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1
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Characteristic of vertebrates

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Vertebral column
Skull
Endoskeleton
Internal organization

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2
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Replaces the embryonic notochord

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Vertebral column

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3
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Evidence of segmentation

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Vertebral column

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4
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High degree of cephalization

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Skull

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5
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Encloses and protects brain

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Skull

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6
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Complex sense organs

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Skull

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7
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Tissue that grows with the animal

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Endoskeleton

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8
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Protection for internal organs

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Endoskeleton

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9
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Attachment for muscles

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Endoskeleton

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10
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Paired appendages characteristics

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Endoskeleton

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11
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Incomplete digestive track

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Large coelom

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12
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Closed circulatory system

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Internal organization

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13
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Respiratory system consists of gills or lungs

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Internal organization

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14
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Kidneys

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Internal organization

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15
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Sexes are separate and reproduction is sexual

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Internal organization

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16
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Approximately 28000 species

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Fish

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17
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Jawless fish

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Agnathans

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18
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Jawless fish ex

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Lamprey and hag fish

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19
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Condrichthyes

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Cartilaginous fish that have jaws

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20
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Depend on environment to regulate temp

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Ecothermy

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21
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Fish with jaws are

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Cartilaginous

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22
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Cartilaginous ex

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Sharks, rays, skates

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23
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Cartilaginous fish lack

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Gill cover of bony fishes

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24
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Can sense electric currents in water

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Cartilaginous fish

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25
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Sharks and rays use a lateral line system

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Cartilaginous

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26
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These fish have filter feeders and predators

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Cartilaginous

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27
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Osteichthyes

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Have skeleton of bone and jaws

28
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25000 species

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Osteichthyes

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Most are ray finned fishes

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Osteichthyes

30
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Osteichthyes have a swim

31
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Bony fishes have separate

32
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Majority of bony fishes undergo external

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Fertilization

33
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Lobe finned fishes posses fleshy fins supported by

34
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Lobe finned fishes ex

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Lungfishes and coelacanth

35
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Lungfishes have

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Lungs and gills

36
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Amphibians contain

37
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Amphibians have smooth and

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Nonscaly skin

38
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Amphibians have

39
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Amphibians have double loop circulatory pathway with a three

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Chambered heart

40
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Amphibians have organs called

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Sense organs

41
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Amphibians have aquatic

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Reproduction

42
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Amphibians go through a process called

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Metamorphosis

43
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Amphibian gave three groups

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Salamanders and newts
Frogs and toads
Caecilians

44
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Salamanders practice

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Internal fertilization

45
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Frogs and toads are

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Tailless as adults

46
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Caecilians are

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Legless, sightless, wormshaped

47
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Amphibians return return to water to

48
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Amphibians use many strategies to keep their

49
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What are the reproductions strategies of amphibians

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Wrap eggs in leaves
Lay directly in water
Put them in pockets on females back
Lay eggs on moist ground

50
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have more than 17000 species

51
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Characteristics; paired limbs, efficient breathing, efficient circulation, excretion, ectothermy, well adapted reproduction

52
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Turtles and tortoises
Lizards
Snakes
Tuataras
Crocodilians

53
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Ribs and thoracic infused into a heavy shell

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Turtle and tortoises

54
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Tuataras have

55
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Snakes and lizards are both

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Carnivores

56
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Muscular tail used as a weapon and a paddle

57
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Characteristics; feathers, modified skeleton, modified respiration, endothermic, well developed sense organs, nervous system

58
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Typically classified according to beak and foot type, habitat, and behavior

59
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Characteristics; hair, mammary glands, skeleton, internal organ, internal development

60
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Accommodates a larger brain relative to body sizes

61
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Double loop circulatory pathway with 4 chambered heart

62
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Monotremes
Marsupials
Placental Mammals

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3 lineages

63
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Hard shelled amniotic eggs and single urogenital opening (cloaca)

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Monotremes

64
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Females contain pouches

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Marsupials

65
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Placenta is used for exchange of material and fetal blood

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Placental Mammals

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