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madeline freeman Q4
mmf Q4 animals mollusks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does mollusk mean? | soft bodied |
| what are the characteristics of mollusks? | soft bodied, muscular foot, and inner or outer shell |
| what are the three groups and what kind of "foot" do they have? | bivalves(hatchet footed), gastropods(belly footed), and cephalopods(head footed) |
| what are bivalves? | live in 2 shells that are connected by a muscular hinge that can open and close the shells. the rings on the shell tell its age. live in water |
| what are examples of bivalves? | oysters, mussels, clams |
| what are gastropods? | have spiral shaped shell, some don't have shells slime layer if live on land. can "crawl" |
| what are examples of gastropods? | periwinkles, snails, conches |
| where do bivalves live? | in the water |
| where do gastropods lIve? | in the water or on land |
| what are cephalopods? | head region surrounded by tentacles, nautiluses have shells, squid have 10 tentacles and octopuses have 8 |
| wha tare examples of cephalopods? | squid and octopus |
| where do cephalopods live? | in the water |
| appearance? | soft, thick fleshy bodies can be big or small |
| muscular/skeletal system? | outer or inner sheel, soft boy. muscular foot used for movement |
| digestion system? | food brought through siphon system then mouth. goes to digestive gland, to intestines, and out anus |
| nervous system? | no formal system, series of ganglia that conduct impulses |
| circulatory system? | heart, blood, blood vessels |
| respiratory system? | tubes called siphons bring water in and out so they can get oxygen out of it and give out carbon dioxide. gills help |
| how do they reproduce? | sexually, male and female with large organ called the gonad |
| what kind of symmetry do they have? | bilateral |
| vertebrates or invertebrates? | invertebrates |