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Life Science Chapter 12 and 13 Vocab
This is the vocabulary from chapter 12 and 13 of Prentice Hall Life Science
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6th Grade
01/07/2010

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Chordate
Definition
The subgroup of vertebrates.
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Notochord
Definition
A flexible rod that supports the animals back.
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Cartilige
Definition
A connective tissue that is softer than bone but flexible and stronger.
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Vertabra
Definition
The singular form of the bones that make up the backbone of a vertabrae.
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Ectotherm
Definition
An animal that doesn't produce much internal heat. (Reptile, Fish, and Amphibians.
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Ectotherm
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An animal whose body controls and regulates by controlling the internal heat it produces. (Mammal)Amphibians
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Fossil
Definition
The outline of an object that is pressed into rock from many years of rock piling up on it.
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Sedimentary Rock
Definition
Hardened layers of sediments.
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Fish
Definition
A vertabrae that lives in water and has fins to propell it through the water.
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Swim Bladder
Definition
A sack in a fish's body that helps it swim to different depths.
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Amphibian
Definition
An ectothermic vertabrae that is born in the water and then a some other part of its life comes out of the water.
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Atria
Definition
The two upper chambers of a heart.
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Ventricle
Definition
The bottom chamber(s) of a heart.
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Habitat
Definition
A specific enviroment that a specific species of a animal lives.
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Reptile
Definition
An ectothermic vertebrate that has lungs and scaly skin.
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Crop
Definition
A internal storage tank in a bird.
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Gizzard
Definition
The muscular part of a stomach in a bird.
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Monotreme
Definition
A mammal that lays eggs.storage
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Marsupial
Definition
Mammals whose young are born alive, but at a early stage of development and usually continue to mature in a pouch on their mother.
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Placental
Definition
A mammal whose young develop in the mom's stomach until it can function on its own.
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