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Chapter 3

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chordate   The phylum whose members have a notochord, nerve cord, and slits in the throat area at some point in their life.  
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Vertabra   Bones that make up the backbone.  
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Notochord   Flexible rod that supports a chordates back.  
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Ectotherm   An animal whoes body controls and regulates its tempature by controlling its internal heat it produces.  
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Cartilage.   Flexible strong tissue softer than bone.  
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endotherm   Animal whoes temp is controled by the internal heat produced.  
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Fish   an ectothermic vertabrate that lives in the water and has fins.  
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Swim Bladder   An internal gas- filled organ that helps a bony fish stabalize its body at different water depths.  
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Bouyant Force   The force the water exerts upward on any under water object.  
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Amphibian   An ectothermic vertabrate that spends its early life in the water and adulthood on land only in water to reproduce.  
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Fossil   The hardened remains or other evidence of a living thing that existed a long time ago.  
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Sedmintary Rock   Rock formed from hardened layers of sediments particles of clay sand mud or silt.  
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Urine   Watery fluids in which wastes produced by an animals cell are exerted.  
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Habitat   Specific enviroment in which an animal lives.  
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Atrium   An upper chamber in the heart.  
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Ventricle   Lower chamber of the heart, which pumps blood out to the lungs and body.  
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Reptile   An ectothermic vertebrate that has lungs and scaly skin.  
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Paleontologist   Scientist who studies extinct organisms, examines fossil structures and makes comparisons to present day organisms.  
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