What are Chordates?

Pg 194 of the “Life Science” Globe Fearon book

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Phylum Chordata

1. What is a chordate? __________________________________________

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2. What is a notochord? _________________________________________

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Other Chordate Features

1. One fact from this section. ___________________________________

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2. What are two chordate features besides a notochord? _______________

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Vertebrates

1. What is a vertebrate? _______________________________________

2. What type of skeleton does a chordate have? ____________________

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3. Vertebrates have a bony skull. Why? __________________________

Lancelets

1. What chordate qualities does a lancelet have? ____________________

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Body Plan of Chordates

1. What does the body of a chordate have? _________________________

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2. What parts does a “closed circulatory system” have? ________________

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3. Are humans cordates? Why or why not? _________________________

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Check on page 195. Fill in the answers from the book onto this paper.

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  10. Two features that vertebrates have but invertebrates do not have.
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