Cold-blooded

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Vertebrates

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animals with backbones

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.

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Ectotherms

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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 Fish (2 examples)

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heterostreci Haikouichthys

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Cartilaginous Fish

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shark stingray

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Bony Fishes

Answer 8

walleye large mouth bass small mouth bass

Question 9

Swim 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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ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia. Modern amphibians are all Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal or freshwater aquatic ecosystems

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Lungs

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a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax).

Question 12

Tadpole

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the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly that of a frog or toad.

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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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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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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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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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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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are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today’s turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives

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Amniotic Eggs

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Eggs that can be laid on land

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Turtles

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

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Tortoises

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reptile species of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines. They are particularly distinguished from other turtles by being land-dwelling, while many other turtle species are at least partly aquatic.

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Crocodiles

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arge semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.

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Alligators

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a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two living species are the American alligator and the Chinese alligator.

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Snakes

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elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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LIzards

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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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reptiles endemic to New Zealand. Although resembling most lizards, they are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia.