Cold Blooded Vertebrates Flashcards

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What are Vertebrates?

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Animals with a backbone and spine also have a cranium and skull.

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What is endothermic?

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A physical process of absorbing heat from its own body.

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What is ectothermic?

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A process that cold-blooded animals use to absorb heat externally like from the sun.

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4
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lateral line

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A sensory system inside fish and amphibians that detect movement, vibration, and pressure.

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5
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Gills

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A system in aquatic animals that exchanges oxygen in water.

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6
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Jawless Fishes

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A fish with no jaws.

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7
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cartilaginous Fishes

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fishes with a jaw.

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Bony Fishes

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fishes with scales.

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9
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Swim Bladder

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A gas filled organ in a fish that helps with buoyancy.

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10
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Amphibians

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ectothermic four-limbed vertabrate

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Lungs

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A part of the respiratory system in animals to help them breathe.

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12
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Tadpole

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the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian.

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Metamorphosis

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a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change.

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14
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Amniotic eggs

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a type of egg that are characterized by the presence of several membranes that protect and nourish the developing embryo.

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Reptiles

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cold Blooded, four limbs, and tetrapods.

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