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Bone marrow |
A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells |
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Cerebrum |
The lobes of the brain that integrate sensory information and coordinate the creature's response to that information |
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Ecthothermic |
Does not have an internal mechanism for regulating body heat |
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Name chordates that have a larval stage as a part of their life cycles. |
lampreys, lancelets, sea squirts, frogs, toads, an salamanders |
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What class is a ray in? |
Class Chondrichtheyes |
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What class is a salmon in? |
Class Osteichthyes |
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What class is a sea squirt in? |
Subphyum Urochordata |
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What class is a toad in? |
Class Amphibia |
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What class is a salamander in? |
Class Amphibia (salamander) |
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What class is a lancelet in? |
Subphyum Cephalochordata |
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What class is a lamprey eel in? |
Class Agnatha |
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If an animal's optic lobes are very small what is it's weakest sense? |
vision |
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What protein allows red blood cells to perform their function? |
hemoglobin |
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An animal that reproduces by the female laying eggs and the male then fertilizes them. The eggs are left to hatch. External or internal fertilization? What kind of development? |
Fertilization is external. Development is oviparious |
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Which has the most flexible skeleton, a shark, frog or lionfish? |
shark |
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function of the spinal cord? |
sends messages from the brain to other parts of the body and vica-versa |
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function of the air bladder?
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allows fish to change depths and float in water |
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function of the gonad?
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reproduction |
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function of the liver?
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makes bile for the digestion of fats and does many other chemical tasks |
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What type of blood does an artery carry? |
oxygen-rich |
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What type of blood does a vein carry? |
oxygen-poor |
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What is the major organ of respiration in most amphibians? |
skin |
