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vertebrate
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animals with a backbone as part of their endoskeleton; the second largest group of animals on earth
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warm-blooded
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vertebrates that maintain their own body temperature by breaking down food to make heat energy; birds or mammals
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cold-blooded
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vertebrates whose body temperature changes with the surrounding temperature; have moist skin and are covered with scales; fish, amphibians, and reptiles
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amphibian
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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 |
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classes of vertebrates
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mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, bony fish, cartilaginous fish, and jawless fish
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reptile
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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
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bird
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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;
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mammal
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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);
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tadpoles
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amphibians who turn into frogs during their life cycle
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cartilage
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rubbery skeleton in lampreys, sharks, and rays
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fish
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cold-blooded vertebrates classified as jawless fish, cartilaginoue fish, and bony fish
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