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Animals 2

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some chordates do not have   gills  
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an animal whose body temperature changes depending on the environment   ectotherm  
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the three major groups of fishes are distinguished from one another by the types of ______ they have   skeletons  
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gills and lungs enable ______ to get into an animal's blood   oxygen  
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amphibian means   double-life  
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most snakes have only one   lung  
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which of the following groups descended from reptiles   mammals and birds  
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unlike most fishes, sharks cannot   pump water over their gills  
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small bones called _______ line up in a row to form the backbone   vertebrae  
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the skeletons of lampreys and hagfishes are made of   cartilage  
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a _________ helps a bony fish stabilize its body at different depths in the water   swimbladder  
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___________ are reptiles whose bodies are covered by a protective shell   turtles  
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most fishes have _____ fertilization   external  
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a paleontologist is a scientist who studies ____   fossils  
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during metamorphosis, most salamander larvae lose their _____   gills  
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an animal in whose bodies are produce internal heat   endotherm  
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_______ and _____ lay their eggs externally in water   fish, amphibians  
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all kinds of birds and all kinds of mammals   are endotherms  
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the difference in _____ above and below a wing causes lift   air pressure  
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birds usually sit on their eggs to   keep the eggs warm  
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all kinds of birds   lay eggs  
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all mammals feed their young with   milk  
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both a mammal's fur and a bird's feathers function to help the animal   keep warm  
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_____ feathers trap air next to a bird's body   down  
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birds can store food in an organ called a _____ before the food goes to the stomach   crop  
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all mammals are   vertebrates  
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_____ feathers help a bird keep its balance during flight   contour  
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the angle and shape of a bird's _____ provide lift   wing  
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what are four characteristics that all birds share?   endothermic, vertebrate, feathers, lay eggs  
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what are three adaptations that enable birds to fly?   hollow bones, contour feathers, wing angle  
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vertebrates with soft, unsegmented bodies that are often protected by a hard outer shell   mollusks  
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an organ in a mollusk that can crawl, dig, or catch prey   foot  
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organs that remove oxygen from the water   gills  
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a system in which the blood is not always inside blood vessels and the heart pumps blood into a short vessel that opens into the body spaces containing the internal organs   open circulatory system  
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mollusks have _____ symmetry   bilateral  
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the three major groups of mollusks are ________, _____, and _____   gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods  
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the larger group of mollusks including snails and slugs and have a single shell or no shell at all   gastropods  
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animals that eat only plants   herbivores  
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animals that eat only other animals   carnivores  
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mollusks that have two shells held together by hinges and strong muscles that include oysters, clams, scallops, and mussels   bivalves  
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animals that eat both plants and animals   omnivores  
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an ocean-dwelling mollusk whose foot is adapted to form tentacles around its motuh   cephalopod  
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cephalopods are the only mollusks with a _____ circulatory system   closed  
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cephalopods swim by ____ _____   jet propulsion  
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a tissue that covers internal organs   mantle  
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the major groups of arthropods are _______, ________, _________ and ________, and _________.   crustaceans, arachnids, centipedes, millipedes, insects  
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invertebrates that have an external skeleton, a segmented bdoy, and jointed attachemnts called appendages   arthropods  
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arthros means   joint  
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pod means   leg  
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the process of shedding an outgrown exoskeleton   molting  
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an appendage attached to the head that contains sense organs   antenna  
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the bodies of arthropods are ______   segmented  
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an arthropod that has two or three body sections, five or more pairs of legs, and two pairs of antennae   crustacean  
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_____ includes crayfish and lobster   crustaceans  
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a process in which an animal's body undergoes dramatic changes in form during its life cycle   metamorphosis  
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_______ and _______ are arthropods with two body sections and many pairs of legs   centipedes, millipedes  
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millipede means   thousand feet  
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centipede means   hundred feet  
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arthropods with three body sections, six legs, one pair of antennae, and usually one or two pairs of wings   insects  
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the midsection to which wings and legs are attached   thorax  
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a process with four diferent stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult   complete metamorphosis  
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wings, legs, and antennae form inside a protective covering   pupa  
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a system has no distinct larval stage   gradual metamorphosis  
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an egg hatches into a stage which usually looks like the adult insect without wings   nymph  
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at some point _______ will have a notochord   chordates  
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a nerve cord that runs down their back, and slits their throat area   notochord  
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a felxible rod that supports a chordate's back   notochord  
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a ______ has a backbone that is part of an internal skeleton   vertebrate  
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many similar bones that the backbone is formed by   vertebrae  
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the body temperature of most fishes, amphibians, and reptiles is ____ to the temperature of their environment. birds and mammals have a _____ body temperatue that is often warmer than their environment   close, stable  
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a vertebrate that lives in water and uses fins to move   fish  
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most fishes are _______, obtain oxygen through gills, and have scales   ectotherms  
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most fishes have _____ fertilization   external  
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three major groups of fishes are ____ fishes, _________ fishes, and ____ fishes   jawless, cartilaginous, bony  
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a vertebrate that is ectothermic and spends its early life in water   amphibian  
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amphibian means   double life  
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after beginning their lives in ____, most amphibians spend their adulthood on ____, returning to ____ to reproduce   water, land, water  
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the larva of a frog or a toad   tadpole  
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organs of air-breathing vertebrates in which oxygen gas and carbon dioxide gas are exchanged betwen the air and the blood   lungs  
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chambers of the heart   atria  
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the specific environment in which it lives   habitat  
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lay eggs on land   reptiles  
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an ectothermic vertebrate that has lungs and scaly skin   reptile  
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organs that filter wastes from the blood   kidneys  
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watery fluid in which waste is excreted   urine  
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an egg with a shell and internal membranes that keep the embryo moist   amniotic egg  
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reptiles have ____ fertilization   internal  
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both lizards and snakes are reptiles that have skin covered with ______ scales   overlapping  
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a reptile whose body is covered by a protective shell that includes the ribs and the backbone   turtle  
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unlike most other reptiles, crocodiles and alligators ____ for their eggs and newly hatched young   care  
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the hardened remians or other evidence of a living thing that exxisted a long time ago   fossil  
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the scientists who study extinct organisms, esamine fossil structure and make comparisons to present-day organisms   paleontologists  
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vertebrates are a subrgroup of   chordates  
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a fish   has fins  
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a tadpole is the larva of a   frog or toad  
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a reptile   lays eggs  
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layers of clay, sand mud, or silt harden and become   sedimentary rock  
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a bony fish uses its _____ to stsabilize its position in the water   swim bladder  
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_______ obtain oxygen through gills and have scales   fishes  
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an _______ is a characteristic of reptiles   amniotic egg  
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________ are scientists who study fossils   paleontologists  
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how do fishes reproduce   externally  
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