Chapter 4 Vocabulary Set

Homeostasis

The condition in which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment.

Adaptation

An inherited behavior or physical characteristics that help it organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

Vertebrate

The bones that make up the backbone of the organism. In humans, or the 26 bones of make up that bone.

Invertebrates

An animal without a backbone.

Tissue

A group of similar cells that perform specific functions.

Organ

Good body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together.

Radial symmetry

Hey body plan in which any number of imaginary lines that pass through a central point divide the animal into two mirror images.

Bilateral symmetry

Body plan in which a single imaginary line divides the body into left and right sides that are mirror images of each other.

Cnidarian

A radially symmetrical in vertebrae that uses stinging cells to capture food and defend itself.

Mollusk

And invertebrae with a soft unsegmented body most are protected by a hard outer shell.

Arthropod

And invertebrae that has external skeleton, the segmented body, and jointed appendenges.

Exoskeleton

An external skeleton; a tough, waterproof outer covering that protects, supports, and helps prophetic about ration of water from the body of many invertebrates.

Echinoderm

A radially symmetrical marine invertebrate that has internal skeleton and a system of fluid filled tube's.

Endoskeleton

And internal skeleton, structural support system within the body of an animal.

Chordate

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Notochord

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Vertebra

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Ectotherm

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Endotherm

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Fish

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Cartilage

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Amphibian

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Reptile

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Bird

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Mammal

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Mammary glands

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Monotremes

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Marsupial

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Placenta mammal

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Placenta

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Homeostasis

The condition in which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment.

Adaptation

An inherited behavior or physical characteristics that help it organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

Vertebrate

The bones that make up the backbone of the organism. In humans, or the 26 bones of make up that bone.

Invertebrates

An animal without a backbone.

Tissue

A group of similar cells that perform specific functions.

Organ

Good body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together.

Radial symmetry

Hey body plan in which any number of imaginary lines that pass through a central point divide the animal into two mirror images.

Bilateral symmetry

Body plan in which a single imaginary line divides the body into left and right sides that are mirror images of each other.

Cnidarian

A radially symmetrical in vertebrae that uses stinging cells to capture food and defend itself.

Mollusk

And invertebrae with a soft unsegmented body most are protected by a hard outer shell.

Arthropod

And invertebrae that has external skeleton, the segmented body, and jointed appendenges.

Exoskeleton

An external skeleton; a tough, waterproof outer covering that protects, supports, and helps prophetic about ration of water from the body of many invertebrates.

Echinoderm

A radially symmetrical marine invertebrate that has internal skeleton and a system of fluid filled tube's.

Endoskeleton

And internal skeleton, structural support system within the body of an animal.

Chordate

...

Notochord

...

Vertebra

...

Ectotherm

...

Endotherm

...

Fish

...

Cartilage

...

Amphibian

...

Reptile

...

Bird

...

Mammal

...

Mammary glands

...

Monotremes

...

Marsupial

...

Placenta mammal

...

Placenta

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