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AP biology chapter 31
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Biology
11th Grade
02/06/2012

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Fish started out as vertebrates with no ___or ____.
Definition
jaws or body skeleton
Term
What is an example of a jawless fish?
Definition
hagfish
Term
Fish eventually began to develop ___ and next came the ____fish.
Definition
jaws, cartiliaginous
Term
Describe the skeleton of cartilaginous fish.
Definition
they had a skeleton but it was made of cartilage not bone
Term
What is an example of a cartilaginous fish?
Definition
shark
Term
After cartilaginous fish came the _____.
Definition
bony fish
Term
What are the two types of bony fish?
Definition
ray finned and lobe finned
Term
What are four characteristics of the bony fish?
Definition
swim baldder, closed cardiovascular system, nervous system and brain, external fertilization
Term
After bony fish came _____.
Definition
amphibians
Term
How were amphibians different from fish?
Definition
they had four legs, they had a three chambered heart, internal lungs so they can breathe air, and a larger brain than fish
Term
After the amphibians came the _____.
Definition
reptiles
Term
Reptiles are different from fish and amphibians because they produce____and their ____are more developed than amphibians.
Definition
amniotic eggs, lungs
Term
Both amphibians and reptiles are _____.
Definition
ectothermic
Term
___come after reptiles.
Definition
birds
Term
Birds have ____that are modified scales. They also have a ____heart, and their forlimbs are modified for____.
Definition
feathers, four chambered, wings for flight
Term
Like reptiles birds do not have a ____and they excrete ___to remove waste.
Definition
bladder, uric acid
Term
Birds were the first animals to _____.
Definition
migrate
Term
Mammals are different from most other animals because of their _____, ____, and ____.
Definition
skull, teeth, arched vertebral column
Term
What are the three most distinguishing features of a mammal?
Definition
hair, milk producing mammary glands, endothermic
Term
what are the three ways mammals reproduce?
Definition
lay eggs, have pouches, or have a placenta
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