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| Stiff support column along back of organism |
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| Dorsal Tubular Nerve Cord |
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| Bundle of nerves along back of organism |
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| Small folds along neck of chordate embryo |
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| Hard column that surrounds nerve cord |
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| Flexible protein that aids in support |
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| Ossified connective tissue; contains calcium |
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| Ectotherms (Poikilotherms) |
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| Cold-blooded organisms (Body temperature depends on environment) |
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| Warm-blooded organisms (Body temperature independent of environment) |
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| Thin outer covering; dermis |
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| Shingle-like structures that cover skin; sometimes all connected |
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| Covering unique to mammals |
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| Central section of bones; includes cranium and vertebrae |
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| Stack of bones that surround nerve cord |
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| The part of the skeleton that includes arms and legs |
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| Connects arms to body; shoulder joints |
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| Connects legs to body; hip joints |
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| Blood leaves heart through these |
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| Narrowest blood vessels; O2, nutrients, CO2 and wastes exchanged here |
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| Blood come back to the heart through these vessels |
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| Iron containing protein that carries O2 in blood |
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| Blood filters; take out nitrogenous wastes from the blood; excretion sites |
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| To eat both plants and meat |
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| Carry egg inside; offspring hatches internally followed by live birth |
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| Processing site in brain; controls voluntary movement |
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| Area of brain devoted to movement and coordination |
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| Connects brain to spinal cord |
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| Any behavior that an animal can do on its own |
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| Specific behavior that an animal does without being taught |
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| Immediate response to stimuli; no thinking required |
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| Conditioned or Learned Behavior |
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| Behavior that an animal is taught |
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| Teaching and animal to produce a specific behavior |
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| Behavior that requires creativity; often includes complex communication |
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| Changing ones environment; use of tools to accomplish a task |
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| Using symbols or sounds to convey a message |
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| Cartilaginous fish; Sharks, Rays and Skates |
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| Viviparous, dorso-ventrally compressed chondrichthyes |
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| Oviparous, dorso-ventrally compressed chondrichthyes |
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| Sharp-toothed Chondrichthyes; often great predators |
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| Skeleton that has calcium in it |
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| Gill plate; hard cover just past the jaw on a fish |
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| Pressure-sensitive organ on fish |
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| Slimy protein material that covers an animal’s body |
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| Pigment bearing structures in the skin of some animals |
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| Chamber filled with gas that can raise or lower a boney fish in water |
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| Respiratory structures in fish and amphibian larva |
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| Digestive chamber in vertebrates |
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| Digestive accessory organ in vertebrates; sugar storage |
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| Excretory structures in vertebrates |
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| Production of semen; semen |
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| Salamanders, frogs and caecilians |
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| Caecilians; Legless amphibians; look like worms but have a skeleton |
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| Immature form of an amphibian; fully aquatic with gills and sucker mouth |
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| Small frog with residual tail; fully terrestrial |
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| Heart in an amphibian and most reptiles |
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| Enables vertebrates to see |
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| Front limbs on vertebrates |
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| Back limbs on vertebrates |
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| The opening of the nostril on the inside of the mouth of a frog |
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| Sticky appendage attached to the front of the mouth of a frog |
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| The opening in a frog’s throat that leads to the esophagus |
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| The opening in a frog’s throat that leads to the trachea & lungs |
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| Canals that connect to the tympanic membrane |
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| Expandable chamber that allows frogs to make sounds |
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| Rough ridges on upper rim of frog mouth |
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| Pointed structures on inside roof of mouth of a frog; aid in swallowing food |
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| Regulates sugar in blood stream; aids in digestion |
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| Nutrient and water absorption site of digestive system |
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| Store energy in the form of lipids within the frog’s body |
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| Multi-functional tube through which pass solid & liquid wastes and gametes |
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| “Sleeping” through the winter |
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| “Sleeping” through the hot, dry part of the day or year |
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| Grasping of a male to a female frog when mating |
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| Snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises, crocodiles, alligators & tuataras |
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| An advanced form of shelled egg that can survive drying conditions |
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| 1 of 4 membranes in an egg; embryo protector |
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| 1 of 4 membranes in an egg; respiration and excretion occur here |
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| 1 of 4 membranes in an egg; surrounds yolk |
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| 1 of 4 membranes in an egg; membrane closest to the shell |
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| The lower jaw of a snake or lizard; can be dislocated on either side |
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| Hard outer layer on a turtle or tortoise |
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| Alligators and Crocodiles |
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| Scales on reptile; belly scales of snake, back scales on alligator or turtle |
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| Nerve ganglion used for smell in snakes |
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| Method of killing that involves squeezing |
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| Poison from a reptile; neurotoxin or hematoxin |
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| Opening on side of lizard head; used for hearing |
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| Water with little dissolved salt in it |
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| Water with dissolved salt in it but not as concentrated as salt water/ ocean |
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