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Cold blooded vertebrates Flashcards

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An animal that has a backbone

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Vertebrate

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An animal that can use body heat from chemical reactions in the body’s cells to maintain a constant body temperature.

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Endotherm

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An organism that needs sources of heat outside of itself

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Ectotherm

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A faint line visible on both sides of a fish’s body that runs the length of the body and marks the location of sense organs that detect vibrations in water.

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Lateral line

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A respiratory organ in which oxygen from the water is exchanged with carbon dioxide from the blood

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Gill

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Hagfish and Lampreys

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Examples of jawless fishes:

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Skates, stingray, and hammerhead

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Examples of cartilaginous fishes

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Masked butterfly fish and pikes

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Examples of bony fishes:

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A gas-filled sac that is used to control buoyancy; also known as gas bladder

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Swim bladder

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A respiratory organ in which oxygen from the air is exchanged with carbon dioxide from the blood

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Lung

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The aquatic, fish-shaped larva of a frog or toad

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Tadpole

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A phase in the life cycle of many animals during which a rapid change from the immature form of an organism to the adult form takes place

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Metamorphosis

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A type of egg that is surrounded by a membrane, the amnion, and that in reptiles, birds, and egg-laying mammals contains large amount of yolk and is surrounded by a shell

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Amniotic egg

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A type of amphibian

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Toads

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tailless amphibians with a short squat body

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Frogs

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Amphibians that live in tropical weather. They look like earthworms or snakes

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Caecilians

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Usually live under logs and stones in the woods. They have a similar body to their ancestors, caecilians

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Salamanders

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A reptile with a hard shell to protect them from their prey. They also spend most of their time in water

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Turtles

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They live on land and their shell is what makes them slow

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Tortises

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Their eyes and nostrils are on the top of their flat head. They are also meat eaters

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Crocodiles

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Their eyes and nostrils are on the top of their flat head. They are also meat eaters

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Alligators

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Today’s most common reptiles are snakes and lizards. Snakes are carnivores. They have a special organs in the mouth that help them smell prey.

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Snakes

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Most lizards eat insects and worms but some eat plants. They have a loosely connected lower jaw, but do not swallow large prey whole

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Lizards

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Live on only a few islands off the coast of New Zealand . They look very similar to lizards and can grow to be about 60 cm long

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Tuataras

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