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Animals and Adaptations
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3rd Grade
03/17/2020

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vertebrates

Definition

animals that have a backbone

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invertebrates
Definition
animals without a backbone
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mammals
Definition
warm-blooded vertebrates that includes humans and other animals that feed their young milk
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birds
Definition
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animals with the body covered with feathers
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amphibians
Definition
cold-blooded vertebrate animals that can live both on land and in water
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fish
Definition
a cold-blooded vertebrate animal with a scaly body, fins, and that lives and breathes in water
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reptiles
Definition
any cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrate that usually lays eggs and has skin covered with scales or bony plates
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adaptation
Definition
change in an organism or its parts that fits it better for the conditions of its environment
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offspring
Definition
the young of a person, animal, or plant
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extinct
Definition
an organism that is no longer existing
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