Asked by Bobbie Alvarez on May 05, 2024
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Some members of this group are fully terrestrial except for reproduction.
A) jawless fish
B) cartilaginous fish
C) lobe-finned fish
D) amphibians
E) ray-finned fish
Fully Terrestrial
An organism or system that lives, operates, or performs its entire lifecycle on land with no aquatic phase.
Reproduction
The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from their parents, essential for the survival and continuation of a species.
Amphibians
A class of cold-blooded vertebrates that includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts, characterized by life stages both in water (as larvae) and on land (as adults).
- Identify the characteristics and skeletal adaptations of different groups of animals.
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JH
Jayden HashimotoMay 10, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
Amphibians are the only animal group among the options that spend part of their life cycle in the water (as larvae) and part of their life cycle on land (as adults), making them semi-aquatic. Some members of this group are fully terrestrial except for reproduction.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the characteristics and skeletal adaptations of different groups of animals.