vertebrates Flashcards
1
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vertebrate
A
animal with a backbone
2
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endotherm
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an animal that can use body heat for chemical reaction
3
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ectotherm
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an organism that needs sources of heat outside itself
4
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lateral line
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a faint line visible on both sides of a fishes body
5
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gill
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a respiratory organ
6
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swim bladder
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a gas filled sac used to control buoyancy
7
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jawless fish
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a fish species that has no jaw
8
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cartilaginous fish
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a species of fish that has a skeleton made mostly made of cartilage
9
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bony fish
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a species of fish with a skeleton made of bone
10
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lung
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a respiratory organ
11
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tadpole
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the aquatic fish shaped larva of a frog
12
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metamorphosis
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a phase of change in a life cycle
13
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caecilians
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an order of serpentine amphibians
14
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salamanders
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a group of four legged amphibians
15
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frog
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a carnivores group of short bodied amphibians
