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| What is the mnemonic to remember the classes of Vertebrate Chordata? |
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| Phunx Can't Rationalize Accepting Atrociously Mediocre Scribble (PCRAAMS) |
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| What is an example of a Petromyzontida? |
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| How do Petromyzontida live? |
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| What kind of skeleton does Petromyzontida have? |
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| What does Petromyzontida lack? |
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| True or false: the Notocord is absorbed in the adult version of Petromyzontida. |
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| False: the notocrd persists throughout life. |
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| What problem does Petromyzontida create? |
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| They kill too many of the fish in great lake fisheries. |
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| What has been done to reduce the killing of fish in great lake fisheries by Petromyzontida? |
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| Streams have been treated since the 1960's |
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| What is the proposed evolutionary transition in vertebrate fish? |
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| Agnatha "without jaw" to Gnathostome "jaw mouth" |
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| Agnatha "without jaw" to Gnathostome "jaw mouth" represents what? |
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| The proposed evolutionary transition in vertebrate fish.C |
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| What are examples of Chondritchthyes? |
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| What kind of skeleton does Chondritchthyes have? |
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| What happens to the Notocord in Chondritcthyes? |
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| It is replaced by vertebrae in the adult. |
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| How does Chondritchthyes respire? |
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| System that senses pressure and vibrations |
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| System that senses pressure and vibrations? |
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| How do Chondritchthyes sense the environment? |
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| What kind of fertilization does Chondritchthyes have? |
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| What happens following internal fertilization in Chondritchthyes? |
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| Either oviparous, ovoviviparous or viviparous embryonic development |
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| Eggs formed, retained, hatched in uterus |
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| Where does the nutrition come from in oviparous animals? |
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| Where does the nutrition come from in ovoviviparous animals? |
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| Where does nutrition come from in viviparous animals? |
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| Eggs formed, retained, hatched in uterus |
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| Nutrition from mother prior to live birth |
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| What taxonomic category is bony fish? |
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| What two classes fall within bony fish? |
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| Actinopterygii and Sarcopterygii |
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| Protective bony flap that covers gills for respiration. |
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| What is special about the gills of bony fish? |
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| They are covered by a operculum |
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| Alter buoyancy by filling or deflating |
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| Alters buoyancy by filling or deflating |
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| How do bony fish alter their buoyancy? |
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| How do bony fish sense their environment? |
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| How do bony fish fertilize |
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| How is class Actinopterygii commonly known? |
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| How is class Sarcopterygii commonly known? |
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| What are examples of Actinopterygii? |
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| Bass, trout, perch and tuna |
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| What is an example of Sarcopterygii? |
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| What is special about sarcopterygii as a marine animal? |
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| It can gulp air into lungs. |
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| Lowered metabolic state similar to hibernation |
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| How does sarcopterygii survive dry periods? |
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| Digging into mud and entering a state of torpor |
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| What taxonomic category is tetrapods? |
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| What classes are within tetrapods? |
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| Amphibia, Reptilia and Mammalia |
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| How does tetrapods get their name |
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| Tiktaalik belongs to what superclass? |
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| Why is tiktaalik considered a transitional species? |
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| It had fish-like and terrestrial organism-like characteristics |
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| What are the fish-like characteristics of Tiktaalik? |
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| Fins, gills, lung and scales |
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| What are the land organism-like characteristics of tiktaalik? |
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| Ribs, neck, shoulders, and limb-like bone structure. |
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| Tiktaalik was an evolutionary precursor to what? |
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| Amphibia is what kind of taxonomic category? |
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| What is amphibia a mix of? |
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| Aquatic and terrestrial characteristics |
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| Where does amphibia live? |
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| Different places throughout its life. |
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| Where does amphibia live when it is young? |
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| Where does amphibia live when an adult? |
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| Many adults are terrestrial |
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| What are examples of Amphibia? |
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| Salamanders, newts, frogs, toads |
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| How do amphibia reproduce? |
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| lay eggs or bear live young |
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| How may amphibians be characterized by how they reproduce? |
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| How does class amphibia respire? |
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