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lesson 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chordate | an animal that has a notochord, a nerve cord, and throat pouches at some point in its life. |
| notochord | a flexible rod that supports a chordate's back just below the nerve cord. |
| vertebra | the bones that make up the backbone of an organism. In humans, one of the 26 bones that make up the backbone. |
| ectotherm | an animal whose body temperature is determined by the temperature of its environment. |
| endotherm | an animal whose body temperature is regulated by the internal heat the animal produces. |
| 3 characteristics of chordates | notochord, a nerve cord and pouches in the throat area. |
| difference between ectotherm and endotherm | ectotherm can't control internal body temperature, and it changes with the environment, amphibians, reptiles, fishes Endotherm control their own internal body temperature, birds and mammals. |