click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Science 1076
PACE Science book 1076
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amoeba | a one-celled organism having no certain shape |
| classify | to arrange in categories according to certain characteristics |
| bilateral | two sided |
| coral | a tiny sea animal having an extremely hard skeleton |
| environment | surroundings |
| exhibit | to display; to show |
| flatworm | any member of a group of worms having flat, thin bodies |
| fluke | a parasitic flatworm |
| grasshopper | a winged insect having strong hind legs |
| host | a plant, an animal, or a person in which a parasite lives |
| invertebrate | an animal without a backbone |
| jellyfish | a sea animal composed of transparent, jellylike tissue |
| paramecium | a one-celled organism covered with tiny hairlike fibers |
| planarian | a kind of flatworm that is not a parasite |
| radial | extending like rays from a central point |
| regenerate | to grow again |
| rot | a decaying; a spoiling |
| roundworm | any member of a group of worms having long, round bodies |
| protoplasm | the jellylike substance of living cells |
| shrimp | a small long-tailed sea animal having five pairs of legs |
| starfish | a spiny-skinned, star-shaped sea animal |
| symmetry | a well-balanced arrangement of parts |
| tentacle | a long, flexible growth |
| mollusk | any member of the group of invertebrates having soft bodies and usually covered with a shell |
| squid | a sea animal having eight arms and two tentacles |
| arthropod | any invertebrate having a sectioned body and jointed legs |
| crustacean | any invertebrates that has a hard outer skeleton |
| millipede | a wormlike animal with many body sections and two pairs of legs to each section |
| scorpion | a small animal having a long, thin tail with a poisonous sting |