Cold-Blooded Vertebrates Vocabulary Flashcards
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Veretbretes
animals with backbones
Endotherms
an organism that maintains the same body temperature all the time
Ectotherms
an organism that’s body temperature depends on the outside temperature
Lateral Line
system of sense organs in aquatic organisms
Gills
a tissue made of filaments that transfer ions and water, as well as the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, acids and ammonia
Jaw less fishes
Heterostaci and Haikouichthys
Cartilaginous Fishes
Shark, saw fish, and stingray
Bony Fishes
Teleost, lungfish, and cichlid
Swim bladder
gas filled organ that allows fish to stay at same depth without using much energy
Amphibians
ectothermic and tetrapod vertebretes
Lungs
allow certain organisms to breathe
Tadpole
a tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian with gills that later develops legs and lungs
Metamorphosis
a change or morph into a particular structure
Caecilians
amphibian without limbs that is usually underground
Salamanders
a lizard like amphibian with slender bodies and short limbs
Frogs
an amphibian that is carnivorous, short bodied and tailless
Toads
amphibian characterized by dry skin, short legs, and parotoid glands
Reptiles
a group of tetrapod animals
Amniotic Eggs
amniotes are a clade of tetrapod vertebrates
Turtles
a reptile classified by its shell
Tortoises
a family and a reptile that is slow and has a shell but is bigger than a turtle
Crocodiles
large aquatic reptile that is found in warmer places
Alligators
like crocodiles but in a different family
Snakes
elongated, legless, and carnivorous reptile
