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What are the 6 features of Modern Amphibians

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Ectotherms

Tetrapod’s

Double Circulatory (Undivided Ventricle)

Dependent on Water or Moist environments (Skin Permeable to water) Egg through Adult

External Fertilization or pick up Spermatophore.

Urea

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Caecilians Charteristic is?

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Limbless, Burrowing

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Characteristic of Salamanders are?

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Tailed

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Characteristic of Frogs and Toads are?

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No tail

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Pedomorphosis is?

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Sexually Mature while retaining larval characteristics (Axolotl)

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What are the 4 Characteristics of Class Reptillia?

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Tough Dry Scaly Skin (Keratin) Impermeable to water

Amniotic Egg (Laid on Land) Extraembryonic Membranes

Internal Fertilization

Produce Uric Acid

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Amniotic Egg Features-
Yolk Sac

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Food

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Amniotic Egg Features-
Amnion-

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Water Buffer

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Amniotic Egg Features-
Allantois-

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Waste Repository

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Amniotic Egg Features-
Chorion-

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The Outmost Part membrane is vascularized. Used in gas exchange later Chorioallantoic Membrane

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11
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Turtle Features-
The Shell is made out of with a?

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Carapace with a backbone

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Turtle Features-
What is the bottom part of the shell called?

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Plastron

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Define Oviparous

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Egg Laying- Gravid

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14
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What has it’s own order?

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Tuatara

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What 4 Reptiles have their own order?

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Crocodiles and Alligators and Caiman, Gavial

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What are the differences between Reptiles Skin and Frogs Skin?

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Reptiles have Scales and their Skin is Dry

Frog’s Skin is moist with mucus which keeps them from drying up.

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Distinguish between a snake and a lizard.

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Lizards- Have Eyelids and External Ear and can Regenerate their tail.

Snakes- Do not have eyelids and do not have an External Ear.

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What is the function of Jacobson’s organ in snakes and lizards?

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Used for Smell in addition to their nostrils

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What’s the function of the “pit” of pit vipers? (Rattlesnakes, copperheads)

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Heat-seeking pits help to detect prey in darkness

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The type of Fangs and the Location of the Fangs does the African Boomslang Have?

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Fixed Fang back is found in the back of the jaw (Rear- Fanged)

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The type of Fangs and the Location of the Fangs do Cobra’s and Mamba’s have? Along with Venom?

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Front Fixed Fangs found in the front. Venom Nero-toxin.

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What type of Front Fixed Fang Snake do we have in the U.S?

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Coral Snake

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The type of Fangs and the Location of the Fangs do Rattlesnakes, Vipers and Copperheads have? Along with Venom?

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Front Fanged, Fangs are movable and have heat-seeking pits. Hemolytic Venom causes Blood clots.

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The type of Fangs and the Location of the Fangs do Gabon Vipers have? and What do they don’t have?

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Front Fanged- Fangs are moveable, NO Pits

25
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What is a Characteristic of Modern Mammals?

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Mammary Glands

26
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What type of Hair do Mammals have? (2)

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Guard Hair
Under Guard Hair

27
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What type of Hair provides Insulation for Mammals?

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Under Guard Hair

28
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The Hair for Mammals is what type?

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Epidermally derived

29
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Teeth-
What is it called when you have two sets of teeth, an early set and then a permanent set?

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Diphyodont

30
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What is it called when you have different types of teeth?

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Heterodont

31
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Human Teeth-
What is used for Snipping?

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2 Incisors

32
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Human Teeth-
What is used for Piercing?

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1 Canine

33
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Human Teeth-
What is used for Slicing?

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2 Pre-Molars

34
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Human Teeth-
What is used for Grinding?

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2-3 Molars

35
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Human Teeth-
What is the Third set of Molars called?

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Wisdom Teeth

36
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Human Teeth-
What are the 2 Incisors used for?

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Snipping

37
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Human Teeth-
What is the pair of Canine used for?

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Piercing

38
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Human Teeth-
What is the 2-3 Molars used for?

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Grinding

39
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Human Teeth-
What is the 2 Pre-Molars used for?

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Slicing

40
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What are the Characteristics of Horns? (4)

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Unbranched
Not Shed
Both Genders
Bony Core

41
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What Animal has Horns but sheds them?

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Pronghorns

42
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What are the Characteristics of Antlers? (4)

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Branched
Shed
Solid Bone
Found Only on Males

43
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What Animals has Antlers for Both Genders?

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Caribou

44
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What are the Characteristics of Rhino Horns? (2)

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Keratinized Hair Cemented together, Bone Core

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46
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What Animals are Monotremes? (2)

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Platterpus and Echidna

47
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What is the Platterpus and Echidna Reproductive Patterns?

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Egg Laying Mammals, Young Dependent on the Mother after hatching for milk

48
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Platterpus and Echidna are both?

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Oviparous

49
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What are 3 Marsupials?

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Tasmanian Devil
Tree Kangaroo
Kangaroos

50
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Marsupials are know to have _______ Gestation?

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Short

51
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Marsupials are _______ Animals

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Pouched

52
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What Marsupial has a 33 day Gestation?

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Kangaroo

53
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The Kangaroo can have Three young at once in different life stages, this means?

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1 Out of the Pouch
1 In the Pouch
1 At 100 cell stage in Diapause

54
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What Animals has a Gestation of 21 Days?

A

Mice

55
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What Animal has a Gestation of 22 Months?

A

Elephant

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