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1
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Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, Sand Dollars, etc.

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Echinoderms

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_________ can regenerate after injury or loss of part of their body; fragmentation,
asexual reproduction

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Echinoderms

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All species in this group are marine

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Echinoderms

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early larval stages have bilateral symmetry, adults have pentaradial symmetry

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Echinoderms

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endoskeleton under the skin
composed of calcareous ossicles

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Echinoderms

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coelom partially modified into water vascular system

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Echinoderms

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All species in this group are marine and some can inject toxins

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Echinoderms

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a flexible, rod-shaped support structure

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notochord

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derived from ectoderm that in most species develops into the brain and spinal cord

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dorsal hollow nerve cord

DHNC

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pharyngeal slit and post-anal tail

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2 other key features that Chordata have

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earliest terrestrial tetrapods

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Amphibians

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__________ have four well developed limbs, are carnivores, and require water for reproduction

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Amphibians

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__________ have moist, permeable skin with mucus glands that allows cutaneous respiration

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Amphibians

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____________ do external fertilization

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Amphibians

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__________ have scales that cover their skin that prevent water loss, and do internal fertilization

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Reptiles

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Birds are _____________ which means that they generate their own body heat metabolically

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Endothermic

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____________ are modified reptilian scales

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Feathers

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___________ have skin that is covered by hair or fur

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Mammals

19
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______________ have glands including mammary glands

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Mammals

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____________ have an ancestory called the cynodont reptile

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Mammals

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early _________ and small nocturnal insectivores are called Morganucdonts

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Mammals

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  • monotremes– egg-laying platypus & echidnas,
  • marsupials
    -placental mammals
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3 rounds of radiation & extinction

23
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the largest existing land animals

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Elephants

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3 species of Elepants living in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia

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  1. African bush elephant
  2. the African forest elephant
  3. the Asian elephant
25
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habitats for __________ include savannahs, forests, deserts, & marshes

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Elephants

26
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Elephants are ___________ and ____________

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herbivores, social

27
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________ in groups of females and ___________ lead by the matriarch

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Cows, Calves

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_________ leave their family groups at puberty, solitary with other males, interact with family groups for mating

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Bulls

29
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Increase in size

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Megaherbivores

30
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The ___________ in ______ allows elephants to survive on low-nutritional value vegetation

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increase in size

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32
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Upper second incisors on elephants are called

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tusks

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Straight, curved upward, curved downward, spiralled

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tusk shape by species

34
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Earliest ___________ were smaller and aquatic in late Paleocene

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Proboscids

35
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at the beginning of Pleistocene, elephantids experienced a _____________

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High rate of speciation

36
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in the Late Pleistocene, most proboscidean species vanished during the _____________ that killed off 50% of genera weighing over 5 kg
(11 lb) worldwide

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Quaternary glaciation

37
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Hagfish and Lamprey

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Jawless Fish

38
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Sharks, ray, and skates

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cartilaginous fish

39
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Ray-finned fish, lobe-finned fish

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Bony Fish

40
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Frogs, salamanders, caecilians

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Reptile examples

41
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Embryos develop in shelled egg and it is protected by amniotic membranes

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Reptiles and birds

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Enchinodermata and Chordata are examples of

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Deuterostomes

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Tunicates, Lancelets, and Vertebrates

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Chordata

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