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Many Celled Organisms are Made Out of... Different Cells.
The Cells Might... Digest Food, Get Rid of Waste, and Help in Reproduction.
Most Animal Cells... Have a Nucleus and Organelles Surrounded by a Membrane.
Animals Cannot... Make Their own Food.
Animals are... Heterotrophs
Heterotrophs Are Organisms that Gain Energy by Consuming it.
Heterotrophs can be Omnivores, Carnivores, or Herbivores
Animals do what to their food? Digest it
When an Animal Eats Large Food Particles Are broken down into smaller substances.
What happens to the food when the animal's digestive systems breakes it down? The Cells Absorb and Use It.
Animals can... Move
Symmetry Refers to the arrangement of the individual parts of an object.
Radial Symmetry Symmetry that allows animals to locate and gather information from all directions.(Cnidarians)
Bilateral Symmetry Animals with parts that are mirror images of each other.(Dogs)
Asymmetrical Animals the have NO definite shape.(Coral)
Scientists Classify Animals into what Two Groups Invertebrates and Vertebrates
Invertebrates Animals without and Backbone
Vertebrates Animals with a Backbone
Scientists classify Invertebrates Based on Similar Characteristics
Adults Sponges are... Sessile
Sessile means They stay in One Place
More than... 5000 species of Sponges have been Identified
Filter Feeders Filter food and water through their body.
What is carried into the central cavity and through the pores of the sponge? Microscopic organisms and Oxygen
What is in the inside layer of a sponge? Collar Cells
What are the collar cells on the inside layer of a sponge called? Flagella
What does Flagella do? Flows water through the sponge
What are sponges supported by? Sharp, Glasslike Structures
What are the Sharp, Glasslike structures that support the sponge called? Spicules
Some Sponges have... Spongin
Spongin Makes Sponges Soft and Elastic
Some Sponges have Both Spicules and Spongin
Spicules and Spongin Protects the Sponge's body
Sponges reproduce Asexually and Sexually
When Sponges Reproduce Asexually They... Use Budding
Most Sponges are Hermaphrodites
Hermaphrodites Produce Egg and Sperm
Cnidarians have Tentacles around their Mouths that Shoot out Stinging Cells
The Stinging Cells Cnidarians shout out of the tentacles around their mouths are called... Nematocysts
Nematocysts Are used to Capture Prey
Cnidarians are what type of symmetrical? Radially Symmetrical
Since Cnidarians are Radially Symmetrical They Can... Locate Food that Floats by from ANY Direction.
Cnidarians are... Hollow-Bodied animals with two cell layers, and they have no lungs so they take oxygen in and carbon dioxide out through tissue.
What are the Two Body Forms of a Cnidarian? Polyps and Medusas
Polyps are... Sea Anemone and Hydras. They are also Vased Shaped.
Medusas are... Free Swimming, Bell Shaped Jelly Fish.
Polyps Reproduce... Asexually Through Budding.
Some Polyps Reproduce... Sexually by Releasing eggs and Sperm into the Water
Medusa Forms of a Cnidarian have a... Two Stage Life Cycle
Medusas Reproduce... Sexually
Medusas Produce... Polyps
Polyps Produce Medusas
Flatworms Obtain Food by Hunting
Flatworms have what type of Bodies? Long Flattened with Bilateral Symmetry
Flatworms have how many Cell Layers. Three
What the Cell Layers that Flatworms Have? Tissue, Organs, and Organ Systems
Planarians are Free-Living Flatworms with a Digestive System and One Opening.
Most Flatworms Are Parasites
Tapeworms Are Parasitic Flatworms that Live in the Intestines of The Host.
What allows Tapeworms to attach themselves to the Intestines of the Host? Hooks and Suckers
Where do new Sections form on Tapeworms? Directly Behind the Head.
Each Segment of Tapeworms have... Male and Female Reproductive Organs
When full of Fertilized Eggs what Happens to the Segment that is on the Tapeworm? It Breaks Off
If the Segment of the Tapeworm passes out Through the Waste and eaten what Happens? If is eaten by another Host it Will Hatch.
A Roundworm's Body is a... Tube Within a Tube
What is in Between the two tubes of a Roundworm? A Fluid Filled Cavity
How many Body Openings do Roundworms Have? Two, Mouth and Anus
What Can Roundworms be?(How they would get Food) They can be Predators, Decomposers, Parasites of Animals, and Parasites of Plants.
Mollusks are... Soft Bodied animals that Usually have a Shell.
Mollusks Can Have... A Mantle
Mantles are... A thin layer of tissue that covers a Mollusk's soft body and can also secrete a shell.
Mollusks use a Large, Muscular Foot for Moving and Anchoring the Animal.
Water Dwelling Mollusks have... Gills
Gills Organs that allow the animal to exchange carbon dioxide for dissolved oxygen in the water.
Mollusks have a digestive system with... Two openings
Most Mollusks have a... Radula
Radula Scratchy, Tongue like organ with rows of teeth-like things.
Some mollusks have a ____ Circulatory System Open
Open Circulatory System A system in which blood washes over organs that are grouped together in a fluid-filled body cavity.
Gastropods Have ___ shells One
Some Gastropods are... Snails, Slugs, and Conches
Gastropods are... Mollusks
Gastropods can live on... Land or in the Water
All Gastropods Move... On One Foot
What allows Gastropods to Glide Across Objects? A Secretion of Mucus
Bivalves have... Two Shell Halves Joined by a Hinge.
Large Powerful ___________________________ Halves Muscles Open And Close The
Bivalves (How they Eat) Filter Feed
Bivalves Filter Feed By... Filtering Food that is removed from the Water Through Gills.
Some Bivalves are Clams
Cephalopods are... (What Type of Mollusk) The Most Complex Mollusks
Some Cephalopods are (Animal Species) Nautilus, Octopuses, Squids, Cuttlefish
Cephalopods have an... Internal Plate Not a Shell
Cephalopods Have a (Head) Well Developed Head
The Cephalopod's foot is divided into... Tentacles and Strong Suckers
Cephalopods have a... (Circulatory System) Closed Circulatory System
Closed Circulatory System A System in Which Blood is Transported Through Blood Vessels.
What Surrounds Cephalopods' Internal Organs? A Muscular Envelope with a Mantle
Some animals that are Segmented Worms are... Earthworms, Leeches, and Marine Worms
Segmented Worms' bodies are made out of ___________________________ that make the more _______ Repeating Segments or Rings that make them more Flexible.
Each Segment of a Segments Worm's Body has... Nerve Cells, Blood Vessels, Parts of the Digestive Track, and Coelom.
Coelom The Internal Body Cavity
Segmented Worms have a... Closed Circulatory System and a Complete Digestive Track.
Earth Worms have ____ Body Segments 100
Each Segment of an Earth Worm have... Setae
Setae External Bristle-Like Structures Used to Grip the Soil While Two Sets of Muscles Move them Through the Soil
As Earth Worms Move They Take ____ Into Their Mouths Soil
From the Mouth of an Earth Worm where does the Soil go? To the Crop where it is Stored
Behind the Crop of an Earth Worm is the... Gizzard
Gizzard Where the Soil and Food the Earth Worm Eats is Ground.
The Intestines in the Earth Worm is Where... Food is Broken Down and Absorbed by Blood.\
Carbon Dioxide Passes out and Oxygen passes in through what on an Earth Worm? Mucus Covered Skin
If the Mucus is Removed what happens to the Earth Worms? They Suffocate
Where are Leeches Found? Fresh Water and Salt Water and on Land in Mild and Tropical Regions
What type and How long are Leeches' bodies? Flat Bodies that can be 5mm to 460mm long
What do Leeches eat? Blood
How Much Blood can Leeches Eat? Up to 10x their weight?
Marine Worms are... Polychaete
Polychaete Many Bristles along side Marine Worms' bodies.
The bristles along Marine Worms can be used for... Walking, Swimming, and Digging
Some Marine Worms are... (How they eat) Filter Feeders
How do Marine Worms Filter Feed? They Burrow then they build their own tube cases and then they use their bristles to filter food from the water.
Some Marine Worms... (What they do) Move and Eat Plants and Decaying Material.
Other Marine Worms are... (How they eat) Predators and Parasites
The Different Life Styles of Marine Worms Explain why there are so... Many Body Types
How Many Species of Arthropods Have Been Discovered? 1000000
What Does Arthros Mean Jointed
What Does Pod Mean Foot
Arthropods have what type of Skeleton? Exoskeleton
Exoskeleton A Rigid, Protective body covering that supports the body and reduces water loss.
As the animal grows what happens to the exoskeleton? It needs to be shed because it doesn't grow.
What type of body do arthropods have? Bilaterally Symmetrical and Segmented Bodies.
Insects are the ____ group of Arthropods. Largest
How Many Insect Species have been identified? 700000
Instead of Setaes what do Arthropods Have? Appendages
Insects Have how many body sections? 3
What are the body sections of insects called? Head, Thorax, and Abdomen
The Head of Insects have... (Organs) Well-developed Sensory Organs including Eyes and Antennae
The Insect's Thorax has... (Legs) Three Pairs of Legs.
Usually, How Many Wings do Insects have. One or Two
What do Insects' Abdomens Contain? Reproductive Organs
What Type of Circulatory System do Insects Contain? An Open Circulatory System
Is The Oxygen Insects Breathe in Transported By Blood? No
Are Food and Waste Materials in an Insect Transported By Blood? Yes
Where is Oxygen Brought Through and into the Insect's Tissue? Through Small Holes Along The Side of The Abdomen That Are Called Spiracles
Some Young Insects ___'_ Look Like the Adults. Don't
Why Don't Some Young Insects Look Like The Adults? Because Their Body Goes Through Metamorphosis.
Metamorphosis When a Young Insect's Body Changes and it Starts Looking More Like The Adult. It Can also be complete (Egg, Larvae, Pupa, and Adult) or it can be Incomplete (Egg, Nymph, and Adult).
Which Metamorphosis Do Butterflies, Bees, Ants, and Beetles Go Through? Complete
Which Metamorphosis Do Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, Termites, Aphids, and Dragon Flies go Through? Incomplete
What is a Nymph? A Life Stage of an Insect That is before the adult and looks like the adult.
What is an Arachnid? Spiders, Ticks, Mites, and Scorpions.
What are the two body regions on an Arachnid? Cephalothorax and the Abdomen
All Arachnids Have ___ _____ of legs 2 Pairs
Spiders are Predators
What do spiders use to inject venom into its prey to paralyze it? Fang-like Appendages
Other Spiders _____ and _____ their Prey Chase and Catch
Ticks Carry ____ _______ and _______ ____ Lime Disease and Spotted Tick
What type of bodies do Centipedes have? (Not Symmetry) Long, Thin bodies with one pair of legs per segment.
What type of bodies do Millipedes have? (Not Symmetry) Long, Thin bodies with two pairs of legs per segment.
Centipedes are _________ Predators
Centipedes use poisonous _____ to capture their prey Venom
Millipedes are __________ Herbivores
Some Crustaceans are... Crabs, Crayfish, Lobsters, Shrimp, Barnacles, Water Fleas, and Sow Bugs.
Crustaceans Have a ___________ which is why is the reason why they live in water where it is easier to move about. Large Heavy Exoskeleton
Crustaceans include the _______ arthropods even though most are _____ that make up a majority of ___________. Largest, Small Marine Animals, and Zooplankton
Crustaceans have... (Body Parts) Two Pairs of Appendages, Three Types of Chewing Appendages, and Five Pairs of Legs.
Swimmerets Appendages on the abdomen of water-living crustaceans that are used to force water over their gills where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen in the water.
Echinoderms have _____ skin Spiny
Some Echinoderms are... Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, Sea Cucumbers, and Sand Dollars
Echinoderms are _______ Symmetrical Radially
Echinoderms can be... Predators, Filter Feeders, and Some Eat on Decaying Matter.
Most Echinoderms are Supported and Protected by an ________ that is covered by a ____. Internal Skeleton made up of Bonelike Plates that is Covered by a Thin, Spiny Skin.
Echinoderms have a _____ but no _____ or ______ Central Nervous System but no Heads or Brains
Sea Stars use ____ ____ to ____ and _______ prey. Tube Feet to Move and Capture Prey
Sea Stars digest food by... Pushing Their Stomachs Through Their Mouth into the Opened Shell of Their Prey.
Echinoderms can... Regenerate Damaged Parts
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