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Invertebrates quiz

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Definition
An animal is...   Multicellular Eukaryotic Heterotrophic  
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Sponges   No tissues or organs; no symmetry; hollow bag  
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larva   an immature form of an animal that looks very different from the adult  
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Cnidarians   have stinging cells and take food into a central body cavity; hollow, radial symmetry; 2 stage life cycle larvae and medusa or polyp  
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polyp   vase-shaped body plan for a cnidarian fe- jellyfish  
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medusa   bowl-shaped body plan; designed for swimming  
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colony   a group of many individual animals  
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coral reef   built by cnidarians  
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worms   bilateral symmetry, no legs, flatworms, round worms, segmented worms  
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parasite   an organism that lives inside or on another organism  
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host   the organism in or on which it lives  
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free-living organism   an organism that doesn't live in or on other organisms  
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scavengers   animals that feed on dead or decaying material  
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anus   where wastes exists; at the far end of the tube  
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closed circulatory system   what segmented worms have; blood moves only within a connected network of tubes called blood vessels  
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mollusks   soft, unsegmented bodies that are often protected by a hard outer shell; gills, mantle, foot, often radula, bilateral. symmetry, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods  
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open circulatory system   the blood is not always inside blood vessels  
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gills   organs that remove oxygen from the water.  
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gastropods   largest group of mollusks. They include snails and slugs. have a single external shell or no shell at all  
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herbivores   animals that eat only plants  
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carnivores   animals that eat only other animals  
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radula   flexible ribbon of tiny teeth, to obtain food; organ  
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bivalves   mollusks that have two shells held together by hinges ang strong muscles. Includes oysters, clams, scallops and mussels  
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omnivores   animals that eat plants and animals  
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cephalopods   an ocean dwelling mollusk whose foot is adapted to form tentacles around its mouth. Only mollusks with a closed circulatory system fe octopus, squid  
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arthropods   divided into 4 major groups; crustaceans, arachnids, centipedes and millipedes, and insects. Invertebrates that have an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed attachments called appendages  
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exoskeleton   a waxy water-proof covering. Protects the animal and helps prevent evaporation of water  
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molting   shedding an outgrown exoskeleton  
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antenna   an appendage attached to the head that contains sense organs  
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crustaceans   an arthropod that has 2-3 body sections, 5 or more pairs of legs, and 2 pairs of antennae like shrimp lobster or crabs  
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metamorphosis   a process in which an animal's body undergoes dramatic changes in form during its life cycle  
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arachnids   arthropods with 2 body sections- cephalothorax and abdomen, four pairs of legs, and no antennae fe spiders-predators, ticks-parasites, mites-parasites, scorpions-predators  
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abdomen   the hind section. Contains the reproductive organs and part of the digestive system.  
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insects   arthropods with 3 body sections, 6 legs, 1 pair antennae, and usually 1-2 pairs wings like beesflies and moths. head: senses, compound eyes, antennae, many mouth part adaptations thorax: legs and wings attached, 3 pair legs abdomen:many internal organs  
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thorax   midsection, the section to which wings and legs are attached  
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complete metamorphosis   4 diff. stages; egg, larva, pupa, and adult  
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pupa   stage after larvae when insect is enclosed in a protective covering  
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gradual metamorphosis   an egg hatches into a nymph that resembles an adult and which has no distinct larval stage stages are less distinct  
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bilateral symmetry   one line fe fish  
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radial symmetry   many lines fe seastar  
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centipedes   1 pair of legs for each bodysegment carnivorous  
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millipedes   2 pairs of legs for each body segment herbivores  
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echinoderms   endoskeleton, radial symmetry, bumpy or spiky surface, water vascular system that helps with transport of materials and with movement, tube feet. live in saltwater  
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nymph   a stage of gradual metamorphosis that usually resembles the adult insect  
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endoskeleton   an internal skeleton  
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water vascular system   the internal system of fluid filled tubes in echinoderms  
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tube feet   extensions of an echinoderms water vascular system that stick out from the body and function in movement and obtaining food  
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