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45 Cards in this Set
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Animals with a backbone
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Vertebrate
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Cordates Group
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Lancelets
Vertebrates Tunicates |
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All chordates have these body parts at some point in their life
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Pharyngeal pouch
Hollow Nerve Cord Notocord Tail |
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Bones htat protect the spinal cord
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Vertebrae
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Warmblooded animal
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Endotherm
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Animals with body temp change with surroundings
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Ectotherm
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When an animal changes from immature to adult form
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Metamorphosis
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Fish use ______ to steer, balance, and stop
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Fins
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95% of all fish belong to the class ___________
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Bony
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Structure that contains tiny sense organs to detect water vibration
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Lateral Line
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This animal stores oil to help stay afloat
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Shark
(Cartiliginous) |
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Gas filled sac that controls buoyancy
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Swim bladder
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Amphibians are born with _____ that change into lungs
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Gills
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Adult amphibians use these to breathe
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Lungs/skin
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Animal amphibian without legs
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Caecilian
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Amphibian called _________ because it is sensitive to environmental change
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Ecological indicator
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Both amphibians and reptiles have what in common
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Lungs
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Type of eggs reptles produce
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Amniotic
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One adaption the the reptiles have so they can live on land
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Thick scaly skin
lungs Amniotic eggs |
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This reduces water loss for reptiles
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Thick, dry skin
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To creep
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Reptile
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Reptiles and birds share
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Scales on feet and legs
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Birds/mammals use chemical reactions to keep blood temp constant
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Endotherm
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All egg laying mammals can do this
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Produce milk
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The only North American marsupial left
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Opossom
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Humans belong in the group _______
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Primates
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Mammals are divided by ___________
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How they develop
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The tough material that the flexible part of our ears are made of
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Cartilage
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First vertebrates on earth
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Fish
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Are birds endotherms or ectotherms?
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Endotherms
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Amphibian called _________ because it is sensitive to environmental change
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Ecological indicator
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Both amphibians and reptiles have what in common
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Lungs
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Type of eggs reptles produce
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Amniotic
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One adaption the the reptiles have so they can live on land
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Thick scaly skin
lungs Amniotic eggs |
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This reduces water loss for reptiles
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Thick, dry skin
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To creep
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Reptile
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Reptiles and birds share
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Scales on feet and legs
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Birds/mammals use chemical reactions to keep blood temp constant
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Endotherm
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All egg laying mammals can do this
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Produce milk
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The only North American marsupial left
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Opossom
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Humans belong in the group _______
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Primates
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Mammals are divided by ___________
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How they develop
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The tough material that the flexible part of our ears are made of
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Cartilage
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First vertebrates on earth
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Fish
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Are birds endotherms or ectotherms?
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Endotherms
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