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| a rod of tough, flexible tissue running the length of the animal's body and used for support |
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| What kind of nerve cord does a chordata havce? |
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| What other characteristic do chordatas have? |
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| What are pharyngeal pounches? |
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| folds of skin along the neck during embryonic development |
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| What is the major characteristic of Vertebrata? |
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| have a vertebral column before being born or hatched |
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| What are the two groups of vertebrates based on body temperature? |
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| Endothermic and Ectothermic |
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| What is an endothermic animal? |
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| one that can generate its own body heat; warm blooded animal |
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| What is an ectothermic animal? |
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| can't generate its own body heat; cold blooded animal |
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| serves as the primary support for animals and are either a tough, flexible material or bone |
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| What is a vertebral column? |
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| all of the vertebrae together; also called the backbone |
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| composes one of the main parts of the bervous system and is dorsal to the notocord |
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| What is an axial skeleton? |
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| consists of the vertebral column, the skull and the ribs |
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| What is the appendicular skeleton? |
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| the set of all appendages |
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| What is the difference between capilaries, veins, and arteries? |
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| capilaries are vessels that branch off of the arteries and bring nutrients to the tissues; veins carry blood back to the heart, and arteries carry blood away from the heart |
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| Waht are the 2 types of chambers in the heart? |
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| In a closed circulatory system, what does the redblood cells do? |
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| What do white blood cells do? |
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| destroy harmful things; part of the immune system |
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| carries/transports the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets |
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| What has more molars, herbivore or carnivore? |
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| What has more canines, Herbivore or carnivore? |
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| What does the esophagus do? |
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| carries the food to the stomach |
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| What does the stomach do? |
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| What does the intestine do? |
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| the part of the digestion system where most of the food is digested and absorbed |
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| What are the 2 types of fertilization? |
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| What is external fertilization? |
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| male fertilizes eggs after they have been deposited in the environment |
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| What is internal fertilization? |
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| male places sperm inside the female's body |
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| What does oviparous mean? |
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| organism produces offspring from eggs that hatch outside the body |
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| What does viviporous mean? |
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| an organism that produces offspring that have been nurtured inside the body through a direct conection with the mother |
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| What does ovoviviparous mean? |
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| an organism that produces gives birth to live offspring that were nurtured inside the mother inside of an egg |
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| What are the parts of the nervous system? |
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| brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves, cranial nerves, and sensory organs |
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| What is the olfactory lobes? |
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| receive impulses from smell receptors |
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| controls voluntary muscles |
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| gets impulses from the eyes |
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| coordinates muscle activity |
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| What is the medulla oblongata? |
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| transports impulses toand from the spinal cord |
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| What are innate behaviours? |
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| behaviours that an organism has from birth |
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| What are the 2 types innate behaviours? |
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| involuntary responses to a stimulus |
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| elaborate behaviours responding to stimuli |
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| What are conditioned behaviours? |
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| behaviours that are learned by either being taught by another animal or are self taught |
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| What are intelligent behaviours? |
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| the ability to use knowledge to manipulate the environment or the ability to communicate |
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