All Animals
The 9 Phyla
Embryos
Body Plans
Directions
100

Are all animals heterotrophs or autotrophs?

What are Heterotrophs?

100

Which phylum includes squid, octopus, clams, and snails?  

What is Mollusca?

100

What are the rapid, early cell divisions in an embryo called?

What is Cleavage?

100

What is a coelom?

What is a body cavity in the mesoderm?

100

Which directional term means “nearer to the midline?”

What is Medial?

200

Are all animals Eukaryotes or Prokaryotes?

What are Eukaryotes?

200

Which phylum name means “spiny skin?”

What is Echinodermata?

200

What is the middle layer of the gastrula in a triploblast called?

What is Mesoderm?

200

What do we call an animal in which the blastopore became a mouth?

What is a Protostome?

200

Is the neck of a cow cranial or caudal?

What is Cranial?

300

Name two things that plant cells have that animal cells don't.

What are cell walls and chloroplasts?

300

Which phylum includes roundworms?

What is Nematoda?

300

Most animals develop from a fertilized egg. What is one example of an animal that can also reproduce asexually? What is their asexual reproduction called?

What is Sponges (budding)?

What is Sea stars (fragmentation)?

What is Bees or wasps (parthenogenesis)?

300

What do we call an animal that developed a “false” coelom between the endoderm and mesoderm?

What is a Pseudocoelomate?

300

Which directional term means “towards the belly?”

What is Ventral?

400

Give an example of how a structure of a specialized cell allows it to preform a certain function.

What is Nerve cell branches to send messages?

What is Muscle cell is long & skinny to contract and relax?

400

Which phylum name means “little ring?”

What is Annelida?

400

How many cells does an embryo have to be to be considered a blastula?

What is over 100?

400

What is one example of an acoelomate?

What is Platyhelminthes?

400

Is the knee proximal or distal compared to the hip?

What is Distal?

500

What are the levels of organization (starting with cell) that most animals have in their body from smallest to largest?

What is Cell – tissue – organ – organ system – organism?

500

How many phyla of animals are currently recognized?

What is 30+?

(we just focus on the 9 major ones)

500

What are two examples of diploblastic animals?

What is Porifera (sponges) & Cnidaria (jellyfish, sea anemones, coral)?

500

What is the advantage of having a coelom?

What is The coelom provides room for more complex organs to grow?

500

What is the special directional term for towards the nose/beak/muzzle?

What is Rostral?

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