Chapter 3 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Notochord | A flexible rod that supports a chordate's back. |
Ectotherm | An animal whose body does not produce much internal heat. |
Cartilage | A flexible, strong tissue that is softer than bone. |
Endotherm | An animal who body controls and regulates its temperature by controlling the internal heat it produces. |
Chordate | The phylum who members have a notochord, a nerver cord, and slits in their throat area at some point in their lives. |
Vertebra | The bones that make up the backbone of an animal. |
Fish | An ectothermic vertebrate that lives in the water and has fins. |
Swim Bladder | An internal gas-filled organ that helps a bony fish stabilize its body at different water depths. |
Bouyant Force | The force that water exerts upward on any underwater object. |
Amphibian | An ecothermic vertebrate that spends its early life in water and its adulthood on land returning to water to reproduce. |
Habitat | The specific environment in which an animal lives. |
Atrium | An upper chamber of the heart. |
Ventricle | The lower chamber of the heart, which pumps blood out to the lungs and blody. |
Reptile | An exothermic vertebrate that has lung and scaly skin. |
Urine | The watery fluid in which the wastes produced by an animal's cells are exerted. |
Fossil | The hardened remains or other evidece of a living thing that existed a log time in the past. |
Seddimentary Rock | Rock formed from hardened lauers of sediments- particles of clay, sand, mud, and slit. |
Paleontologist | A scientist whop studies extinct organisms, examines fossil structure and makes comparrison to present day organisms. |
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