

Bony Fishes (3 examples)

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Swim Bladder

Question 10

a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage

Answer 10

Amphibians

Question 11

each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. _____ are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups

Answer 11

Lungs

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Tadpole

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Metamorphosis

Question 14

a burrowing wormlike amphibian of a tropical order distinguished by poorly developed eyes and the lack of limbs

Answer 14

Caecilians

Question 15

a newtlike amphibian that typically has bright markings, and that once was thought to be able to endure fire

Answer 15

Salamanders

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Frogs

Question 17

a group of animals comprising today’s turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives

Answer 17

Reptiles

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Amniotic Eggs

Question 19

reptiles by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield. “______” may refer to the order as a whole or to fresh-water and sea-dwelling testudines

Answer 19

Turtles (description)

Question 20

are a family of land-dwelling vertebratessimilar to turtles. __________ are shielded from predators by a shell

Answer 20

Tortoises (description)

Question 21

a large predatory reptile with long jaws, long tail, short legs, and a horny textured skin, using submersion(going underwater) and stealth to approach prey unseen

Answer 21

Crocodiles (description)

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Alligators (description)

Question 23

a long limbless reptile that has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of opening to a large size. some use venom to kill it’s prey

Answer 23

Snakes (description)

Question 24

a reptile that typically has a long body and tail, four legs, movable eyelids, and a rough, scaly, or spiny skin and can come in various sizes

Answer 24

Lizards (description)

Question 25

a kind of reptile that lives in New Zealand and similarly looks like an iguana, but are not related

Answer 25

Tuataras (description)