Science: Order and Design chapter 9

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animals that regulate their body temperature internaly

Scientists who study fish

Ray finned fish

Fish that possess fins made of webs of skin

Lobbed finned fish

Fish that have webbed rays attached to the body by alobe

Bony overlapping plates that protrude from the fish's skin

Filters the water coming through the fish's mouth

Protects and covers the gills

A system of nerve endings that extend off the fish's head and sides

Effectual are fertilized by the male

A fluid that contains the sperm that the male releases while swimming over the role

Fish that give birth to live young

A large gas filled organ located high in the fish's body that allows the fish to stay suspended in any depth of wqter

Introduce carbon dioxide into the bladder to pressurize it so it does not collapse

Chondrichthytes

Those with jaws

Those without jaws

Laying large quantities of eggs in the water

Chindrichthians with a body design similar to bony fish

Placoid scales that do not overlap on sharks

Paired holes for inhalation

The protective case covering a sharks eggs

Neutrally buoyant

Neither rising nor sinking but remaining at it's current depth

Non aggressive rays that lie buried in the Sandy ocean bottom

Non venomous batiods with long noses

The nose of a sawfish

Cold blooded vertebrates

Scientists who study reptiles as well as amphibians

"Hardened with keratin"

The most numerous reptiles that are very diverse and are found in every climate

Cells that give lizzards the ability to change colour

A venomous lizzard found in deserts of the south western United States and Mexico

Small flat bodied lizzards that are nocturnal insectivores and highly vocal

The largest of all the lizzards

The gecko's immovable, transparent eye

A herbivorous lizzard group found throughout North and South America

The only lizzard to truly have a marine life

Arboreal lizzards found primarily in Africa and Madagascar and known for their unique appearance

Lizzards with elongated bodies covered in small shiny overlapping scales

Legless reptiles with a unique body design

Lateral undulation

Snake epithets along a path in an "s" formation

Sidewinding movement

Snake lifts its body off the ground and throws it sideways

Concertina movement

Snake alternately coils and uncoils

Snake sheds its outer layer of dead skin in on long piece

Rectilinear movement

Snake alternately stretches and shortens its body segments

A litter of snakes

A poisonous liquid containing enzymes and chemicals that destroy portions of the body

Long hollow or grooved teeth

Venom that attacks the nervous system

Venom that affects the circulatory system

Mexican designed to counteract snake venom

Slow moving snakes that coil around their prey and tighten until it dies

Common constictor generally found in Central and South America

Common Constrictors generally found in the Old World

The largest group of snakes

Located in the roof of the month allows some ciphers to locate warm bodies in the dark

Turtles the only reptiles with shells

Covers the abdomen of a turtle

Covers the back of a turtle

The individual "squares" of a turtles shell

Turtles that live only on land and have elephant like feet

The largest living reptiles and includes crocodiles, alligators, camians, and gavials

Swift and agile predators

Less aggressive and less dangerous to humans than crocodiles

Fish eaters that catch their prey with sideways snaps

Nocturnal, lizzard like reptiles that are classified by themselves

The Tuataras third eye

"Terrible Lizzard"

Sir Richard Owen

Coined the term "dinosaur"

Carnivorous dinosaurs that walked on two legs

Dinosaurs with protective horns and plates

Extinct flying animals that had a body design similar to modern bats

Giant dinosaurs of the sea

Cold blooded four legged vertebrates that are mostly terrestrial

Amphibians that lack limbs

The changing of an immature hatching into an adult

"Fire lizzard"; has an elongated body and possesses a distinct head and neck and usually a long tail

Amphibious salamanders that live on land but return to the water for breeding

Metamorphosised larvae

Salamanders that live in water and have hardened beaks and draw water and prey into their mouths by suction

Toads and frogs as a group

The larvae of frogs and toads

Amphibians that are long bodied and limbless

Skin colds or rings in a caecilian's body

The mother caecilian grows a fatty layer of skin every three days for the young to consume

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