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Vertebrates 7C
Questions about vertebrates
Question | Answer |
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What is the difference between bone and cartilage? | Bone is harder than cartilage. Bone provides support while cartilage serves as a cushion. |
What is a vertebrate? | An animal with a backbone, skull, and live skeleton. |
What is the difference between arteries and veins? | Arteries carry blood away from the heart, but veins carry blood to the heart. |
What two things make up the central nervous system? | The brain and the spinal cord. |
What does a swim bladder do? | As it fills with air, the fish will rise in the water. |
What ways do endothermic animals regulate their body temperature? | Heavy fur; thick feathers; sweating; panting; small ears to hold in heat; expanding blood vessels that cool blood at the surface |
What are the three types of mammals? | Placental mammals; monotremes; marsupials |