Subphylum Vertebrata

Question 1

What is herpetology?

Answer 1

The study of reptiles.

Question 2

What are the four membranes of the Amniotic “shelled” egg?

Answer 2

Chorion
Amnion
Yolk sac
Allantois

Question 3

What is the chorion?

Answer 3

The outermost layer of the Amniotic Egg. Allows gas exchange.

Question 4

What is the amnion?

Answer 4

One of the four membranes of the Amniotic egg. Encases embryo in fluid-filled cavity.

Question 5

What is the purpose of the yolk sac?

Answer 5

Provides food.

Question 6

What is the allantois?

Answer 6

Contains excreted wastes from embryo.

Question 7

What were the 1st reptiles in fossil record?

Answer 7

Lizards

Question 8

What do lizards use for camouflaging?

Answer 8

Chromatophores

Question 9

What makes up 50% of the living reptiles?

Answer 9

Lizards

Question 10

Why did birds and mammals survive the extinction?

Answer 10

Bc they were small and warm blooded.

Question 11

Why did smaller reptiles survive in warmer climates?

Answer 11

Bc they could hibernate and required less food.

Question 12

Are reptiles cold or warm blooded?

Answer 12

Cold

Question 13

What’s the world’s largest lizard?

Answer 13

Komodo Dragoon- Monitor Lizard

Question 14

What did snakes evolve from?

Answer 14

Lizards

Question 15

What’s the #1 snake bite in SC?

Answer 15

Copperhead

Question 16

Which snake has heat sensitive pits and elliptical pupils?

Answer 16

Copperhead

Question 17

Which snakes have collapsible fangs?

Answer 17

Rattlesnake, Copperhead, Water Moccasin

Question 18

What’s another name for the Water Moccasin?

Answer 18

Cottonmouth

Question 19

Which snake is the most toxic species in the US?

Answer 19

Coral Snake

Question 20

What kind of affect does the neurotoxin do?

Answer 20

Rapidly spreads in body affecting breathing.

Question 21

What examples are there of snakes with fixed (non-collapsible) fang vipers?

Answer 21

Coral Snake & Cobra

Question 22

Which snake is known for being nonpoisonous?

Answer 22

Milk Snake

Question 23

What snake is the world’s largest poisonous snake?

Answer 23

King Cobra

Question 24

What is the main difference between turtles and tortoises?

Answer 24

Turtles are aquatic. Tortoises are land dwellers.

Question 25

What is the world's largest turtle?

Answer 25

Leatherback Turtle

Question 26

What's the world's largest tortoise?

Answer 26

Galapagos Tortoise

Question 27

What are alligators and crocodiles hunted for?

Answer 27

Leather-like skin

Question 28

When do alligators and crocodiles hibernate?

Answer 28

In the winter

Question 29

What are some characteristics of an alligator's structure?

Answer 29

Have a rounded mouth, even teeth, and a smooth eye lid.

Question 30

What are some characteristics of a crocodile's structure?

Answer 30

Crocodiles have a more pointed mouth, a serious overbite, and a lobe of tissue over their eye lid and tympana.

Question 31

What does the Class Aves consist of?

Answer 31

The birds

Question 32

What is ornithology?

Answer 32

The study of birds

Question 33

What did the birds evolve from?

Answer 33

The reptiles

Question 34

What is the oldest bird in the fossil record and has reptilian characteristics?

Answer 34

Archaopteryx

Question 35

What kind of fertilization takes places for reptiles?

Answer 35

Internal fertilization

Question 36

What is sexual dimorphism?

Answer 36

Difference between male and female appearance

Question 37

What is the flight of a feather?

Answer 37

Extends beyond body (wings & tail)

Question 38

What is the contour of a feather?

Answer 38

Form to the shape of the body.

Question 39

What is the down of a feather?

Answer 39

Feather underwear

Question 40

What is the preening of a feather?

Answer 40

Arranging feathers

Question 41

What is the largest bird in the world?

Answer 41

Ostrich

Question 42

What is the smallest bird in the world?

Answer 42

Hummingbird

Question 43

What are the three classes of the Subphylum Vertebrata?

Answer 43

Class Reptilia Class Aves Class Mammalia

Question 44

What is Ratite?

Answer 44

Nonflying birds

Question 45

What of blood cells do birds have?

Answer 45

Nucleated blood cells (mitosis)

Question 46

What does Class Mammalia have to protect their body?

Answer 46

Hair

Question 47

What are the three ways mammals reproduce?

Answer 47

Egg laying: Monotremes. Pouched: Marsupials. Internally developed Placenta

Question 48

What are monotremes?

Answer 48

The egg laying mammals

Question 49

What is the most famous member of this group?

Answer 49

DuckBilled Platypus

Question 50

What's unique about the platypus?

Answer 50

It shows characteristics of its reptilian ancestors and is considered a transition organism.

Question 51

What other mammal is known for being an egg laying mammal?

Answer 51

The Spiney Anteater/ Echidna

Question 52

What are Marsupials?

Answer 52

The pouched mammals

Question 53

What are the most successful group of mammals?

Answer 53

The placentals

Question 54

Where are most species of marsupials found?

Answer 54

Australia and New Zealand

Question 55

What glands secrete oil to protect the hair and skin of mammals?

Answer 55

Sebaceous glands

Question 56

What is the world's largest animal in the world?

Answer 56

Blue whale

Question 57

What are Ungulates?

Answer 57

Hoofed mammals

Question 58

What are examples of ungulates?

Answer 58

Horses, cattle, hogs, & deers

Question 59

What are carnivores?

Answer 59

Predaceous meat eaters.

Question 60

What are cetaceans? What are some examples?

Answer 60

Marine mammals; Whales and Dolphins

Question 61

What are chiroptera? Example?

Answer 61

Flying mammals; bats

Question 62

What are some examples of rodents?

Answer 62

Rats, squirrels, and beavers.

Question 63

What are proboscideans?

Answer 63

Trunked mammals

Question 64

What's the largest land mammals?

Answer 64

Proboscideans