Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
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| Name the 3 classes of fish. | bony, jawless, cartilaginous
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| What trait allows reptiles to be suited for land? | they lay amniotic eggs
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| Name the 3 groups of amphibians. | salamanders, caecilians, frogs and toads
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| Why do they call some amphibians ecological indicators? | they are sensitive to changes in the enviornment
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| What are characteristics of amphibians? | they have thin skin, live in water and on land, they breathe through lungs
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| What do you call an animal that can control hits own body temperature? | endotherm
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| What trait helps reptiles reduce their water loss? | thick dry skin
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| How do reptiles usually reproduce? | internal fertilization
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| How do most reptiles breathe? | through lungs
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| What are the parts of an amniotic egg? | yolk, allantois, albumen
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| What are the most common type of reptiles today? | snakes and lizards
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| What type of animal do caecilians look like? | earthworms
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| A lamprey is what kind of fish? | jawless
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| What is the job of the lungs? | to take in oxygen and exchange it with carbon dioxide
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| Which meat eating reptile has a narrow head and pointed snout and spends most of its time in the water? | crocodile
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| Describe external fertilization in fish. | a female lays unfertilized eggs and a male drops sperm on them
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| What are traits of cartilaginous fish? | they are strong swimmers, expert predators, and have oily livers
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| What kind of eggs help protect an embryo? | amniotic egg
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| What are tadpoles? | immature fogs or toads that live in water
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| What is metamorphosis? | when an immature animal form changes to adult form
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| Which animal lives on both land and water? | amphibians
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| What saclike organ allows amphibians to breathe? | lungs
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| What is a swim-bladder? | a gas-filled sac that is used to control buoyancy
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| What is an ectotherm? | an animal that relies on heat outside his body
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| What is an endotherm? | animal that uses chemical reactions within the body to maintain a constant body temperature
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| Which type of animal has a backbone? | vertebrates
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| What is the lateral line? | a faint line on a the sides of a fish's body that sense vibrations in the water
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| What do the gills do? | a respiratory organ where the oxygen in the water is exchanged with carbon dioxide
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| Which group of reptiles have shells? | turtles and tortoises
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| What is the most common type of reptile? | snakes and lizards
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| Which reptiles live only in New Zealand? | tuataras
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