Module #16 Vocab Flashcards
A shelled, water-retaining egg that allows reptile, bird, and certain mammal embryos to develop on land
Amniotic egg
Amniotic egg
A shelled, water-retaining egg that allows reptile, bird, and certain mammal embryos to develop on land
Neurotoxin
A poison that attacks the nervous system, causing blindness, paralysis, or suffocation
A poison that attacks the nervous system, causing blindness, paralysis, or suffocation
Neurotoxin
A poison that attacks the red blood cells and blood vessels, destroying circulation
Hemotoxin
Hemotoxin
A poison that attacks the red blood cells and blood vessels, destroying circulation
Endotherm
An organism that is internally warmed by a heat-generating metabolic process
An organism that is internally warmed by a heat-generating metabolic process
Endotherm
Down feathers
Feathers with smooth barbules but no hooked barbules
Feathers with smooth barbules but no hooked barbules
Down feathers
Contour feathers
Feathers with hooked and smooth barbules, allowing the barbules to interlock
Feathers with hooked and smooth barbules, allowing the barbules to interlock
Contour feathers
Placenta
A structure that allows an embryo to be nourished with the mother’s blood supply
A structure that allows an embryo to be nourished with the mother’s blood supply
Placenta
Gestation
The period of time during which an embryo develops before being born
