flash cards
Vertebrates
an animal that has a backbone
Endotherms
warm blooded
Ectotherms
cold blooded
Lateral Line
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 vibration in water
Gills
a respiratory organ in which oxygen from the water is exhanged with carbon dioxide from the blood
Jawless Fishes
A fish with no jaws - Heterostraci Arandaspidiformes
Cartilaginous Fishes
Shaerk , Batoids, Chimaera
Bony Fishes
catfish, cichlid, actinopterygii
Swim Bladder
a gas-filled sac that is used to control buoyancy; also known as gas bladder
Amphibians
a cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs toads newts and salamanders they are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage
Lungs
a respiratory organ in which oxygen from the air is exchanged with carbon dioxide from the blood
Tadpole
the aquatic fish-shaped larve of a frog or toad
Metamorphosis
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
Caecilians
are a group of limbless amphibeans
Salamanders
are a group of anphbinains characterized as a lizard like aperence
Frogs
are tailless anphbinans
Toads
are a comman name given to certain frogs
Reptiles
are tetapod animals in the class reptila
Amniotic Eggs
are a claud of tetropod vetabrates
Turtles
are reptiles of the order testudines
Tortoises
are gaint turtles
Crocodiles
are large aquatic reptiles
Alligators
are in the family aligatoridea
Snakes
are scary carnivorous reptiles
Lizards
are a widespread of reptiles
Tuataras
are reptiles ecidemnic to new zealand
