cold blooded

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Vertebrates

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an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Question 2

Endotherms

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an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm-blooded animal.

Question 3

Ectotherm

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

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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 which 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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Jawless Fishes

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Agnathan, Ostracoderm

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Cartilaginous Fishes

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Cartilaginous fish (scientific name Chondrichthyes) have a skeleton made from cartilage instead of bone.

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Bony Fishes

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Osteichthyes, popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue, as opposed to cartilage.

Question 9

swimmer bladder

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a gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy.

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Amphibians

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Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia. Modern amphibians are all Lissamphibia.

Question 11

Lungs

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The lungs are a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax). The trachea (windpipe) conducts inhaled air into the lungs through its tubular branches, called bronchi.

Question 12

tadpole

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A tadpole 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. Wikipedia

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Metamorphosis

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(in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

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Caecilians

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Caecilians are a group of limbless, serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians.

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Salamanders

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Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults.

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Frogs

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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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Toads

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Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.

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Reptiles

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Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today’s turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives. The study of these traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology.

Question 19

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, and are distinguished from the anamniotes, which typically lay their eggs in water.

Question 20

Turtles

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Turtles are diapsids of the order Testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield.

Question 21

Tortoises

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Tortoises are reptile species of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines.

Question 22

Crocodiles

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Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.

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Alligators

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An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae.

Question 24

Snakes

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Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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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"