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chemoautotrophic


("keem-O-auto-trofe-ik"): to acquire, or get, energy from the chemical bonds in compounds, without the use of sunlight. Some bacteria are chemoautotrophic.
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snout


nose. Often used to explain the front most portion of the body on an animal that moves in the horizontal position.
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amphibian


("am-fib-E-un"): an animal with a backbone that has soft shell-less eggs. Their eggs are usually fertilized outside of the body, as a result, require a moist environment to develop. [..]
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anurans


("un-er-uns"): means "no tail". They are amphibians that have no tail (in most cases). Frogs and toads are anurans.
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aquatic


("ah-kwah-tik"): to be in or live in water
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archaea


("R-K-ah"): microscopic, single-celled organisms that along with bacteria make up the group "prokarya". Prokarya do not have nuclei. They are thought to be more clo [..]
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autotrophic


("auto-trofe-ik"): literally means "self-nourishing", means to aquire, or get, energy from sources other than from previously fixed carbon. Often use carbon dioxide [..]
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bacteria


("bac-tear-E-ah"): microscopic single-celled organisms that together with archaea form the group "prokarya". Prokarya do not have nuclei. Some bacteria cause diseas [..]
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burrow


("burr-O") a hole in the ground where an animal or animals sometimes live.
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cell membrane


("sell" "mem-brane"): the thin layer that encloses the contents of a cell. It is made out of a thin layer of oil-like substance called a phospholipid bilayer.
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