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| Name the three orders of amphibians. |
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| Describe the order of Apoda. |
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| Describe the order of Caudata. |
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| Describe the order of Anura. |
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| Why must reptiles move to warmer or cooler places to regulate body temperature? |
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| Identify the four kinds of reptiles. |
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| a. those with scales, b. those with thick skins, c. those with shells, d. those with beak heads |
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| Describe two features that allow a smaller snake to swallow a larger animal. |
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| a. unhinge and spread apart its upper and lower jaws, b. skin stretches to allow the snake to swallow the larger animal |
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| What is constriction in relationship to some snakes killing prey? |
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| a snake tightens it coils around its prey so it cannot inhale |
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| Which two snakes are probably largest? |
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| Which snake causes the most deaths from snakebite in the U.S. each year? |
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| western diamondback rattlesnake |
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| Hemotoxic venom does what to the body? |
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| Hemotoxic venom destroys red blood cells, blood vessels, and other body tissues causing internal bleeding. |
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| A few snakes have a special type of movement called what? |
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| Since crocodiles and alligators lay eggs, they are both what? |
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| How does the crocodile use it's tail? |
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| What is Jacobson's organs? |
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| detect odors emitted by other animals |
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| What is serpentine method? |
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| Neurotoxic venom does what to the body? |
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| neurotoxic venom paralyzes the nervous system, causing blindness and breathing difficulty |
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| Turtles primarily live where? |
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| turtles primarily live in water |
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| Tortoises primarily live where? |
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| tortoises live primarily on land |
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| The world's largest reptiles and land animals were what? |
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| What is visceral skeleton? |
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| visceral skeleton consists of bony ribs that curve downward to protect the inner organs |
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| What are the three classes of fish? |
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| a. Agnatha, b. Chondrichthyes, c. Osteichthyes |
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| Agnatha: fish that do not have jaws |
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| Chondrichthyes: fish that have cartlage skeletons |
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| Osteichthyes: fish that have bony skeletons |
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| What is the central nervous system? |
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| central nervous system is the brain and spinal cord |
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| senses movement in the water |
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| heat-sensing organ used to find warm-blooded prey |
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| pulmonary loop is between heart and lungs |
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| wide, flat fish with fins forming large "wings" |
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| systemic loop is between heart and body |
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| Less complex fish do have backbones, although their skeletons are only made of what? |
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| Sharks have what constructed of cartilage? |
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| Sharks have skeletons constructed of cartilage. |
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| A lamprey does not have jaws, but what? |
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| A lamprey does not have jaws, but instead has a cone-shaped mouth lined with teeth of a hornlike material. |
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| Marine Lampreys are what? |
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| Which order of fish have inner skeletons of real bone? |
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| Osteichthyes have inner skeletons of real bone. |
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| How do anurans capture prey? |
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| Anurans unroll their tongues with lightning speed. |
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| Amphibians are what, since they do not maintain a constant body temperature? |
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| Amphibians are cold-blooded. |
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| Most bony fish have what? |
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| a thin skin covered with scales that overlap to form an armor that protects their soft skin |
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| Amphibians begin life how? |
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| amphibians begin life as eggs in water and live on land as adults |
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