Animal
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Important to Know
CEE
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100
Name three characteristics of all animals
What are multi-celled, mobile, and require food.
100
Name the seven "Taxonomic Categories" for classifying living organisms (from most general to most specific).
What is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
100
Name the 8 groups of invertebrates.
What are sponges, flatworms, cnidarians, roundworms, segmented worms, mollusks, echinoderms and arthropods.
100
Name the 8 characteristics of a sponge.
What are no arms, no eyes, no ears, no head, no brain, multi-celled, sessile and asymmetrical.
100
What does bilateral symmetry mean?
What is if you fold something in half vertically it would match.
200
One characteristic of all animals is that they are "mobile", what does mobile mean?
What is to move from place to place.
200
In what kingdom are human beings classified?
What is animal.
200
Which animal is known as a "pore-bearing" animal?
What is a sponge.
200
Name 3 examples of flatworms.
What are fluke, planaria and tape worm.
300
One characteristic of animals is that they "require food", what specifically do they need food for?
What is energy.
300
How is an invertebrate different from a vertebrate?
What is invertebrates have no backbone.
300
Which animal is known as a "hollow-bodied animal"?
What is a cnidarian.
300
Name one example of a sponge.
What is a glass sponge.
300
Name the 5 characteristics of cnidarians (hollow-bodied animals).
What are stinging cells, body is 96% water, radial symmetry, long tentacles surround mouth and mostly live in tropical waters.
400
Name two ways animals are different from plants.
What is plants are stationary and they can make their own food.
400
How is a vertebrate different from an invertebrate?
What is a vertebrates have a backbone.
400
Which animal is known for its "spiny skin"?
What is an echinoderm.
400
Describe how a sponge is "sessile".
What is when a sponge is born, it moves around until it finds a good spot and then it stays their forever.
400
A cnidarian is shaped in radial symmetry. What does radial symmetry mean?
What is all of its body parts connect at a central point.
500
Explain photosynthesis.
What is the process of how plants make their own food.
500
What percentage of animals are invertebrates?
What is 95% and higher.
500
Which animal has a "jointed leg"?
What is an arthropod.
500
Name the 6 characteristics of a flatworm.
What is flat body, looks like a ribbon, bilateral symmetry, most are parasites, no body cavity and no digestive system.
500
What environment do sponges live?
What is salt and fresh water.
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