Classifying Animals Vocab

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Vertebrate

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An animal that has a backbone

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Invertebrate

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An animal that does not have a backbone

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Asymmetrical

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A body plan that cannot be divided into mirror images

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Bilateral symmetry

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A body plan in which an organism can be divided along only one plane of its body to produce two mirror images

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Radial symmetry

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A body plan in which all body parts of an organism are arranged around a central point

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Cold-blooded

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The animal’s body temperature depends on whether it is hot or cold outside

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Warm-blooded

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Animals that maintain a constant body temperature regardless of the temperature outside

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Amphibians

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A cold-blooded animal that has gills and lives in water when they are born and then grow lungs and live on land as adults

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Bird

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A warm-blooded animal that lays eggs, has feathers, wings, and a beak

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Fish

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A cold-blooded animal that lives in water and has fins for swimming and gills for breathing