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1
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What is a notochord?

A

A dorsal rod that is firm and flexible which supports the body of organisms from the phylum chordata

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Describe the “dorsal nerve cord” in terms of organisms from the phylum Chordata

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It is a hollow, single cord

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Describe pharyngeal slits in terms of organisms from the phylum Chordata

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Pharyngeal slits were gills at some time

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Describe the “post anal tail” in terms of organisms from the phylum Chordata

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The post anal tail, at some piont, was muscular

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5
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What are the three classes of fish?

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Class Agnatha

Class Chondrichthyes

Class Osteichthyes

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Lampreys belong to what class and phylum?

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Class Agnatha

PHyum Chordata

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Hagfish belong to what class and phylum?

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Class Agnatha

PHylum Chordata

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What are three characteristics of organisms from the class agnatha?

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Jawless

No paired fins or scales

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9
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Sharks belong to what class and phylum?

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Class Chondrichthyes

PHylum Chordata

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Skates belong to what class and phylum?

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Class Chondrichthyes

Phylum Chordata

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Rays belong to what class and phylum?

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Class Chondrichthyes

Phylum Chordata

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What are two characterisitcs of chrondrichthyes ?

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The internal skeleton is cartilaginous

No lungs or swim bladder

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How many pair of gill slits do organisms from the class Chondrichthyes have?

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Five pair of gill slits

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14
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Describe the heterocercal tail fin?

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The tail fin is different from top and bottom

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Organsims from the chondrichthyes have ________________ pelvic and pectoral fins

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PAIRED

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16
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Describe placoid scales

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Toothlike scales with enamel

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17
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Bass belong to which class and phylum?

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Class Osteichthyes

PHylum Chordata

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18
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Bream belong to which class and phylum?

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Class Osteichthyes

PHylum Chordata

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Perch belogn to which class and phylum?

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Class Osteichthyes

Phylum Chordata

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20
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Catfish belong to which class and phylum?

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Class Osteichthyes

Phylum Chordata

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Tuna belong to which class and phylum?

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Class Osteichthyes

Phylum Chordata

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Salmon belong to which class and phylum?

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Class Osteichthyes

Phylum Chordata

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23
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Most common fish belong to which class and phylum

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Class Osteichthyes

Phylum Chordata

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24
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In class Osteichthyes ___________ scales are usually present

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BONY

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25
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In class Osteichthyes organisms have a __________________

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SKELETON OF BONE

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26
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In class Osteichthyes ________________ or _________________ is usally present

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LUNGS

SWIM BLADDER

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27
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What kind of fin to organisms from the class Osteichthyes have?

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A homoceccal tail fin

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28
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In organisms from the class Osteichthyes, gill puches open into a common gill chamber covered by an ________________

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OPERCULUM

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29
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Organisms from the class Osteichthyes have hearts for how many heart chambers

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Two chambered heart

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30
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Organisms from the class Osteichthyes have _______________ pelvic and pectoral fins

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PAIRED

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31
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Be able to draw the parts of a common fish

A

YOU TO THAT DUMBASS

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32
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What does the term ectothermic mean?

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Cold-booded

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33
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Amphibians have no ______________

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SCALES

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34
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Amphibians have ______________ glands abundant

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MUCOUS

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35
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Amphibians ahve what kind of gills?

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LARVAL GILLS

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36
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In amphibians, adult respiration occurs through the ______________, ____________

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skin

lungs

mouth

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Amphibians have a two chambered heart as a __________________ and a _______ chambered heart in adulthood

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LARVAE

THREE

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38
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Salamanders belong to what Order, Class and PHylum?

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Order Caudata

Class Amphibia

PHylum Chordata

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Newts belong to what Order, Class and PHylum?

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Order Caudata

Class Amphibia

PHylum Chordata

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Sirens belong to what Order, Class, and Phylum?

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Order Caudata

Class Amphibia

Phylum Chordata

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Mudpuppies belong to what Order, Class, and Phylum?

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Order Caudata

Class Amphibia

Phylum Chordata

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42
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Organisms from the order caudata have a long ________________

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TRUNK AND TAIL

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43
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Organisms from the order caudata have no _____________

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CLAWS

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44
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Most organisms crom the order caudata are __________________, some are entirely aquatic

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TERRESTRIAL

45
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Some organisms from the order caudata are ________________

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PHAEDEOMORPHIC

46
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What does the term phaedeomorphic mean?

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Phaedeomorphic is a term meaning that the organism retains larval characteristics as adults

47
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Frogs belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Anura

Class Amphibia

PHylum Chordata

48
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Toads belong to what Order, Class, and Phylum?

A

Order Anura

Class Amphibia

Phylum Chordata

49
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Tree Frogs belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Anura

Class Amphibia

Phylum Chordata

50
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Organisms from the Order Anura range from ____________ to ______________ in length

A

1 CM - 1 M

51
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Organisms from the order anura have adapted for _______________

52
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Organisms from the order anura have eyes and nostrils _____________

53
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What class do birds belong to?

A

Class Aves

54
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In birds, what is the uropygial gland?

A

Preening gland for water proofing and cleansing

55
Q

Birds have a _______________

A

BROAD KEELED STERNUM

56
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What kind of hearts do birds have?

A

A four chambered heart

57
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In birds, what does the term Oviparious mean?

A

Means that the organisms lays eggs with little embryonic development in the mother

58
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____________________ is known as the link between lizards and birds or the “first bird”

A

ARCHAEPTERYX

59
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____________ had a lizard like head, teeth, tail, claws on wings and feathers

A

ARCHAEOPTERYX

60
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_____________ are some ofthe most ADAPTED animals on the planet

61
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The ____________ beak is a thck, short strong beak

A

CRACKING SEED

62
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The beak for __________________ is a broad flat beak with strainer edges

63
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The ___________ beak is a slender sharp beak

A

INSECT BEAK

64
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The beak for ___________________ is a sharp, curved beak

A

TEARING FLESH

65
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THE BEAK FOR ______________ FLOWERS FOR NECTAR IS A LONG THIN TUBULAR BEAK

66
Q

THE BEAK FOR ___________ is a long beak with inflatable pouch on the bottom

A

SCOOPING UP FISH

67
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The beak for _________________ is a sharp pointed strong beak

68
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The beak for _______________ is a long shapr pointed beak

A

SPEARING FISH

69
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Feet for ______________ have long, powerful legs

70
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Feet for __________ and ____________ have shapr, curved powerfu claws

A

GRASPING AND TEARING PREY

71
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Feet for __________________ ahve two toes forward, and two toes behind

A

CLINGING TO A VERTICAL SURFACE

72
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Feet for ________________ have webbed toes

73
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Feet for ________________ have weak legs, but powerful, sharp toes for perching

74
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Feet for __________________ are arganisms with long legs

75
Q

Describe the Altricial bird development (4)

A

Short incubation

Few eggs

Poorly developed at hatching

Songbirds

76
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DESCRIBE THE PREOCIIAL BIRD DEVELOPMENT (3)

A

Long incubation

Several eggs

Well developed at hatching

77
Q

What does the term vivaparous mean?

A

The embryo develops in mother not inside an egg

78
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What is a cleidoic Egg?

A

A leathery or tougher egg than those of amphibians

79
Q

Reptiles have a ______________ ear

80
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Reptiles have a __________ chambered heart but the ventricles are partially separated

81
Q

TTuatara belongs to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Sphenodon

Class Reptilia

PHylum Chordata

82
Q

Caecillians belong to what order class and phlym?

A

Order Apoda

Class Amphibia

PHylum Chordata

83
Q

The turtles belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Chelonia

Class Reptilia

PHylum Chordata

84
Q

Describe the carapace of a turtle

A

The dorsal plate

85
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Describe the plastron of a turtle

A

The ventral plate

86
Q

Snakes belogn to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Squanata

PHylum Reptilia

PHylum Chordata

87
Q

Crocadillians have a tail that is ________________

A

Laterally compressed

88
Q

The monotremes belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Moonotremada

Class Mammilia

Phylum Chordata

89
Q

What are the egg laying mammals?

A

Monotremes

90
Q

Platypus and the spicy anteater belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Monotremada

Class Mammilia

Phylum Chordata

91
Q

Kangarroo, Oppossum, Koala, Wombat, and tasmanian devil belong to what phylum class and order

A

Order Marsupialia

Class Mammilia

Phylium Chordata

92
Q

Shrews belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order insectivora

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

93
Q

Moles belong to what order, class, and phylum

A

Order insectivora

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

94
Q

Hedgehogs belong to what order, class and phylum

A

Order insectivora

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

95
Q

Sloths belogn to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Edentata

Class Mammilia

pHylum Chordata

96
Q

Armadillo belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Edentata

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

97
Q

Anteaters belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Edentata

Class Mammilia

Phylum Chordta

98
Q

Bats belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Chiroptera

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

99
Q

Describe the wints of bats?

A

2nd and 5th digits of the forelimb are elongated to support the membrane of the wing

100
Q

Whale, dolphins, popoise belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order cetacea

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

101
Q

Sea Cows, Mantee, dugong belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order sirenia

Class Mammilia

phylum Chordata

102
Q

Elephnts belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Probocidea

Class Mammilia

Phylum Chordata

103
Q

Tapir, Rhinocerus, horses, zebra belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Perissodactya

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

104
Q

Pigs, Cattle, Deer, Giraffe, Bison, Antelope, and sheep, hippos, and camel belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Arteriodactyla

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

105
Q

Hares, rabbits, picas belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Lagamorpha

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

106
Q

Ratc, mice, beaver, gopher, chipmuk, squirrel, muskrats, prcupine, caprybara, lemmings belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order rodentia

Class Mammilia

PHylum Chordata

107
Q

Dogs cats, racoon, otter, bear, skunk, mink belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order carnivora

Class mammilia

PHylum Chordata

108
Q

Man, monkeys, apes, lemurs, tarsier belong to what order class and phylum?

A

Order Primates

Class mammilia

PHylum Chordata

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