Objectives

• Identify distinguishing characteristics of chordates
• Describe the difference between jawless and jawed fishes
• Describe the evolution and advantage of jaws
• Explain the origin and function of a fish's swim bladder
• Describe the evolutionary history of amphibians
• Describe the adaptations of amphibians that help them live on land
• Summarize the reproduction and development of amphibians

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Assignment Checklist:
(these are the assignments you must turn in)

• 8.01
• 8.02
• 8.03
• 8.04
• 8.05

Vocabulary

• chordate
• notochord
• endoskeleton
• gill
• countercurrent flow
• swim bladder
• tetrapod
• pharyngeal slit
• vertebrate
• lateral line
• amphibian

Schedule (you may work ahead of schedule)

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