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31 Cards in this Set
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Classify
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Group things based on the features they share
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Phylum
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Subdivision of a kingdom (plural is phyla)
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Species
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A group of organisms that can breed with each other to produce offspring like themselves
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Scientific name
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The name given to each species, consisting of its genus and its species label
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Vertebrate
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An animal with a backbone
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Cartilage
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A soft material found in vertebrate skeletons
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Vertebra
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One of the bones or blocks of cartilage that make up a backbone
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Gill
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A structure used by some animals to breathe in water
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Swim bladder
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A gas-filled organ that allows a bony fish to move up and down in water
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Amphibian
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A vertebrate that lives at first in water and then on land
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Metamorphosis
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A major change in form that occurs as some animals develop into adults
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Reptile
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An egg-laying vertebrate that breathes with lungs
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Cold-blooded
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Having a body temperature that changes with temperature of surroundings
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Warm-blooded
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Having a body temperature that stays the same
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Mammary gland
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A milk-producing structure on the chest or abdomen of a mammal
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Invertebrate
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An animal that does not have a backbone
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Cnidarian
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An invertebrate animal that includes jellyfish, corals, and hydras
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Radial Symmetry
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An arrangement of body parts that resembles the arrangement of spokes on a wheel
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Tentacle
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An armlike body part in invertebrates that is used for capturing prey
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Flatworm
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A simple worm that is flat and thin
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Bilateral symmetry
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A body plan that consists of left and right halves that are the same
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Roundworm
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A worm with a smooth, round body and pointed ends
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Segmented worm
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A worm whose body is divided into sections, such as earthworms and leeches
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Mollusk
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An invertebrate divided into three parts
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Arthropod
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A member of the largest group of invertebrates, which includes insects
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Molting
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The process by which an orthropod sheds its external skeleton
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Crustacean
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A class of arthropods, that include crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and sow bugs
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Arachnid
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A class of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks
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Complete metamorphosis
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Changes in form during development in which earlier stages do not look like the adult
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Incomplete metamorposis
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Changes in form during development in which earlier stages look like the adult
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Pupa
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a stage in the development of some insects that leads to the adult stage
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