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Animal Kingdom Vocab
Vocabulary For Bio11 Animal Kingdom Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| asexual reproduction | reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism |
| cell | the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism |
| cephalization | the concentration of sense organs, nervous control, etc., at the anterior end of the body, forming a head and brain, both during evolution and in the course of an embryo's development. |
| Closed Circulatory system | Closed circulatory systems have the blood closed at all times within vessels of different size and wall thickness. |
| coelom, colonial | Animals that live in colonies/groups |
| fluid feeding | Fluid feeders are organisms that feed on the fluid of other organisms. |
| endoskeleton | an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates. |
| excretion | the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter. |
| exoskeleton | a rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection. |
| filter feeding | Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure. |
| free-living | living freely and independently, not as a parasite or attached to a substrate. |
| internal transport | A transport system is a means by which materials are moved inside the organisim |
| invertabrates | Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column |
| life functions | set of functions needed to survive. |
| medusa | form of cnidarian in which the body is shaped like an umbrella |
| motility | is the ability of organisms and fluid to move or get around |
| motile | capability of motion between cells etc. |
| multi cellular | Multicellular organisms are organisms that consist of more than one cell |
| niche | The function or position of a species within an ecological community. |
| open circulatory system | pump blood into a hemocoel with the blood diffusing back to the circulatory system between cells |
| organ | a part of an organism that is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function |
| organ system | system of organs that work together to complete a task |
| Parasite/parasitic | an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense. |
| polyp | a solitary or colonial sedentary form of a coelenterate |
| reproduction | the action or process of making a copy of something on a cell level. |
| respertion | breathing |
| sessile | (of a plant or animal structure) attached directly by its base without a stalk or peduncle. |
| sexual reproduction | reproduction using two organisims |
| symmetry | the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis. |
| tissue | any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products. |
| vertebral column | spinal collum. |
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