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137 Cards in this Set
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Who is Charles Darwin?
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Father of Evolution
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What is an adaptation, give example.
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Evolution of a structure, behavior or eternal process that enables an organism to respont to environmental factors and live to produce offspring.
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Vestigial structure
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a structure in a present day organism that no longer serves its natural prupose, but was probably useful for an ancestor.
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homologous structure
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analogous structure
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Helps an organism to blend into their surroundings for protection.
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camouflage
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An adaptation of an organism that copies a characteristic of another organisms that provides protection.
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mimicry
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A butterfly that has dots on its lower wings to give the appearance of a larger animal.
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mimicry
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A walking stick that looks like a tree branch and blends into the tree
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camouflage
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A frog that is not well seen due to the coloration of its skin.
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camouflage
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A populalation of organisms that interbreed and can produce offspring with the ability to reproduce.
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Species
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A process of change over time
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evolution
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Difference that exist among individuals in the same population
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variation
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A hypothesis that is support by evidence
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theory
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One girl has brown hair and blue eyes, and the other one has red hari and brown eyes.
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variation
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A group of tigers have 6 new cubs.
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species
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The horse species changes from having 4 toes to a hoove.
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evolution
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Darwin forms an idea based on all the data he has collected.
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theory
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Branch of biology that groups and names organisms based on studies of their different characteristics
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Taxonomy
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Grouping of objects or information based on similarities
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Classification
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List levels of classification in order from broad to specific.
King Phillip Came Over For Green Soup |
Kingdom
Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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Who created teh taxa that are included in the levels of organization?
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Laneas
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How many parts to binomial nomenclature.
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Two
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What are the two parts to binomial nomenclature?
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Genus and Species
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What is the first part of the scientific name and how must it be written?
Second Part? |
Upper case
Lower case |
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If they have th same class what other taxa do they have in common?
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Phylum & Kingdom
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What is the most specific taxa?
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species
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What is the most broad taxa?
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Kingdom
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True nucleus & membrane bound organells and multi-uni-cellular organisms
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Eukaryotic
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Lack internal membrane-bound structures.
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Prokaryotic
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Draw a picture of a moneran.
Flagella, nucleic acids, cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm. |
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Extra protective coating
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Encospore
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When does Encospore form.
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When conditions are un-favorable.
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Name the two kingdoms of bacteria.
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Eubacteria & Archebacteria
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What is the difference between the two kingdoms of bacteria?
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Asexual reproduction in bacteria is
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Binary fission
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Sexual reproduction in bacteria is?
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conjugation
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Asexual reproduction, unicellular replicated cells dividing into 2 cells.
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binary fission
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Sexual reproduciton, exchanging genetic cell contact.
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conjugation
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Why are viruses considered nonliving?
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Can not reporduce without host cells.
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Define and explain the 2 cycles viruses replicate through.
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Lytic Cycle &
Lysogenic Cycle |
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Reproducesand spreads by bursting out of the host cell repid / fast
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Lytic Cycle
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Dormat stage of virus - Slow
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Lysogenic Cycle
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What is a vaccination?
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dead form of a virus or weekened form of bacteria.
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Draw & label an ameba, euglena, and paramecium.
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What structure(s) does an amoeba, paramecium and euglena use to move?
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1. Pseudopod
2. Cilia 3. Flagella |
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All protists are
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eukaryotic
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What are 3 groups that protists are divided into.
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Protozoans - Animal Like
Alage - Plant Like Molds - Fungus Like |
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Are fungus eukaryotic or prokaryotic.
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eukaryotic
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Are fungus hetrotrophs or autotrophs?
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hetrotrophs
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What are the cell walls of fungi made of?
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Chitin (Kitun)
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Howe is food obtained by fungi?
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Decomposers - though absorption
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Name examples of fungi:
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Mushrooms
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_____ is the largest part of the leaves used mostly for photosynthesis.
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Blade
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What process converts sund energy to food? (plants perform his process)
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Photosynthesis
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What plant organ acts to support and absorb water and nutrients?
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Roots
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What vascular tissue transports water and minerals?
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xylem
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What vascular tissue transports food
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Phloem
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What is the reporductive organ or a plant?
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Flower
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What are the pores for gas exchange called?
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Stomata
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What opens and closes thesthe pores for gas exchange.
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Guard Cells
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Define Annual
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1 Year
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Define Biennial
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2 Year
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Define Perinnial
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1 Year Plus
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The part the flower that provides protection while the flower is still a bud is called what?
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Sepal
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Sketch: Alternate leaf arrangement
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Sketch: Simple Leaf and its parts
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Sketch: Opposite leaf arrangement
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Sketch: Compound Leaf
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Sketch: Whorled leaf arrangement
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Sketch: Parallel venation
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Sketch: Palmate venation
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Sketch: Tap root
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Sketch: Fibrous root
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What is the term given to animals without a backbone
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invertebrates
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List and define the three types of symmetry discussed in your Intro. To Animal Notes.
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Radical
Asymmetry Bilateral |
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Can be divided along any pland through its axis
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Radical
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Divided equally
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Asymmetry
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Can be divided down its length into right & left halves
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Bilateral
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What two structures are contained in the tentacle of a cnidarian that help it capture food?
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Cnidocytes
Nermatocyst |
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What does an Annelid have on its external structure that the other worm phyla do not?
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Segments
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List three examples of a Mollusk
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Snail, Slug, Squid
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What is the difference between a closed and open circulatory system?
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Closed: Veins
Open: Flows where ever |
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Give an example of a echinoderm.
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Starfish
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What is a characteristics of all arthropods?
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Exoskeleton & Jointed appendages.
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Is a grasshopper incomplete or complete metamorphosis.
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Incomplete
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Isa a butterfly incomplete or complete metamorphosis.
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Complete
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Name 2 examples of arthropods.
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Crayfish and grasshopper.
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What type of symmetry are found in jelly fish
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Radical
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What type of symmetry are found in flatworms
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Bi-Lateral
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Frogs have a tympanic membrane that
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increases sound and heart
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In the digestive system of a frog, where does food go after it leaves the mouth?
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esophagus
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Which structure does a fish have that is analogous to your lungs?
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gills
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Which structure does a fish have that allows a shark to feel vibrations of a struggling fish several hundred yards away?
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Lateral line system
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One way an ectotherm can warm is body is to
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get in the sun
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An animal that has a backbone can be classified in which phylum
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bertabrate Phylum Cordata
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Name an example of monotreeme
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Duck Billed Platapus
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Most marsupials are found in
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Australia
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The main advantage of hair is that it
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extra protection threat
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Fishes depend on their _____ for balance, steering, and swimming. These structures are fan-shaped membranes supported by stiff spines.
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fins
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The activity level of adult amphibians require more oxygen, which is supplied by a (n)
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3 chambered heart and lungs
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Fishes hav a ____ chambered heart.
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2
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A (n) ______ is the sheet of muscle located beneath the lungs that is used to expand and contract the chest cavity of mammals.
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diaphra
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Femal mammals have ________ that secrete milk, enabling them to nourish their young until the young are mature enough to find food.,
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mammary glands
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Class that has amnoitic eggs
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Reptiles, Aves, Mammals
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Class that has kidneys
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All
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Class that has scales
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Fish, Reptiled, Aves
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Class that contains animals that have a 4 chambered heart
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reptiles, aves, mammals
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Class that goes though complete metamorphosis
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amphibians
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Class that has hollow bones.
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Aves
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Class that has endoskeleton
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ALL
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Class that crocodiles belong to
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Reptiles
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Class that is ectothermic
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Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles
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Class that contins bats
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mammals
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Class that has sweat glands and mammary glands
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mammals
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Calss that has fins
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fish, some mammals
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Name the main organ of the Digestive System
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Stomach
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Name the main organ of the
Respiratory system |
Wings
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Name the main organ of the
Integumentary system |
skin
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Name the main organ of the
Endocrine system |
hormones
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Name the main organ of the
Immune system |
Lymph
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Name the main organ of the
Skeletal System |
Bone
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Name the main organ of the
Muscular System |
Muscles
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Name the main organ of the
Excretory System |
Kidney
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Name the main organ of the
Nervous System |
Brain
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Name the main organ of the
Circulatory System |
Heart
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Brings air into body so that blood can be oxygenated
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Respiratory
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Produces sex cells
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Reproductive
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Protects body from ultraviolet light
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Integumentary
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Transports oxygen, nutrients and wastes throughout the body.
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circulatory
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Protects vital organs in head and chest
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skeletal
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Carries cells that help the body fight diseases
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Immune System
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Produces hormones that are released in the blood to regulate the body
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Endocrine
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Ureter, kidney and urethra
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excretary
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Changes food into a form that cells can use
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digestive
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Moves body parts
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muscular system
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Spinal cord, brain, nerves, neurons
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nervous system
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