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Summative Assessment - Invertebrates

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Characteristics of Mollusks are:   ALL have a soft body. Only some have a shell and/or live in water.  
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The group of mollusks, BIVALVES, get their food how?   Filtering it from the water. They are filter feeders.  
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Arthropods have a tough outer covering that is called . . .   an exoskeleton.  
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How do cephalopods move?   By jet propulsion - they squeeze a current of water out of the mantle cavity and through a tube.  
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Characteristics of millipedes are:   2 pairs of legs on each segment. Curl into a ball when disturbed.  
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Characteristics of insects are:   ALL have 6 legs (or 3 pair) and 3 body sections. Only some have wings.  
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Camouflage is a benefit to insects because . . .   it helps them avoid predators.  
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The stages of complete metamorphosis are . . .   1 - Egg 2 - Larva 3 - Pupa 4 - Adult  
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When does molting occur during GRADUAL metamorphosis?   When the nymph outgrows its exoskeleton.  
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Characteristics of echinoderms are:   They all have radial symmetry.  
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The water vascular system in echinoderms is used to . . .   to move in order to capture food.  
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A gastropod uses its radula to . . .   get food.  
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Which group of mollusks do snails and slugs belong to?   Gastropods  
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Most crustaceans live where?   in water  
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Grasshoppers get oxygen . . .   through their skin.  
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The mouthparts of insects are adapted for eating . . .   very specific eating.  
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What will insects eat?   Anything living or once was living.  
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How do sea urchins move?   They use bands of tube feet that extend out between the spins.  
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What is a decomposer?   An organism that eats wastes and dead organisms.  
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Characteristics shared by ALL animals?   All animals have bodies that have many cells.  
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The name for an animal that has a backbone is?   Vertebrate  
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The name of an animal that does NOT have a backbone is?   Invertebrate  
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Examples of animals that have radial symmetry are . . .   Brittle Stars Starfish  
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What is bilateral symmetry?   When an object has just 1 line that divides it into halves that are mirror images. Example: humans  
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How do sponges get the food they eat?   Collar cells that line the central cavity trap tiny organisms.  
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Describe the shape of a polyp a medusa   a polyp is vase-shaped a medusa is bowl-shaped  
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What kinds of animals are you most likely to see in a coral reef, vertebrates or invertebrates?   Both vertebrates and invertebrates.  
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A roundworm's digestive system can be described as . . .   It is like a tube where food enters at one end and exits through the other end.  
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What type of circulatory system does a segmented worm have?   A closed circulatory system - blood moves through a network of blood vessels.  
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Sexual reproduction is . . .   the process in which a new organism is formed from the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell.  
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Animals with radial symmetry have the characteristic of . . .   having no distinct head or tail.  
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What is a parasite?   An organism that grows on or in another organism.  
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What type of symmetry to cnidarians have?   Radial symmetry  
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Earthworms do what to soil?   Their waste makes soil more fertile.  
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Roundworms release waste from which part of their body?   Their anus.  
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Fertilization is what?   The joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell.  
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What is a predator?   An animal that hunts and kills other animals.  
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What body system is the clittellium in an earthworm for?   Reproductive  
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What is the difference between the crop and the gizzard in an earthworm?   Crop - soft, food storage Gizzard - hard, grinds food  
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Examples of mollusks are:   snails, clams, squid  
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What is the purpose of an insect's antennae?   Sensory  
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What is the name for when a starfish reproduces asexually?   Fission  
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What type of skeleton does a starfish have?   Endoskeleton  
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