Name: _______________________ Date ____/____/____ 6C 6D
Characteristics of all vertebrates:
What main characteristic is shared by all vertebrates?
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Compare and contrast chordates and vertebrates:
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How do vertebrates differ in the way in which they control body temperature?
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What does endothermic mean? ________________________________________________________________________
What does ectothermic mean? ________________________________________________________________________
What kind of body symmetry do all vertebrates have?
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List the seven classes of vertebrates.
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Class Agnatha
1. What are these? __________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are they endothermic or ectothermic? ________________________________________________________________
3. What type of body covering do they have? _____________________________________________________________
4. How do they breathe? _____________________________________________________________________________
method of obtaining food:
5. What types of consumers are they? __________________________________________________________________
6. How do they eat? _________________________________________________________________________________
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other attributes:
7. Do these fish have side fins? ________________________________________________________________________
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8. Do they have scales? _____________
9. Do they have bones? _____________ If not, what do they have instead? __________________________
10. List at least three examples of agnatha. __________________________________________________________
Class Chrondrichthyes
1. What are these? __________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are they endothermic or ectothermic? ________________________________________________________________
3. What type of body covering do they have? _____________________________________________________________
4. How do they breathe? _____________________________________________________________________________
method of obtaining food:
5. What types of consumers are they? __________________________________________________________________
other attributes:
6. Do these fish have side fins? ________________________________________________________________________
7. Do they have bones? _____________ If not, what do they have instead? ____________________________________
8. List at least three examples of these. _________________________________________________________________
Class Osteichthyes
1. What are these? __________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are they endothermic or ectothermic? ________________________________________________________________
3. What type of body covering do they have? _____________________________________________________________
4. Internal or external fertilization? _____________________________________________________________________
5. How do they breathe? _____________________________________________________________________________
method of obtaining food:
6. What types of consumers are they? __________________________________________________________________
other attributes:
7. Describe some other physical attributes of ALL members of this class?
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8. List at least three examples of these. __________________________________________________________________
Class Amphibia
1. Are they endothermic or ectothermic? ________________________________________________________________
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2. What type of body covering do they have? _____________________________________________________________
4. Internal or external fertilization? _____________________________________________________________________
3. Describe how the young are born. (eggs/no eggs? water/no water? shell/no shell? other)
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4. How do they breathe (be sure to include information from all life phases)? ___________________________________
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method of obtaining food:
5. What types of consumers are they? __________________________________________________________________
other attributes:
6. Describe some other physical attributes of ALL members of this class?
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7. What are the three main groups of these?______________________________________________________________
Class Reptilia
1. Are they endothermic or ectothermic? _______________________________________________________________
2. What type of body covering do they have? ____________________________________________________________
3. Internal or external fertilization? _____________________________________________________________________
4. Describe how the young are born. (eggs/no eggs? water/no water? shell/no shell? other)
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5. How do they breathe? _____________________________________________________________________________
method of obtaining food:
6. What types of consumers are they? __________________________________________________________________
other attributes:
7. Describe some other physical attributes of ALL members of this class?
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8. What are the four main groups of these?___________________________
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Class Aves
1. What are these? __________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are they endothermic or ectothermic? ________________________________________________________________
3. What type of body covering do they have? _____________________________________________________________
4. Internal or external fertilization? _____________________________________________________________________
5. Describe how the young are born. (eggs/no eggs? water/no water? shell/no shell? other)
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6. How do they breathe? _____________________________________________________________________________
method of obtaining food:
7. What types of consumers are they? __________________________________________________________________
other attributes:
8. Describe some other physical attributes of ALL members of this class?
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9. List at least three examples of these. __________________________________________________________________
Class Mammalia
1. What are these? __________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are they endothermic or ectothermic? ________________________________________________________________
3. What type of body covering do they have? _____________________________________________________________
4. Internal or external fertilization? _____________________________________________________________________
5. How do they breathe? _____________________________________________________________________________
method of obtaining food:
6. What types of consumers are they? __________________________________________________________________
other attributes:
7. Describe some other physical attributes of ALL members of this class?
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8. How are the three groups of mammals classified? _______________________________________________________
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placental mammals:
9. Give at least three examples of these:_________________________________________________________________
10. Describe how the young develop (be specific). _________________________________________________________
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marsupials:
11. Give at least three examples of these:________________________________________________________________
12. Describe how the young develop (be specific). _________________________________________________________
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monotremes:
13. Give at least three examples of these:_______________________________________________________________
14. Describe how the young develop (be specific)_________________________________________________________
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