chapter 2 vertebrates Flashcards
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Vertebrates
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An animal with a backbone.
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Cartilage
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A soft material found in vertebrate skeletons.
3
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Vertebrates
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One of the bones or blocks of cartilage that make up a backbone.
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Gill
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A structure used by some animals to breathe in water.
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Swim bladder
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A gas-filled organ then allows a bony fish to move up and down in water.
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Amphibian
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A vertebrate that lives at first in water and then on land.
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Metamorphosis
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A major change in from that occurs as some animals develop into adults.
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Reptile
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An egg laying vertebrate that breathes with lungs.
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Cold-blooded
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Having a body temp that changes with temp of surroundings.
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Warm-blooded
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Having a body temp that stays the same.
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Mammary gland
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A milk producing structure on the chest or abdomen on the mammal.
