Vocabulary terms for Science chapter 15: Fish, reptiles, and amphibians
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- What amphibians do in the winter.
- Hibernate
- What once had a notochord, dorsal hollow nerve chord, and gill slits
- Chordates
- What term is used for the system the skull and vertebrae are a part of?
- Endoskeleton
- What species has more varieties than all other vertebrates? (And Ms. Kohler loves to catch them in the summer!)
- Fish
- What are ectothermic vertebrates that spend part of their lives in water and part on the land?
- Amphibians
- What is an ectotherm that has dry, scaly skin? They also lay amniotic eggs.
- Reptiles
- What structure becomes the backbone?
- Notochord
- What develops into a spinal cord with a brain at the front end? (We can only hope there is a brain there!!!)
- Dorsal hollow nerve chord
- What term is used to mean an animal's body temperature changes with the climate?
- Ectotherm
- What term is used to mean an animal's temperature stays the same in all climates? (Humans would be this, unless we have a fever!)
- Endotherm
- What is the tough, flexible tissue in the tips of the nose called?
- Cartilage
- What structure does a reptile embryo develop in?
- Amniotic egg
- These structures are used by fish to steer, balance, and swim away from Ms. Kohler in the summer time when she is fishing.
- Fins
- If you are inactive in the summer like Ms. Kohler, you would be in ....
- estivation
- What is the term for a species whose overall health refects the health of their particular ecosystem?
- biological indicators