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Vertebrate
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an organism with a backbone.
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Invertebrate
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an organism with NO backbone
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Endothermic
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an organism that can keep a constant body temperature without external heat sources (humans).
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Ectothermic
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an organism that needs external heat sources to keep its body temperature constant (snakes)
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Gills
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organs that fish use to get oxygen out of the water. This is how fish breathe. They don’t have lungs.
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Lungs
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this is how land animals get oxygen out of the air. These animals don’t have gills.
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Animal Kingdom
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a group of organisms that are heterotrophs (meaning they can NOT make their own food).
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Herbivores
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organisms that eat only plants or parts of plants.
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Carnivores
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organisms that capture and kill other animals for food.
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Omnivores
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organisms that eat plants and other animals for food.
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