cold-blooded Vertebrates

Question 1

an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column

Answer 1

Vertebrates

Question 2

an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat/ warm blooded animal

Answer 2

endotherms

Question 3

an animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat

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 by which oxygen is extracted from

Answer 5

gills

Question 6

any of the taxonomic group of primitive vertebrates without jaws - heterostraci and arandaspididae

Answer 6

jawless fishes

Question 7

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

Answer 7

cartilaginous fishes

Question 8

a fish of a large class distinguished by a skeleton of bone and comprising the majority of modern fishes - Cichlid, Catfish, and lungfish

Answer 8

bony fishes

Question 9

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

Answer 9

swim bladder

Question 10

a cold blooded vertebrate animal that are distinguished by having aquatic gill-breathing larval stage and terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage

Answer 10

amphibians

Question 11

each pair of organs in the rib cage so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed

Answer 11

lungs

Question 12

the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian breathing through gills and lacking legs until its later stages

Answer 12

tadpole

Question 13

the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form from 2 or more distinct stages

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metamorphosis

Question 14

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

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caecilians

Question 15

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

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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

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

Answer 17

toads

Question 18

a vertebrate animal, dry scaly skin and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land

Answer 18

reptiles

Question 19

the type of egg produced by reptiles, birds, and prototherian mammals in which the embryo develops inside an amnion, usually is calcium-based or leathery

Answer 19

amniotic eggs

Question 20

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

Answer 20

turtles

Question 21

a turtle, typically a herbivorous one that lives on land

Answer 21

tortoises

Question 22

a large predatory semi aquatic reptile with long jaws, long tail, short legs, and horny texture skin

Answer 22

crocodiles

Question 23

a large semi aquatic reptile similar to a crocodile but with a broader and shorter head

Answer 23

alligator

Question 24

long limbless reptile that has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension - some have a venomous bite

Answer 24

snakes

Question 25

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

Answer 25

lizards

Question 26

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

Answer 26

tuataras