Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134296012
Author: Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Kelly A. Hogan, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 11TYK
Birds and mammals are both endothermic, and both have four-chambered hearts. Most reptiles are ectothermic and have three-chambered hearts. Why don’t biologists group birds with mammals? Why do most biologists now consider birds to be reptiles?
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Birds and mammals are both endothermic, and both have four chambered hearts. Most reptiles are ectothermic and have three-chambered hearts.
a) Why won’t biologists group birds with mammals?
b) Why do most biologists now consider birds to be reptiles?
Birds and mammals are both endothermic, and both have four-chambered hearts. Most reptiles are ectothermic and have three-chambered hearts. Why won’t biologists group birds with mammals?
Which of the following is a correct way to distinguish reptiles from amphibians?
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Reptiles have scales & amphibians don’t.
Reptiles sometimes don’t have legs, but amphibians always have them.
Amphibians lay eggs and reptiles don’t.
Reptiles lay eggs and amphibians don’t.
Reptiles go through metamorphosis and amphibians don’t.
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