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Ch. 10 Flashcards
Flashcards to review for the Ch. 10 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2 characteristics unique to mammals | have hair, have mammary glands |
| 3 major groups of mammals based on how they develop | placental, pouched and egg-laying |
| name of group of mammals that lays eggs | monotremes |
| name of group of mammals that have pouches | marsupials |
| sac of blood vessels on the inside of the womb where food, wastes, oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the embryo's blood and the mother's blood | placenta |
| set of blood vessels that connect the embryo with the placenta | umbilical cord |
| largest major group of mammals | placental |
| order of gnawing mammls | Rodentia |
| order of flying mammals | Chiroptera |
| order of meat-eating mammals | Carnivora |
| 2 examples of egg-laying mammals | echidna and platypus |
| 4 examples of odd-toed hoofed mammals | horse, zebra, donkey, rhinoceros |
| 9 examples of even-toed hoofed mammals | deer, cattle, pigs, camels, sheep, goats, giraffe, hippo, buffalo |
| 7 examples of meat-eating mammals | dogs, cats, bears, weasels, otters, skunks, racoons |
| Another name for the echidna | spiny anteater |
| 5 examples of pouched mammals | koalas, kangaroos (& wallabies) wombat, Tasmanian devil, opossum |
| What is the largest mammal order? | Rodentia |
| What is the largest rodent? | capybara |
| 9 examples of rodents | rats, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, porcupines, capybara |
| 5 characteristics of birds | endothermic, have wings, feathers, beak designed for food they eat and no teeth |
| 4 flightless birds | ostrich, emu, kiwi, penguin |
| the class that birds belong to | Class Aves |
| the common characteristic of birds and mammals | endothermic |
| group of fish that have no jaws, scales or paired fins; wormlike with cartilage skeleton | jawless fish |
| two examples of jawless fish | lamprey and hagfish |
| group of fish with jaws, scales, paired fins and skeletons made of cartilage | cartilaginous fish |
| three examples of cartilaginous fish | sharks, skates and rays |
| largest group of fish | bony fish |
| parasitic jawless fish | lamprey |
| jawless fish that is a scavenger | hagfish |
| ectothermic vertebrates with part of their life in water and part on land | amphibians |
| Amphibians are the only vertebrates that go through _______________. | metamorphosis |
| tailless amphibians with moist skin and live near water | frogs |
| tailless amphibians with rough, "warty" skin and may be found far from water | toads |
| two examples of tailed amphibians | salamanders and newts |
| groups of vertebrates that have two-chambered hearts | fish and young amphibians |
| groups of vertebrates that have three-chambered hearts | adult amphibians and most reptiles |
| Two groups of fish with cartilage skeletons | Cartilagenous & jawless fish |
| The larger phylum that vertebrates belong to | Chordata |
| the order that snakes and lizards belong to | Squamata (the squamates) |
| The order that alligators and crocodiles belong to | Crocodilians |
| the lizard-like reptile that is native to New Zealand | tuatara |
| The four main groups of reptiles | Squamates, Crocodilians, turtles, tuatara |
| How are Crocodilians different from other reptiles? | They have 4-chambered hearts |
| Two differences between reptiles and amphibians: | Reptiles have dry, scaly skin while amphibians have moist skin and reptiles use lungs their whole lives. |
| Two examples of order Pilosa | sloth and anteater |
| 3 examples of fin-footed mammals | seals, sea lions, walruses |
| 3 examples of fishlike mammals | whales, porpoises, dolphins |
| the erect mammals | primates |
| the sea cows | manatee, dugong |
| trunked mammals | Proboscis mammals |
| 3 examples of primates | monkeys, lemurs, apes |
| 1 example of proboscis mammal | elephant |
| person who studies animals | zoologist |
| 7 characteristics of animals | Eukaryotic; consumers; most with specialized cells organized into tissues, organs & systems; most can move during at least part of their lives; most eat their food; reproduce sexually (some asexually also) |
| can be divided by a plane into mirror-image halves | symmetry |
| symmetry where only one plane can divide into equal halves | bilateral symmetry |
| symmetry where any plane though the center an along its length divides into equal halves | radial symmetry |
| no symmetry | asymmetry |
| the sense organs and brain are clustered at one end of body | cephalization |
| digestive tract with two openings | complete gut |
| digestive tract with one opening | incomplete gut |
| flexible rod found in chordate animals | Notochord |
| animals that have or had a notochord | chordates |
| animals whose notochord became a backbone | vertebrates |
| animals that never had a notochord | invertebrates |
| animals that can regulate their inner temperatures | endotherms |
| animals that depend on their environment for heat | ectotherms |
| the effort to define the boundaries between created kinds of animals | baraminology |
| basis of modern classification | supposed evolutionary relationships |
| an animal without a backbone | invertebrate |
| animal phylum of aquatic, invertebrates including sponges | Porifera |
| phylum that includes animals with specialized stinging cells used to capture food | Cnidaria |
| type of symmetry in which there are two mirror image sides to an animal | bilateral |
| animal phylum containing flatworms. | Platyhelminthes |
| in cnidarians, a stinging cell that is used to inject a toxin into prey | cnidocytes |
| parasitic blood-sucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts | hookworm |
| type of body symmetry with definite top and bottom, but no definite right or left sides | radial |
| a free-living flatworm that move using cilia | planaria |
| A parasitic flatworm characterized by a long body of repeated units | tapeworms |
| animal phylum of roundworms | Nematoda |
| Phylum containing hookworms | roundworm |
| the study of animals | zoology |
| Four basic characteristics of animals | Eukaryotic, multicellular, have organized tissues, are consumers |
| How do sponges feed? | they filter water that they draw into the sponge |
| What do sponges eat? | bits of food in the water including bacteria and algae and other organic matter |
| phylum containing flukes | Platyhelminthes |
| phylum containing hydra | Cnidaria |
| phylum containing tapeworms | Platyhelminthes |
| phylum containing sea anemone | Cnidaria |
| phylum containing hookworms | Nematoda |
| phylum containing planaria | Platyhelminthes |
| phylum containing jellyfish & sea anemone | Cnidaria |
| Class of mollusks with two part hinged shell | Bivalves |
| Soft bodied invertebrates | Mollusks |
| group of mollusks containing the clam | bivalves |
| examples of bivalves | clams, oysters, scallops |
| examples of echinoderms | starfish, sea cucumber, sea urchin, sand dollar |
| phylum of spiny skinned inverterbrates | Echinoderms |
| examples of Cephalopods | octopus, squid, cuttlefish, |
| examples of Gastropods | snails, conchs, slugs |
| animal phylum of worms with a segmented body, such as earthworms | Annelida |
| small cnidarians, many of which are capable of generating hard reef-forming skeletons | coral |
| an organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host | parasite |
| phylum that contains leeches and tube worms | Annelida |
| organelle of stinging cells | nematocyst |
| animals with jointed appendages and exoskeletons | Arthropods |
| arthropods with six legs | insects |
| arthropods with more than six legs that usually live in water | crustaceans |
| arthropods with 2 body segments and eight legs | arachnids |
| largest class of animals | insects |
| class of arthropods containing shrimp, lobsters, crabs | crustaceans |
| class of arthropods containing spiders, scorpions and ticks | arachnids |
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