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vertebrate
animals with a backbone as part of their endoskeleton; the second largest group of animals on earth
warm-blooded
vertebrates that maintain their own body temperature by breaking down food to make heat energy; birds or mammals
cold-blooded
vertebrates whose body temperature changes with the surrounding temperature; have moist skin and are covered with scales; fish, amphibians, and reptiles
amphibian
a cold-blooded vertebrate that spends part of its life in water and part on land; live near water because skin must be kept moist
has lungs, but also breathes through the skin; frogs, toads, and salamanders
classes of vertebrates
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, bony fish, cartilaginous fish, and jawless fish
reptile
cold-blooded vertebrate who live on land and have tough, dry, scaly skin that holds in moisture; can't breathe through skin, have lungs; lay tough eggs; snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles
bird
warm-blooded vertebrates with scales on beaks and feet; have feathers which are lightweight to keep them warm and dry; powerful lungs help most birds to fly; hollow bones make body light enough to fly;
mammal
warm-blooded vertebrate with hair or fur; females produce milk to feed young; give birth to live young; (platypus and spiny anteater are only mammals to lay eggs);
tadpoles
amphibians who turn into frogs during their life cycle
cartilage
rubbery skeleton in lampreys, sharks, and rays
fish
cold-blooded vertebrates classified as jawless fish, cartilaginoue fish, and bony fish