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Skim Section 1 of the chapter. Write two questions that come to
mind from reading the headings and the illustration captions.
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Use your book or dictionar y to define metabolic rate.
Write the correct vocabular y term in the left column for each
definition below.
produces and secretes milk that nourishes developing young
sheet of muscle located beneath the lungs that separates the chest
cavity from the abdominal cavity; its contraction and relaxation
allows air to move into and out of the lungs
highly folded outer layer of the cerebrum; responsible for
coordinating conscious activities, memory, and ability to learn
part of the brain responsible for balance and coordinating movement
group of cells that secretes fluid to be used elsewhere in the body
saclike muscular organ in which embryos develop
organ that provides food and oxygen to and removes waste from
the developing young
amount of time the young stay in the uterus until they are born
Define retain to show its scientific meaning.
Mammals
Section 30.1 Mammalian Characteristics
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