Marine Reptiles, Birds, And Mammals

Question 0

Amphibians

Answer 0

1st land tetrapods

Question 1

Tetrapods

Answer 1

Having 4 limbs

Question 2

Reptiles

Answer 2

Evolved from Amphibians

Question 3

Birds and Mammals

Answer 3

Evolved from different groups reptiles

Question 4

Poilkilterms

Answer 4

Internal temps varies, cold blooded

Question 5

Ectotherms

Answer 5

Metabolic rates varies with temp

Question 6

Carapace

Answer 6

Bodies enclosed by a shell that is infused to a backbone

-like a sea turtle

Question 7

Arribada

Answer 7

Mass nesting, 100-200 eggs

Question 8

Temperature dependent sex determination

Answer 8

• nest incubated at higher temps: hatch as females

- global climate change: sex ratios

Question 9

Why are sea turtles in endangered?

Answer 9

Meat
Tortoiseshell jewelry
Leather 
Artificial light
Collection of eggs 
Net entailment 
Plastic consumption

Question 10

Endangered

Answer 10

Probably not going to survive

Question 11

Ovoviviparous

Answer 11

Give birth to live young

Question 12

Marine iguana

Answer 12

Herbivores
Inhabit Galapagos island
Evolved from land iguanas

Question 13

Salt water crocodile

Answer 13

Inhibit mangrove swamps (Indian Ocean, Australia, some western pacific islands

• live mostly on the coast
• most aggressive

Question 14

What qualities a bird to be considered a seabird?

Answer 14

Spend a significant portion of their life at sea
Homeotherms
Endothermic
Covered in waterproof feathers 
Oil glands at base of the tail
Light hollow bones

Question 15

Seabirds and reproduction

Answer 15

Breed in large colonies
Mate for life
Build nests on ground
Lay fewer eggs: parental care

Question 16

Beluga whale creature of the week

Answer 16

Mammal
Completely white due to living in the Arctic
Cetacean
No dorsal fin

Question 17

Penguins

Answer 17

Powerful swimmers with streamline bodies
Flightless
Clumsy on land because they are near sided
Live only in the Southern Hemisphere

Question 18

What is unique about penguins and reproduction

Answer 18

Mate for life
Lay eggs during coldest time so they hatch during winter
Use parental care

Question 19

Name 3 types of Tubenoses

Answer 19

Albatrosses
Shearriaters
Petvels

Question 20

Salt glands

Answer 20

Empty into nostrils

Question 21

Pelicans and related birds have

Answer 21

Have a pouch below beaks

Feed by plunging into the water to catch fish

Question 22

Comorants birds have

Answer 22

Black, long-necked

Five to purse prey

Question 23

Frigate birds

Answer 23

Narrow wings, long forked tail
Force other seabirds to regulate
Not waterproof

Question 24

Gulls and related birds

Answer 24

Common and widespread Predators and scavengers Congregate near piers, garbage dumps Often steal eggs from other birds

Question 25

Tern birds

Answer 25

Hover over prey before plunging for it

Question 26

Puffins

Answer 26

Cold water divers Heavy beak Winds adapted for swimming

Question 27

Shorebirds

Answer 27

``` Plovers, sand pipers Not true sea birds Wading Do not swim Common on beach, estuanes, costal marshes ```

Question 28

What class are mammals in

Answer 28

Mammalia

Question 29

Mammals are

Answer 29

Endotherms Homeotherms Viviparous Nourished by maternal bloodstream through placenta Use parental care Feed by mammary gland Complex bladder, storage and process into

Question 30

Viviparous

Answer 30

Live bearing, embryos developed within mothers body

Question 31

What classifies under pinnipeds (fin footed)

Answer 31

Seals, sea lions, walrus

Question 32

Blubber

Answer 32

Think layer of fat for insulation, food reserve buoyancy

Question 33

Pinnipeds have/

Answer 33

``` Paddle shaped flippers Rest and breed on land Evolved from terresial carnivores (lions, tigers, and bears) Predators feed on squid and krill Bristly hair: protection against cold ```

Question 34

What is the difference between seals and seal lions

Answer 34

Seals Rear flippers that cannot be moved forward, swim with rear flippers Sea lions are earred seals, cannot move rear flippers swim w broad front flippers