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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecotherm | An animal whose body does not produce much internal heat. |
| Endotherm | An animal whose body control and regulates its temperature by controlling the internal heat it produces |
| Chordate | The Phlyum whose member have a notochord a nerve chord. |
| Cartilage | A flexible strong tissue that is softer than bone |
| Notochord | A flexible rod that support a chordaTE BACK |
| Vertebra | The bone that makes up the bone an animal |
| Habitath an animal lives | A specific enviroment in whicch an animal lives |
| Buoyant Force | A force that water exerts upward on any underwater oblled organ internal gas fiject |
| Swim Bladder | An internal gas filled organ that helps a bony fish stablize its body a diffrent water depthss |
| Reptile | An exothermic vertebratethat has lungs and scaly skin |
| Atrium | An upper chamber of the heart |
| Amphibian | An ectothemmric verbrete that spends it early life in water |
| Fish | An ecothemic vertebrate that lives in water and has fins |
| Urine | The Watery fluid in which the waste produced by an animal cell |
| Fossil | The hardened remain or other evidence of a living thing existed a long time. |
| Ventricle | The lower chamber i=of the heart |
| sedimentary Rock | Rock formed from hardeed layers of sediment |
| LPalentologist | A scccientist who studies extinct organiism |