Objectives

• Describe the amniotic egg and its evolutionary significance
• Summarize key circulatory differences among amniotes
• Explain two strategies for regulating body temperature
• Identify the characteristics of reptiles
• Describe the relationship between modern birds and extinct theropod dinosaurs
• Explain flight adaptations in birds
• Identify characteristics of mammals
• Describe three groups of modern mammals

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

• 9.01
• 9.02
• 9.03
• 9.04

Vocabulary

• pulmonary circuit
• systemic circuit
• ectotherm
• endotherm
• diapsid
• anapsid
• synapsid
• oviparous
• viviparous
• airfoil
• air sac
• sternum
• mammal
• mammary gland
• monotreme
• marsupial
• eutherian

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