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| Ectotherm | An animal whose body does not produce much internal heat. |
| Vertebra | The bones that make up the backbones of an animal. |
| Notochord | A flexible rod that supports a chordates back. |
| Endotherm | An animal whose body controls and regulates its temperature by controlling the internal heat it produces. |
| Chordate | The phylum whose members have a notochord, a nerve cord, and slits in there throat. |
| Cartilage | A flexible strong tissue that is softer than bone. |
| Fish | A n Ectothernic vertebrate that lives in the water and has fins. |
| Swim Bladder | An internal gas-filled organ that helps a bony fish stabalize its body at different water depths. |
| Habitat | The specific environment in which an animal lives. |
| Amphibian | An Ectothernic vertebrate that spends its early life in water and its adult hood on land, returning to wtaer to reproduce. |
| Atrium | An upper chamber of the heart. |
| Verticle | The lower chamber of the heart, which pumps blood out to the lungs and body. |
| Urine | The watery fluid in which the wastes produced by an animals cell are excreted |
| Reptile | An exothernic vertebrate that has lungs and scaly skin. |
| Fossil | The hardened remains or, other evidence of a living thing exsisted a long time ago. |
| Palentologist | A scientist who studies extinct organisms examines fossil structures and makes comparisons to presetn-day organisms. |
| Sedimentary rock | Rock formed from hardened layers of sediments- particles of clay, sand, mud, or silt. |