vertebrates

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vertebrate

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an animal with a backbone

Question 2

Endotherm

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an animal that can use body heat from chemical reactions in the body’s cells to maintain a constant body tempature

Question 3

Ectotherm

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an organism that needs sources of heat outside of itself

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Lateral Line

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a faint line visible on both sides of a fish body that rus the length of the body and marks the location of sense of organs that detect vibrations

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Gill

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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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Jawless fishes (examples)

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Hagfish, lampreys

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Cartilaginous fishes (examples)

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stingray, hammerhead sharks

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Bony fishes (examples)

Answer 8

goldfish,tuna,trout

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Swim bladder

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a gas-filled sac that is used to control buoyancy also known as a gas badder

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Lung

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

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Tadpole

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

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Metamorphosis

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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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Caecilians

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Caecilians are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics of South and Central America, Africa, and southern Asia.

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Salamanders

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Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All ten extant salamander families are grouped together under the order Urodela

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Frogs

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A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura

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Toads

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Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands

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Amniotic egg

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The amniotic egg: An air-breathing egg characterized by a shell and extraembryonic membranes. These enclosed the amniote embryo in a private pond during its development and mediated gas-exchange with the external environment.

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Turtles

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Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the side-necked turtles and hidden neck turtles which differ in the way the head retracts

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Tortoises

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Tortoises are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines. They are particularly distinguished from other turtles by being exclusively land-dwelling, while many other turtle species are at least partly aquatic. Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats

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Crocodiles

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Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia

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Alligators

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An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator and the Chinese alligator. Additionally, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains.

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Snakes

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Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales

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Lizards

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Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains

Question 24

Tuataras

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a nocturnal burrowing lizard-like reptile with a crest of soft spines along its back, now confined to some small islands off New Zealand.