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Tetrapoda Group Flashcards

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1
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The Group Tetrapoda is divided into these classes: _______

A

Class Amphibia, Class Reptilia, Class Aves, and Class mammalia

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Class Amphibia have _________ hearts

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3 chambered

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What do Amphibians primarily use for gas exchange?

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Lungs and moist skin

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Amphibians exhibit what type of fertilization?

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Mostly external and binds most of them to the water for reproduction

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Some amphibians have a unique method of reproducing with a structure called _______

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Spermatophores. (packets of sperm layed by males and picked up by females)

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Amphibians have _______ thermoregulation

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ectothermic

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Some _____ in Class Amphibia exhibit neoteny

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Salamanders

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Class amphibia is divided into orders _______.

What do they include?

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Order Anura (frogs/toads), Order Urodela (salamanders, newts), and Order Apoda (legless aphibians)

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Newts are like slamanders but with _______

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keeled or oar-like tail

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Describe difference in frogs and toads.

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frogs have moist skin and toads have bumpy skin

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What are the ectothermic classes of Subphylum Craniata? The Endothermic classes?

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Ecto- are Amphibia and reptilian. Endo- are Aves and Mammalia

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What are amniotes?

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Amniotes are a clade that consists of animals that have amniotic eggs.

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what is an amniotic egg?

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Amniotic eggs are eggs that contain membranes called extraembryonic membranes that protect the embryo

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What are the extraembryonic membranes?

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The amnion, chorion, yolk sac, and allantois.

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what classes are considered amniotes?

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Class Reptilia, Class Aves, and Class Mammalia

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What Class has 3 chambered hearts

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Amphibia and most of Class Reptilia

17
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What member of reptilian does not have 3 chambered heart. what does it have

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Crocodiles, 4 chambered hearts

18
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Why are reptiles scales almost waterproof?

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they are keratinized

19
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What classes have ribcages?

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Reptilia, aves and mammalia

20
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Reptiles have ______ fertilization

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internal

21
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In reptilian reproduction, what do males have that is not seen in anything up to this point?

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a penis

22
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What are the orders of reptiles? what do they include?

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Chelonia (turtles and Tortoises, Rhychocephalia (“tuatara”), Squamata (lizards and snakes) and Crocodilia (Crocodiles, aligators, and gavials)

23
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Rhychocephalia have what unique feature?

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third eye on top of head

24
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What were the first reptiles to “emerge”

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Parareptiles - short stocky dinosaurs

25
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lepidosaurs include _________

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tuataras, lizards, snakes, and extinct mososaurs

26
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Archosaurs led to _____

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the crocodilians, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs

27
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Class aves arose from ______

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Thecodonts

28
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Class aves ______ hearts. What else have these?

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4 chambered, Mammalia

29
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What are air sacs?

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organs that provide higher efficiency for gas exchange

30
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What characteristics to birds share with reptiles?

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scales, and amniotic egg

31
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Class Mammalia arose from _______

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Therapsids

32
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Mammalian hair is made of ________

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Keratin

33
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What are other difining characteristics of mammals

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Mammary glands, Sweat glands, Tooth Differentiation, Muscular Diaphragm, 3 ossicle of middle ear

34
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What are the ossicles in mammalia?

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Malleus, incus, stapes

35
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What are the three groupings of mammals?

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Monotremes, Marsupials, Placentals

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What are monotremes?

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“primitive” animals that lay eggs

37
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Marsupials?

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Give birth but offspring must climb up to pouch for complete development

38
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Placentals

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Advanced mammals, mother nourishes embryo via placenta

39
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Characteristics of Humans

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Bipedal locomotion, reduced jawbones and jaw muscles, shorter digestive tracts.

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