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Vertebrate

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A back boned animal

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Invertebrate

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An animal without a backbone.

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Consumer

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A person or thing that eats or uses something

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Ganglion

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A mass of nerve cells

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Gut

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The digestive tract

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Coelom

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A body cavity that contains the internal organs

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Open circulatory system

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A circulatory system in witch the circulatory fluid is not contained entirely within vessels

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Closed circulatory system

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A circulatory system in witch the heart circulates blood through a network of blood vessels that form a closed loop

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Segment

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Any part of a larger structure, such as the body of an organism, that is set off by natural or arbitrary boundaries

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Exoskeleton

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a hard, external, supporting structure

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Compound eye

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an eye composed of many light detectors

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Antenna

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a feeler that is on the head of an invertebrate, such as a crustacean or an insect, that senses touch, taste, or smell

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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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Endoskeleton

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an internal skeleton made of bone or cartilage

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Water vascular system

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a system of canals filled with a watery fluid that circulates throughout the body of an echinoderm

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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 temperature

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ectotherm

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an organism that needs sources of heat outside of itself

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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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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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Sponges

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a primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibers or calcareous or glassy spicules. Sponges draw in a current of water to extract nutrients and oxygen