Cold-Blooded Vertebrates

Question 1

Vertebrate

Answer 1

An animal that has a backbone.

Question 2

Endotherms

Answer 2

An animal that can use body heat from chemical reactions in the body’s cells to maintain a constant body temperature.

Question 3

Ectotherm

Answer 3

An organism that needs sources of heat outside of itself.

Question 4

Lateral Line

Answer 4

A faint line visible on both sides of a fish’s body that runs the length of the body and marks the location of sense organs that detect vibrations in water.

Question 5

Gills

Answer 5

A respiratory organ in which oxygen from the water is exchanged with carbon dioxide from the blood.

Question 6

Jawless fishes

Answer 6

Hagfish & lamprey

Question 7

Cartilaginous

Answer 7

Manta ray, skate, and ratfish.

Question 8

Bony FIshes

Answer 8

Cat Fish
Cichild
lungfush

Question 9

Swim Bladder

Answer 9

An internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish.

Question 10

Amphibians

Answer 10

Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia. Typically start out as larvae living in water.

Question 11

Lungs

Answer 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.

Question 12

Tadpole

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Metamorphosis

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Caecilians

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Salamanders

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Frogs

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Toads

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Reptiles

Answer 18

a vertebrate animal of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises.

Question 19

Amniotic Eggs

Answer 19

Amniotic egg The type of egg produced by reptiles, birds, and prototherian mammals , in which the embryo develops inside an amnion.

Question 20

Turtles

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Tortoises

Answer 21

A turtle, typically a herbivorous one that lives on land.

Question 22

Crocodiles

Answer 22

A large predatory reptile with long jaws, long tail, short legs, and a horny textured skin, using submersion and stealth to approach prey unseen.

Question 23

Alligators

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Snakes

Answer 24

a long limbless reptile that has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension.

Question 25

Lizards

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Tuataras

Answer 26

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