Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles

Question 0

Tough,flexible tissue that joins vertebrae and makes up all or part of the vertebrate endoskeleton

Answer 0

Cartilage

Question 1

Supportive framework of a bone and/or cartilage that provides an internal place for muscle attachment and protects a vertebrate’s internal organs.

Answer 1

Endoskeleton

Question 2

Backbones that are joined by flexible cartilage and protect a vertebrate’s spinal nerve cord

Answer 2

Vertebrae

Question 3

Vertebrate animal with nearly constant internal temperature.

Answer 3

Endotherm

Question 4

Vertebrate animal whose internal temperature changes when the temperature of its environment changes

Answer 4

Ectotherm

Question 5

To warn by continued exposure to heat

Answer 5

Bask

Question 6

Egg covered with a shell that provides a complete environment for the embryo’s development ; for reptiles, a major adaption for living on land

Answer 6

Amniotic egg

Question 7

Place where an organism lives and that Provides the types of food shelter moisture and temperature.

Answer 7

Habitat

Question 8

Cyclic response of inactivity and slowed metabolism that occurs during periods of cold temperatures and limited food supplies.

Answer 8

Hibernation

Question 9

Inactivity in hot, dry months.

Answer 9

Estivation

Question 10

Animal that has a notochord, a nerve cord, pharyngeal pouches and a postanal tail present at some stage of it’s development

Answer 10

Chordate

Question 11

Firm but flexible structure that extends along the upper part of a chordate’s body

Answer 11

Notochord

Question 12

Muscular structure at the end of a developing chordate

Answer 12

Postanal tail

Question 13

Tubelike structure above the notochord that in most chordate’s develops into the brain and spinal cord

Answer 13

Nerve cord

Question 14

In developing chordates, the paired openings found in the area between the mouth and digestive tube

Answer 14

Pharyngeal pouches