Reptilia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is biodiversity? all of the diversity/variety of life on Earth What are systematics? study of evolutionary relationships between organism(s). What is taxonomy? the science of naming organisms. What is a taxon? a named group of organisms What is classification? assigning organisms to meaningful, hierarchical groups What is phylogeny? evolutionary history of an organism(s); where things originate; ancestry What are the 2 goals of binomial nomenclature? 1. Avoid ambiguity when communicat...

Life in the Sea Exam 4 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Phylum Chordata - ANSWERSvertebrates Class reptilia - ANSWERSorder squamata testudines crocodylia Order squamata - ANSWERSsea snakes (indian and pacific ocean, El Nino push towards the west of continents) marine iguanas (1 species) (endemic) (Galapagos) (indigenous) (salt glands in nose: spit water at you) True sea snakes - ANSWERSvenomous tail acts like a rudder block nostrils w/ flap when goes under water most live birth ...

Final Study Set ENWC 201 Exam 1 2024 Wildlife - CORRECT ANSWER-Free-living, wild animals (excluding feral and exotic species) that are of major significance to humans in their natural environments conservation - CORRECT ANSWER-planned management of natural resources to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect ecology - CORRECT ANSWER-defined by Ernst Haekel as "home study"; the study of interactions between organisms and their environment active management - CORRECT ANSWER-direc...

What was one of the innovations of the Reptilia? A) Being able to live outside of water. B) Producing a waterproof egg. C) Powered flight. D) Producing a spinal cord. E) Producing pharyngeal gill slits. B) Producing a waterproof egg. Which of the following statements about mammals is most accurate? A) Mammals were the first to evolve a post-anal tail. B) The Monotremes are egg-laying mammals. C) Among the Chordata, mammals are the only ones to not have pharyngeal gill slits. D) All mammals are ...

______________ is small fishlike translucent animal that exhibits the five distinctive hallmarks of Phylum Chordata. correct answers Amphioxus Amphioxus has a dorsal tubular nerve cord, supportive notochord, pharyngeal pouches or slits, endostyle for ___________, and a postanal tail for ________________. correct answers feeding, propulsion. Normally found half buried in sand on the sea floor and filters ________________ particles. correct answers organic Very inconspicuous and with no c...

Barron's Essential Words For The IELTS Already Graded A+ aquatic (adj.) living in the water ie: ... plants/ecosystems/sports deforestation (n.) the removal of all trees from a large area erosion (n.) loss of soil from action of water or wind habitat (n.) the natural area where a plant or animal lives ie: The panda's natural ... is the bamboo forest inhibit (v.) to prevent, slow down ie: Financial considerations are inhibiting access to high education intercept (v.) to cat...

Herpetology Exam 1 Review 3. Amphibians belong to the class .: Amphibia 4. Traditionally, crocodilians, turtles, tuataras, snakes, and lizards belonged to the class .: Reptilia 5. are closely related.: Snakes and Lizards

______________ is small fishlike translucent animal that exhibits the five distinctive hallmarks of Phylum Chordata. correct answers Amphioxus Amphioxus has a dorsal tubular nerve cord, supportive notochord, pharyngeal pouches or slits, endostyle for ___________, and a postanal tail for ________________. correct answers feeding, propulsion. Normally found half buried in sand on the sea floor and filters ________________ particles. correct answers organic Very inconspicuous and with no c...

NATURAL SCIENCE CLEP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RATED A+ Mammalia - -Animals with a hairy body and highly developed brain that have live birth and produce milk Amphibia - -Cold blooded animals with bony skeletons webbed feet and separate sexes Reptilia - -Cold blooded animals with horny scales and a bony skeleton that lay eggs Aves - -Warm-blooded animals mostly with wings that lay eggs Chondrichthyes - -Cartilaginous fish Nuclear pore - -Communication channel between the cytopl...

aquatic - (adj.) living in the water ie: ... plants/ecosystems/sports deforestation - (n.) the removal of all trees from a large area erosion - (n.) loss of soil from action of water or wind habitat - (n.) the natural area where a plant or animal lives ie: The panda's natural ... is the bamboo forest inhibit - (v.) to prevent, slow down ie: Financial considerations are inhibiting access to high education intercept - (v.) to catch; cause to stop ie: the car was ... by the polive loggin...