Classifying Animals
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| Taxonomy | the science of classifying organisms
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| cartilage | a material in vertebrate skeletons, softer than bone
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| gill | breathing structure for vertebrates that live in water
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| vertebrates | animals with backbones
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| vertebra | one of the bones or block of cartilage that makes up a backbone
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| species | a group of organisms that can breed with each other to produce offspring like themselves
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| invertebrates | animals without backbones
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| classify | to group things based on the features they share
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| scientific name | the name given to each species consisting of its genus and its species label
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| amphibian | a vertebrate that lives at first in water and then on land
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| metamorphosis | a major change in form that occurs as some animals develop into adults
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| reptile | an egg-laying vertebrate that breathes with lungs
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| mammary gland | a milk-producing structure on the chest or abdomen of a mammal
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| warm-blooded | having a body temperature that stays the same (birds and mammals)
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| cold-blooded | having a body temperature that changes with its surroundings (fish, amphibians, and reptiles)
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