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Vertebrates Flashcards

1
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All chordates have what type of symmetry?

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Bilateral

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Most chordates are in what class?

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Vertebrates

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All chordates have what three characteristics?

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A complete digestive system, cephalization, and an endoskeleton.

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A tube-within-a-tube body plan goes from mouth to anus, but is it an incomplete or complete digestive system?

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Complete digestive system

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Supports organs, size, efficient movement, and support are four characteristics of what?

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An endoskeleton

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What are the seven classes of the phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia?

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Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia

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The class Agnatha is made up of what type of fish? How many species?

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Jawless fishes with 100 species

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A skeleton of cartilage and a slender, eel-shaped body are two characteristics of what class?

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Agnatha

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What are two examples of the class Agnatha?

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Sea lamprey and hagfish

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While most fishes in the Agnatha class are either fresh or saltwater, what can swim in both?

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Sea lamprey

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Live birth, laying eggs, or eggs carried by other until hatching and cartilage skeletons are two characteristics of what fish?

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Chondrichhyes

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The class Chondrichthyes is made up of what type of fish and how many species?

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Cartilaginous fishes of approximately 1,140 species

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Approximately how many species of sharks are there?

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Approximately 440 species

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Approximately how many species of rays are there?

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Approximately 500 species

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Approximately how many species of skates are there?

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Approximately 200 species

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Sharks “fly” through the water due to what scientific principle?

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Bernoulli’s principle

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What is the smallest shark that is living? Scientific name is etmopterus perryi

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Dwarf lanternshark

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18
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The largest living fish is the what?

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Whale shark

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How long ago did the megalodon live?

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25-1.6 million years ago

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20
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5% or how many species of sharks must swim to breath?

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24

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What are examples of sharks that must swim to breathe?

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Mako sharks, hammerheads, great whites, whale sharks, reef sharks, and etc.

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The class Osteichthyes are made up of what fishes and how many species are there?

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Bony fishes of approximately 34,000 species

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The largest class of chordates is the what class and contains over 50% of chordates?

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Osteichthyes

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Cold-blooded, maintain buoyancy, 97% lay eggs (most externally fertilized) are three characteristics of what class?

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Osteichthyes

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The smallest fish of the class Osteichthyes is what and what is the size? What family is it part of?

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Paedocypris progenetica between 9.8 to 10.3 mm and is a member of the carp family

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The largest fish of the class Osteichthyes is what?

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Ocean sunfish

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What are examples of Osteichthyes?

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Leafy seadragon, ocean sunfish, gulpers, anglerfish, and dunkleosteus

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Gulpers live how many feet below the ocean surface?

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10,000 feet below

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Anglerfish live how many feet below the surface?

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3,000 feet below

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The class Amphibia is made up of what animals and how many species?

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Frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians of approximately 6,800 species

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Cold-blooded, lay eggs, 50% of respiration across moist skin, and live in a water/moist habitat are characteristics of what class?

32
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The smallest known vertebrate is found in what country and is in what class?

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Papua New Guinea and amphibia

33
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The smallest known vertebrate is what size and what is its name?

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7.7 mm and paedophryne amaunsis

34
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Are all toads poisonous? Why is this and where are they located?

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Yes due to paratoid glands located behind toads’ eyes that secrete a moderately potent toxin known as bufotoxin

35
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The largest salamander in the US is the what? Where is the largest salamander in the world found?

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Eastern hellbender and Japan

36
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There has been a what to what percent drop in hellbender numbers since 995%

37
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The drop in number of hellbenders is due to what?

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Mining runoff (lead), fertilizers, and agricultural runoff

38
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Where are caecilians found?

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South America, Africa, and south Asia

39
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Cold-blooded, lay eggs, and sightless are three characteristics of what animals?

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Caecilians

40
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The class Reptilia is made up of what animals and how many species?

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Crocodiles, alligators, lizards, snakes, turtles, and tortoises of approximately 8,400 species

41
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Scaly, waterproof skins that help allow them to live in the driest and hottest places, cold-blooded, and amniotic eggs laid on dry land are characteristics of what class?

42
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Thinner snout and teeth always visible are two characteristics of what animal?

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Crocodiles

43
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Light-tan color and found on many places on Earth are two characteristics of what animal?

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Crocodiles

44
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Aggressive and 23 different species are two characteristics of what animal?

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Crocodiles

45
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Broad snout and can’t see teeth without mouth closed are two characteristics of what animal?

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Alligators

45
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Grayish-black color and found in southeast United States and some parts of China are two characteristics of what animal?

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Alligators

46
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Tend to run away and 2 different species (American and Chinese) are two characteristics of what animal?

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Alligators

47
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How many species of snakes are there?

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Approximately 2,800 species

48
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How many species of lizards are there?

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Approximately 4,800 species

49
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What are two characteristics lizards possess that snakes do not have?

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Have eyelids and external ear openings

50
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What is the difference between turtles and tortoises?

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Tortoises have more rounded and dented shells where turtles have thinner, more water-dynamic shells.

51
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How many species of sea turtles are there?

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Seven species

52
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What class were dinosaurs in?

53
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Birds are in what class and how many species are there?

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Aves and approximately 10,000 species

54
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Birds are living what?

55
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Winged, bipedal, warm-blooded reptiles, and lay amniotic eggs on dry land are characteristics of what class?

56
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The class Mammalia has how many species? What animals?

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Approximately 5,500 species of whales, elephants, echidna, mice, armadillos, shrews, bats, primates, dogs, marsupials, cats, and more

56
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Mammary glands, hair, and warm-blooded are three characteristics of what class?

57
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What three groups are in the class Mammalia? Which is the largest and how many species?

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Monotremes, marsupials, and placentals. The largest group is placentals with approximately 4,000 species

58
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How many marine mammals are there?

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120 species

59
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What is the largest animal ever?

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The blue whale

60
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Marine mammals include what?

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Cetaceans, pinnipeds, sea otters, sirenians, and polar bears

61
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What are four examples of pinnipeds?

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Seals, sea lions, fur seals, and walruses

62
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What are three examples of cetaceans?

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Dolphins, porpoises, and whales

63
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Two examples of sirenians are what?

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Dugongs and manatees

64
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The scientific name for polar bears is what?

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Ursus maritimus

65
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Monotremes are what type of mammal? How many species are there?

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Egg laying mammals and five species

66
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What are two examples of monotremes?

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Echidna and platypus

67
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What is the scientific name of the platypus?

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Ornithorhynchus anatinus

68
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Wallaby, kangaroo, koala, wombat, Tasmanian devil, dasyure (quoll), phalanger, opossum, and Thylacine are examples of what?

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Marsupials

69
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The only North American marsupial is the what and how long has it been around?

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The opossum, or didelphis virginana

70
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The opossum was named by the what tribe?

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Virginia Algonquian (Powhatan)

70
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Opossum means white what or what?

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Dog or beast

70
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Another name for the Thylacine was what? When did it go extinct? Scientific name?

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Tasmanian tiger, 1936, and thylacinus cynocephalus

71
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Placental mammals are named after what?

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The placenta the baby/fetus is grown in

72
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Canines and primates are both what group of mammals?

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Placentals

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