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Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Notochord | A flexible rod that supports a chordate's back. |
| Ectotherm | An animal whose body does not produce much internal heat. |
| Cartilage | A flexible, strong tissue that is softer than bone. |
| Endotherm | An animal who body controls and regulates its temperature by controlling the internal heat it produces. |
| Chordate | The phylum who members have a notochord, a nerver cord, and slits in their throat area at some point in their lives. |
| Vertebra | The bones that make up the backbone of an animal. |
| Fish | An ectothermic vertebrate that lives in the water and has fins. |
| Swim Bladder | An internal gas-filled organ that helps a bony fish stabilize its body at different water depths. |
| Bouyant Force | The force that water exerts upward on any underwater object. |
| Amphibian | An ecothermic vertebrate that spends its early life in water and its adulthood on land returning to water to reproduce. |
| Habitat | The specific environment in which an animal lives. |
| Atrium | An upper chamber of the heart. |
| Ventricle | The lower chamber of the heart, which pumps blood out to the lungs and blody. |
| Reptile | An exothermic vertebrate that has lung and scaly skin. |
| Urine | The watery fluid in which the wastes produced by an animal's cells are exerted. |
| Fossil | The hardened remains or other evidece of a living thing that existed a log time in the past. |
| Seddimentary Rock | Rock formed from hardened lauers of sediments- particles of clay, sand, mud, and slit. |
| Paleontologist | A scientist whop studies extinct organisms, examines fossil structure and makes comparrison to present day organisms. |