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Ch. 10A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| the common characteristic of birds and mammals | endothermic |
| The larger phylum that vertebrates belong to | Chordata |
| person who studies animals | zoologist |
| 7 characteristics of animals | Eukaryotic |
| can be divided by a plane into mirror-image halves | symmetry |
| symmetry where only one plane can divide into equal halves | bilateral symmetry |
| symmetry where any plane though the center an along its length divides into equal halves | radial symmetry |
| no symmetry | asymmetry |
| the sense organs and brain are clustered at one end of body | cephalization |
| digestive tract with two openings | complete gut |
| digestive tract with one opening | incomplete gut |
| flexible rod found in chordate animals | Notochord |
| animals that have or had a notochord | chordates |
| animals whose notochord became a backbone | vertebrates |
| animals that never had a notochord | invertebrates |
| animals that can regulate their inner temperatures | endotherms |
| animals that depend on their environment for heat | ectotherms |
| the effort to define the boundaries between created kinds of animals | baraminology |
| basis of modern classification | supposed evolutionary relationships |
| an animal without a backbone | invertebrate |