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SLS Bio11 Animals(OS)

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Definition
Asexual Reproduction   not involving the fusion of gametes.  
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Cell   the smallest functional unit of an organism  
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Cephalization   the concentration of sense organs at the anterior end of the body, forming the head and brain.  
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Closed Circulatory System   have the blood closed at all times within vessels of different sizes and wall thickness.  
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Coelom   the body cavity in metazoans, located between the intestinal canal and the body wall.  
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Colonial   living in colonies  
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Fluid Feeding   organisms that feed on the fluid of other organisms.  
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Endoskeleton   an internal skeleton.  
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Excretion   the process of eliminating waste  
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Exoskeleton   an external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals.  
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Filter Feeding   feeding by filtering out plankton or other nutrients.  
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Free-living   living freely and independently, not as a parasite.  
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internal transport   materials are moved from a surface to cells located throughout the organism.  
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invertebrates   an animal lacking a backbone  
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levels of organization   cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystem, and biosphere.  
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Life Functions   that property that determines living organisms from dead organisms.  
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Medusa   a free-swimming form of a coelenterate, such as a jellyfish.  
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Motility   ability to move actively, making energy in the process.  
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Motility/Motile   applies to unicellular and simple multicellular organisms  
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Multicellular   having or consisting of many cells.  
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Niche   the position of a species within an ecological community  
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Open Circulatory System   where blood is allowed to mix with other organisms.  
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Organ   a part of an organism that has vital life functions, such as the liver or heart in humans.  
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Organ System   group of organs that work together to perform one or more function.  
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Parasite/Parasitic   an organism that lives on another organism and benefits from deriving nutrients at it's hosts expense.  
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Polyp   a solitary form of a coelenterate such as a sea anemone  
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Reproduction   the production of offspring by sexual or asexual reproduce  
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Respiration   a process in living organisms involving the production of energy  
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response   any behavior of an organism that results from external or internal stimulus.  
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Sessile   fixed in one place, otherwise known as immobile.  
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Sexual Reproduction   the production of two living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types.  
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Symmetry   correspondance of parts on opposite sides of a dividing plane. (bilateral, radial etc.)  
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Tissue   any of the distinct types of material from which the organism is made  
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Vertebral Column   another term for spinal column, which is the spine or backbone.  
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