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TEST 4 Flashcards

1
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what animals are in the suborder Sauria

A

lizards

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2
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what kind of environment are lizards found in

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  • terrestrial

- marine

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3
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what animals are in suborder serperites

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snakes

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4
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what kind of limbs do snakes have

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limbless

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5
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true or false: snakes have great vision

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false

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6
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do snakes have an external tympanum

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no

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7
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how many species of crocodiles are there

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21

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8
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what kind of heart do crocodiles have

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4 chamber heart

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9
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what kind of skull do crocodiles have

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dorsal-ventrally flattened skull

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10
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describe the eye sockets of crocodiles

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triangular eye sockets

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11
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what kind of teeth do crocodiles have

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laterally compressed teeth

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12
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true or false: crocodiles do a lot of parenting

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true

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13
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what kind of external structures does class reptilia have

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scales

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14
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define ecdysis

A

shedding

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15
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special feature of scales

A

they are water proof

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16
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true or false: some animals in class reptilia have chromatophores

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true

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17
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what are the 5 uses of chromatophores

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  • camouflage
  • courtship
  • territory
  • sex
  • species
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18
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how do salamanders walk

A

zig zag

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19
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how do lizards walk

A

straight line

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20
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why do lizards walk in a straight line and salamanders don’t

A

because lizards have medially mounted legs

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21
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2 pros of having medially mounted legs

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  • belly is off the ground

- straight line motion

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22
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is class reptilia carnivores or herbivores

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  • most are carnivores

- very few are herbivores

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23
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what kind of tongue does class reptilia have

A

sticky

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24
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true or false : there are no animals in class reptilia that are venomous

A

false

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25
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what animals have a pineal eye

A

snakes

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26
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describe the pineal eye

A
  • not focusable

- light/dark

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27
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circadian rhythm

A

timing of life events

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28
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zeitgeber

A

Environmental stimulus that sets circadian rhythm

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29
Q

how does class reptilia hear

A

tympanum

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30
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what is the tympanum sensitive to

A

air-borne sounds

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31
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what do snakes/lizards use to smell

A

Jacobson’s organ

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32
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how does the Jacobson’s organ work

A

allows snakes to smell left and right

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33
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what does class reptilia use to detect heat

A

pit organ

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34
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what kind of animals does the pit organ detect

A

endothermic animals

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35
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what kind of waste is secreted in class reptilia

A

uric acid

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36
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in class reptilia are animals dioecious or monoecious

A

dioecious

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37
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how does class reptilia reproduce

A
  • very few do asexual reproduction

- internal fertilization

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38
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what is the egg called in class reptilia

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amniotic egg

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39
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what are the extra mmbs in the amniotic egg

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  • allantois
  • yolk sac
  • ammion
  • chorion
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40
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describe class aves heart

A
  • 4 heart chambers
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41
Q

is class aves endothermic or ectothermic

A

endothermic

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42
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external structures in class aves

A
  • scales
  • claws
  • beaks
  • feathers
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43
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function of down feathers

A

insulation

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44
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what is filoplume feathers sensitive to

A

air current sensitive

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45
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what are contour feathers used for

A

flight

46
Q

what is special about the bones of class aves

A
  • gas filled

- strutted

47
Q

true or false: class aves does not have any teeth

A

true

48
Q

function of wings in class aves

A

create lift for flight

49
Q

thoracic, lumbar, sacral vertebrae are fused together to make what

A

synsacrum

50
Q

fused caudal vertebrae

A

pygostyle

51
Q

function of the keeled sternum

A

increases sa for flight muscle attachment

52
Q

fused clavicles

A

furculum

53
Q

fused carpals

A

carpometacarpus

54
Q

function of carpometacarpus

A

allows wing to move quickly w/o bending

55
Q

how do birds and planes fly

A

air foil

56
Q

for flight lift has to be (more than or less than) gravity

A

more than

57
Q

for flight thrust has to be (more than or less than) drag

A

more than

58
Q

how do the pectoralis move the wings

A

down and forward

59
Q

how does the supracoracoideus move the wings

A

up and back

60
Q

true or false: birds have a very inefficient digestive track

A

false

61
Q

what do birds excrete

A

uric acid

62
Q

what reproductive strategy are birds

A

oviparous

63
Q

oviparous def

A

young are hatched in eggs

64
Q

monogamous

A

1 male and 1 female

65
Q

polygynous

A

1 male and many females

66
Q

polyandrous

A

many males and 1 female

67
Q

what is a group of eggs called

A

clutch

68
Q

describe precocial baby animal

A
  • not naked
  • aware
  • motile
  • cute
69
Q

describe altricial baby animal

A
  • naked
  • unaware
  • not motile
  • ugly
70
Q

what kinds of birds have a great sense of smell

A
  • vultures

- detrivores

71
Q

how is bird’s vision

A

well developed

72
Q

true or false: diurnal birds have better color vision than nocturnal birds

A

true

73
Q

what are cones sensitive to

A

wavelength

74
Q

what are cones not sensitive to

A

light

75
Q

what are rods sensitive to

A

light

76
Q

what are rods not sensitive to

A

wavelength

77
Q

do nocturnal animals have more rods or cones

A

rods

78
Q

do birds have pinna

A

no

79
Q

how do birds know where to go when they migrate

A
  • earth’s magnetic field

- celestial bodies

80
Q

what kind of heart does class mammalia have

A

4 chambers

81
Q

what does class mammalia have for external anatomy

A
  • hair

- claws

82
Q

what reproductive strategy does class mammalia use

A
  • oviparous

- viviparous

83
Q

coordinated response to a stimulus

A

behavior

84
Q

anything perceived

A

stimulus

85
Q

fixed action pattern

A

stimulation via sign stimulus

86
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modified based on experience

A

learned behaviors

87
Q

what kind of learning decides what kind of animal you are

A

Imprinting

88
Q

classical Conditioning

A

associate 2 unrelated stimuli

89
Q

what kind of learning is based on consequence

A

operant conditioning

90
Q

habituation

A

learn to ignore a stimulus

91
Q

what kind of learning teaches you to get along in your environment

A

spatial learning

92
Q

insight learning

A

combine previous lessons to solve new problems

93
Q

is verbal comm limited to line of sight

A

no

94
Q

is verbal comm long or short lived

A

short

95
Q

true or false: verbal comm signals vary greatly

A

true

96
Q

is odor limited to line of sight

A

no

97
Q

is odor long or short lived

A

long

98
Q

what does odor communicate

A
  • territory
  • reproductive status
  • identity
  • rank
99
Q

is color comm limited to line of sight

A

yes

100
Q

is color comm long or short lived

A

long

101
Q

what does color communicate

A
  • rank
  • species
  • age
  • sex
102
Q

is posture comm limited to line of sight

A

yes

103
Q

is posture comm short or long lived

A

short

104
Q

what does posture communicate

A

emotion

rank

105
Q

is movement comm limited to line of sight

A

yes

106
Q

is movement comm short or long lived

A

short

107
Q

what does movement communicate

A
  • emotion

- courtship

108
Q

what does a tactile display show

A
  • affection

- location of food

109
Q

one is choosy

A

sexual selection

110
Q

which sex is more choosy during sexual selection

A

the rarer sex

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