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Kingdom Study 3

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adaptation   structures or behaviors that allow animals to perform these basic functions in their environments  
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fertilization   a new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join  
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vertebrate   Organism with a backbone  
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invertebrate   organism without a backbone  
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Bilateral symmetry   one line that divides into halves; mirror images  
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Radial symmetry   many lines of symmetry that all go through one center point  
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larva   immature form of an animal that looks very different from the adult  
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cnidarian   invertebrates that have stinging cells, and take food into a central body cavity  
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polyp   vase-shaped body plan  
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medusa   bowl-shaped body plan  
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parasite   organisms that live inside or on another organism  
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host   living organism that provides a source of energy for a virus/organism  
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scavenger   feed on dead/decaying material  
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closed circulatory system   blood moves only within a connected network of tubes called blood vessels  
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mollusk   invertebrate with a soft, unsegmented body; most protected by a hard outer shell  
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open circulatory system   circulatory system where the heart pumps blood into open spaces in the body & blood is not confined to blood vessels  
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gill   organ that removes oxygen from water  
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gastropod   mollusk with a single shell or no shell  
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cephalopod   ocean-dwelling mollusk whose foot is adapted as tentacles that surround its mouth  
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bivalve   mollusk that has 2 shells held together by hinges and strong muscles  
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herbivore   plant eating organism  
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carnivore   meat eating organism  
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omnivore   consumer that eats both plants and animals  
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radula   flexible ribbon of tiny teeth in mollusks  
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arthrodpod   invertebrate that has external skeleton a segmented body, and joined appendages  
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exoseleton   waxy,waterproof outer shell or outer skeleton that protects the animal and helps prevent evaporation of water  
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molting   process of shedding an outgrown exoskeleton  
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crustacean   arthropod that has two or three body sections, five or more pairs of legs, and two pairs of antennae  
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complete metamorphosis   type of metamorphosis characterized by four dramatically different stages  
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gradual metamorphosis   type of metamorphosis in which an egg hatches into a nymph that resembles an adult, and which has no distinctly different larval stage  
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arachnid   an arthropod with two body sections, four pairs of legs, and no antennae  
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insect   arthropod with three body sections, six legs, one pair of antennae, and usually one or two pairs of wings  
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thorax   arthropod's midsection, to which its wings and legs are attached  
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pupa   the third stage of complete metamorphosis, in which insect changes from a larva to an adult  
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nymph   stage of gradual metamorphosis that usually resembles the adult insect  
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echinoderm   radically symmetrical invertebrate that lives on the ocean floor and has an internal skeleton and a water vascular system  
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endoskeleton   internal skeleton  
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water vascular system   system of fluid-filled tubes in an echinoderms body  
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