2nd Book, Chap 4 Flashcards
Homeostasis
Keeping internal body conditions stable
Adaptations
Structures and behaviors that allow animals to preform their functions
Vertebrate
Animals with backbone
Invertebrate
Animals without backbone
Tissue
A group of similar cells that preforms a specific function
Organ
Made up of different tissues
Radial symmetry
A body plan in which any number of imaginary lines that all pass through a central point divide the animal into two mirror images
Bilateral symmetry
Only one line of symmetry can be drawn to divide into halves
Cnidarians
Invertebrates that have stinging cells and take food into a central body cavity
Mollusks
Invertebrates with soft, unsegmented bodies that are often protected by a hard shell
Anthropods
Invertebrates that have hard outer coverings, segmented bodies, and pairs of jointed appendages
Exoskeleton
Outer skeleton
Echinoderm
Invertebrate that has an internal skeleton and a system of fluid-filled tubes
Endoskeleton
Internal skeleton
Chordate
A cell that has a notochord, nerve cord, and punches in the throat area
Notochord
Flexible rod that supports a chordate’s back
Vertebrae
Small bones
Ectotherm
Animal that produces little internal body heat
Endotherm
Animal that controls the internal heat it produces and regulates
Fish
A vertebrate that lives in the water and uses fins to move
Cartilage
A tissues more flexible than a bone
Amphibian
A vertebrate that is ectothermic and spends its early life in the water and its adult life in land
Reptile
Ectothermic vertebrate that has scaly skin and lungs and lay eggs on land
Bird
An endothermic vertebrate that lay eggs and has feathers and a four-chambered heart