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Caroline Harper
Blume ch.13.2
Question | Answer |
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What shape are annelids? | tube shaped bodies that are divided into many segments |
What kind of symmetry do Segmented worms have? | bilateral |
What holds the two organs? | Body cavity |
What are the two openings? | mouth & anus |
Where can segmented worms live? | freshwater, salt water, & moist soil |
Where does it take the soil in? | it's mouth |
What is the crop? | sac used for storage |
What is a gizzard? | a muscular structure which grinds the soil and the bits of organic mater. |
Where is the organic matter broken down & nutrients are absorbed by the blood? | Intestines |
Where does the waste leave the worm? | Anus |
What helps fertilize the soil? | casting |
What does taking in of soil to get food helps provide? | spaces for air and water to flow through the soil and mix the soil |
How many blood vessels do the worms have? | 2 |
Where are the two blood vessels located? | one along the top and one along the bottom |
What pumps the blood? | 5 heart-like “aortic arches” |
Where does oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange through? | Their skin. |
What is the skin covered with? | Thin, watery mucus |
What do these worms not have? | gills or lungs |
WHere is their brain located? | In the front segment |
What do the nerves respond to? | light, temperature, and moisture |
What are earthworms? | hermaphrodites |
What can it not do? | fertilize its own eggs |
What can it make? | both sperms and eggs |
What must the earthworm do to reproduce? | receive sperm from another earthworm |
Marine worms are what? | Polychaetes |
How do marine worms move? | float, burrow, build structures, or walk along the ocean floor |
What can some marine worms do? | Produce their own light |
What do marine worms have? | Segments |
What does polychaete mean? | "many bristles" |
What do free-swimming polychaetes have? | head with eyes, a tail and parapodia |
What are leeches? | segmented worms |
What do leeches feed on? | Blood of other animals |
What do leeches have at the end of their body? | A sucker |