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Biology

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Define Invertebrates   animals that lack a backbone  
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Define Vertebrates   animals that pocesses a backbone  
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Define Spherical Symmetry   an organism possesses spherical symmetry if it can be cut into two identical halves by any by cut through the organism's center.  
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Define Radial Symmetry   an organism possesses radial symmetry if it can be cut into two identical halves by any longitudial cut through the center.  
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Define Bilateral Symmetry   an organism possesses bilateral symmetry if it can be cut into two identical halves by a single longitudinal cut among its center which divides it into right and left halves.  
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Define Epidermis   an outer layer of cells designed to provide protection  
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Define Meserchyme   the jellylike substance that separates the epidermis from the inner cells in a sponge  
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Define Collar Cells   flagellated cells that push water through a sponge  
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Define Ameobocytes   cells that move using pseudopods and perferm different functions in different animals  
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Define Gemmule   a cluster of cells encased in a hard, spicule-reinforced shell  
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Define Polyp   the sessile, tubular form of a cnidarian with a mouth and tentacles at one end and a basal disk at the other.  
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Define Medusa   a free-swimming cnidarian with a bell-shaped body and tentacles.  
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Define Epithelium   animal tissue consisting of one or more layers of cells that have only one free surface, because the other surface adheres to a membrane or other substance  
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Define Mesoglea   the jellylike substance that separates the epithelial cells in a cnidarian  
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Define Nematocysts   small capsules that contain a toxin which is injected into prey or predators.  
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Define Testes   organs that produce sperm  
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Define Ovaries   organs that produce eggs  
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Define Anterior End   the end of an animal that contains its head.  
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Define Posterior   the end of an animal that contains its tail  
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Define Circulatory System   a system designed to transport food and other necessary substances throughout a creature's body  
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Define Nervous System   a system of sensitive cells that respond to stimuli such as sound, touch, and taste.  
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Define Ganglia   masses of nerve cell bodies  
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Define Hermaphroditic   possessing both the male and female reproductive organs  
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Define Regeneration   the ability to regrow a missing part of the body  
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Define Mantle   a sheath of tissue that encloses the vital organs of a mollusk, makes the mollusk's shell, and performs respiration.  
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Define Shell   a tough, multilayered structure secreted by the mantle, generally used for protection, but sometimes for body support.  
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Define Visceral Hump   a hump that contains a mollusk's heart, digestive, and excretory organs.  
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Define Foot   a muscular organ that is used for locomotion and takes a variety of forms depending on the animal.  
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Define Radula   an organ covered with teeth that mollusk's use to scape food into their mouth's.  
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Define Univalve   an organism with a single shell  
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Define Bivalve   an organism with two shells  
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Do the vast majority of animals have backbones?   no  
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how do sponges get their prey?   by their collar cells  
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If a sponge is soft, does it contain spicules or spongin? What purpose do these substances serve in a sponge?   spongin; it provides a framework for the sponge.  
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What is the predominant mode of asexual reproduction in a sponge?   budding  
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What roles do ameodocytes play in the anatomy of a sponge?   they digest food and transport the food to the part of the sponge that need it . It also carries waste to where it can be released.  
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When does a sponge produce gemmules?   during periods of freezing temperatures  
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What is the difference of a nematocysts of a hydra and those of a sea anemone?   nematocysts of hydra are released something something touches it and the nematocysts of a sea anemone releases when certain chemicals.  
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Why do cnidarians not need respiratory and excretory systems?   they do not need them because their bodies are so thin that gases can easily diffuse in and out directly through the body  
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Some biology books say that jellylike live "dual lives". Why?   because it has a life as a polyp and medusa  
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If a jellyfish reproduces sexually, what form is it in?   Medusa  
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What is another name for a large coral colony?   great reefs  
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What benefits do earthworms give the plants in the soil that thy inhabit?   they give nutrients that plants need for biosynthesis  
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If you pick up two earthworms and the first feels very slimy near the clitellum and the second does not, what can tou conclude about the first earthworm?   it in a ocean  
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what similarities exist between the hydra's sexual reproduction and the earthworm's? What are the differences?   hydra have both the sperm and the egg and earthworm's take two organism's but they are alike because they produce their own eggs and sperm  
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What will happen to an earthworm if its cuticle gets dry?   it will suffocate  
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Why don't planarians need circulatory systems?   because the intestine branches extend throughout most of the body  
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If a flatworm has no complex nervous or digestive systems, is it most likely free or parasitic?   parasitic  
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What is the main ode of asexual reproduction in a planarian?   it tears itself in half  
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Place each organism in one of the following phyla: Porifera, Cnidaria, Annelida, Mollusca, and Platyhelminthes. Animals: Sea Anemone, Clam, sponge, flatworm, and segmented worm.   Sea Anemone- Cnidarian, Clam- Mollusca, Sponge- Porfiera, Flatworm- Platyhelminthes, Segmented worm- Annelida  
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