cold blooded Flashcards

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vertebrates

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Animals with a backbone

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endotherms

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able to maintain a constant body temperature by internal means; warm- blooded

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lateral line

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a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.

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gills

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the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.

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ectotherms

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an animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat.

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jawless fishes example(2)

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heterostraci,arandaspididae,haikouichthys

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cartilaginous fishes 3 examples

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shark,batoids,chimaera

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bony fishes 3 examples

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sunfish,walleye,and goldfish

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swim bladder

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The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to waste energy in swimming.

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amphibians

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cold blooded vertebrate; double life means it lives on land & water; has gills and lungs, lays eggs in water, smooth skin, external fertilization. For example: Frogs, Newts Salamanders

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lungs

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each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. Lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups.

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tadpole

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A tadpole (also called a pollywog) is the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly that of a frog or toad. They are usually wholly aquatic, though some species have tadpoles that are terrestrial.

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metamorphosis

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The organism looses its gills. the organism loses its tails. It grows legs. The leg becomes longer. It develops lungs (frog)

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14
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caecilians description

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looks like a snake

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salamanders description

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slender body, long tail, short legs

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16
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frogs description

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jump,slimy, and i hate them

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toads

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A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura.

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reptiles

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Cold-blooded,dry scaly skin, lay eggs on the land with leathery shells, lungs, internal fertilization. For example: lizards, snakes, turtles, alligators

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amniotic eggs

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Amniotes are a clade of tetrapod vertebrates comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals. Amniotes lay their eggs on land or retain the fertilized egg within the mother

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turtles

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Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield. “Turtle” may refer to the order as a whole or to fresh-water and sea-dwelling testudines.

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tortosies

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Tortoises are a family, Testudinidae, of land-dwelling reptiles in the order Testudines. Tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell.

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crocodiles

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Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodylinae, all of whose members are considered true crocodiles, is classified as a biological subfamily.

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alligators

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An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two living species are the American alligator and the Chinese alligator. In addition, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains.

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snakes

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Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales.

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lizards

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Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic
island chains

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tuataras

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Tuatara are reptiles endemic to New Zealand. Although resembling most lizards, they are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia. Their name derives from the Māori language, and means “peaks on the back