cold blooded

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vertebrates

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an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Question 2

endotherm

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an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm-blooded animal.

Question 3

Ectotherm

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an animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat.

Question 4

Lateral Line

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a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs which detect pressure and vibration.

Question 5

gill

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the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.

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jawless fishes

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Agnatha is a superclass of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both present and extinct species.

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Cartilaginous fishes

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Chondrichthyes is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes that have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage.

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Bony fishes

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Osteichthyes, popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.

Question 9

Swim bladder

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The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to waste energy in swimming.

Question 10

Lung

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The lungs are a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax). The trachea (windpipe) conducts inhaled air into the lungs through its tubular branches, called bronchi.

Question 11

tadpole

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A tadpole is the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian.

Question 12

Metamorphosis

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(in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

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Caecilians

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Caecilians are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians.

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Salamanders

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Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body,

Question 15

frogs

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A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura.

Question 16

toads

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Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by

Question 17

Amniotic egg

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The amniotic egg was an evolutionary invention that allowed the first reptiles to colonize dry land more than 300 million years ago. Fishes and amphibians must lay their eggs in water and therefore cannot live far from water. But thanks to the amniotic egg, reptiles can lay their eggs nearly anywhere on dry land.

Question 18

Turtles

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Turtles are reptiles of the order Chelonia or Testudines.

Question 19

Tortoises

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Tortoises are reptile species of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines.

Question 20

Crocodiles

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Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia

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Alligators

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An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae.

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Snakes

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Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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lizards

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Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica,

Question 24

Tuataras

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Tuatara are reptiles endemic to New Zealand, belonging to the genus Sphenodon.