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30 Cards in this Set
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Turtles are in the class |
Reptilia |
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Turtles are in the phylum |
Chordata |
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Turtles are in the subphylum |
Vertebrata |
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Turtles are aquatic and are found in ____, ______, _______, and ______. |
Ponds, marshes, lake edges, and slow streams. |
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Painted turtles feed on _____, _____, _____, and ____. |
Aquatic vegetation, crayfish, snails, and insects. |
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The protective shell of a turtle, its exoskeleton includes the dorsal _____, and the ventral ______. |
Carapace, plastron |
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The bones of the carapace are covered with horny _______. |
Scutes |
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The head is stoutly protected with ______. |
Bone |
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A peculiarities of turtles is their lack of ______. |
Teeth |
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The jaws of turtles are formed into sharp ridged covered with strong, horny _______. |
Beaks |
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The turtles eyes are ______ developed. |
Well |
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The turtles eyes are provided with______, and ______ eyelids and an additional eyelid at the anterior corners |
Upper, lower |
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In most turtles the neck is ____, and ____and folds dirsoventrally to allow retraction of the head into the protective confines of the shell. |
Long, flexible |
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As in other vertebrates, the exoskeleton comprises two divisions the _____ skeleton and ______ skeleton. |
Axial, appendicular |
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The vertebral column consists of 8 _____ vertebrae 10 ______ vertebrae and 2 ____ vertebrae, and 25 to 30 _____ vertebrae |
Cervical, thoracic, sacral, caudal |
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The ______ is a , slitlike opening posterior to the tongue that leads into the larynx. |
Glottis |
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The entire coelom is enclosed by a thin tough, transparent membrane called the _________. |
Parietal peritoneum |
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The trunk farthest to the turtles left is the ______ arch. |
Pulmonary |
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The middle trunk us the left ______ arch |
Systematic |
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The third trunk is the right _______ arch |
Systematic |
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Every adaptation found in birds focuses on two features _______ and ______. |
More power, less weight |
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Pigeons are in what phylum |
Chordata |
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Pigeons are in the class______. |
Aves |
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Pigions are in the subphylum _____. |
Vertebrata |
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Pigeons are found in ____ and is found all around the world. |
Cities |
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Pigeons are one of the _____ birds in flight. |
Swiftest |
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The city pigeon is highly variable in _______. |
Coloration |
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A striking feature of a bird skeleton is its _______. |
Rigidity |
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The number of cervical vertebrae in birds varies from _____ to _____ depending on the species. |
8 to 24 |
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All birds have two stomachs am anterior glandular stomach called the ______, and a posterior muscular stomach called a __________. |
Proventriculus, gizzard |
