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| backbone | the main bone made up of many small bones joined together that runs along the middle of the back in some animals. |
| vertebrate | animals with a backbone |
| invertebrate | animals without a backbone |
| exoskeleton | a hard outer covering that supports and protects some animals without backbones |
| molt | to shed an animal's outer covering |
| gills | organs for breathing found on fish and amphibians |
| amphibians | one of a large group of animals with backbones that live part of their lives in water and part on land. |
| reptile | an animal with a backbone that has a dry, scaly skin. |
| mammal | an animal with a backbone that usually has hair on its body and feeds milk to its young |
| behavior | the way a living thing acts |
| instinct | a behavior that an animal is born with and does not need to learn |
| reflex | a simple automatic behavior |
| stimulus | the cause for a behavior |
| response | a behavior caused by a stimulus |
