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Echinoderms and Chordates Test Review
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Biology
9th Grade
04/18/2012

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Spiny skin
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What does the word echinoderm mean?
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Radial Symmetry
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What type of symmetry do echinoderms have?
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starfish, sea urchins, sea lilies, sea cucumbers, brittle stars
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What are some examples of echinoderms?
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Tubes with suction. They are used for locomotion and feeding by prying open there prey.
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What are tube feet? What are they used for?
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Feeding, respiration, waste removal, locomotion
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What do echinoderms use their water vascular system for?
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Class Agnatha
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What class of Vertebrata has no hinged jaw and a ring of teeth around the mouth?
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Class Chondrichthyes
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What class of Vertebrata has cartilage and are bottom dwellers?
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Class Osteichthyes
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What class of Vertebrata has a full skeleton and a swim bladder?
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Class Amphibia
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What class of Vertebrata has a moist skin that aids in gas exchange and a three chambered heart?
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2 Chambers
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How may chambers are in an organisms heart in classes Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Osteichthyes?
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3 Chambers
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How many heart chambers are in an organism in the class Amphibia?
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3-4 Chambers
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How many heart chambers are in an organism in the class Reptilia?
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4 Chambers
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How many heart chambers are in an organism in the classes Mammalia and Aves?
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Class Reptilia
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What class of Vertebrata has dry skin with scales and is ectothermic?
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Class Aves
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What class of Vertebrata has wings, feathers, and hollow bones that allow them to fly?
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Class Mammalia
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What class of Vertebrata is endothermic, has dry skin with hair, and has mammary glands?
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A bony plate that covers and protects the gills.
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What is an operculum and what does it do?
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An organ that provides buoyancy for some marine animals.
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What is a swim bladder?
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Osteichthyes
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What is the largest class of vertebrates?
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Dual life
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The term amphibian means __________.
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Dry scales, ectothermal, eggs with shell.
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What are 3 adaptations for reptiles living on land?
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Chelonia, Crocodilia, Squamata, Rhyncocephala
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What are the four major groups of reptiles?
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Turtles, Tortoises
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What are some examples of the reptile group Chelonia?
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Crocodiles, Alligators
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What are some examples of the reptile group Crocodilia?
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Snakes, Lizards
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What are some examples of the reptile group Squamata?
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Squamata
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What reptilia group is the largest?
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Tuatara
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What is an example of the reptile group Rhynocephala?
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All of the feathers collectively.
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What is Plumage?
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Grooming feathers with the beak.
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What is preening?
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Monotremata, Marsupalia, Placentals
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What are 3 subclasses of mammals?
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Monotremata
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What subclass of mammals lay eggs?
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Marsupalia
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What subclass of mammals have pouches that they're young live in after birth?
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Placentals
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What subclass of mammals are more advanced at birth and are attached to the mother at the placenta?
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platypus
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What is an example of the subclass Montremata?
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koalas
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What is an example of the subclass Marsupalia?
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humans
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What is an example of the subclass Placentals?
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