Animal Behavior
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What is an animal without a backbone called?
An Invertebrate
Cnidarians are marine invertebrates that belong to this subphylum.
Cnidaria
What type of radial symmetry do echinoderms have?
5 part symmetry
What sense to snails and slugs use to find their way back to their tunnels?
Smell
What are animals that are active during the daytime called?
Diurnal
Pores allow the sponges to move water through its body so that it can do what?
Obtain nutrients
This jellyfish has some of the strongest venom in nature
Box jellyfish
An internal skeleton
Endoskeleton
There are about how many species in the phylum Mollusca?
150,000
How well a species is able to adapt and reproduce in its environment.
Fitness
This classification system classifies animals into seven major categories.
The Taxonomic Rank
Two types of cnidarian colonies are Coral Reefs and ___________
The Man o' war
Echinoderms take in water through this.
The sieve plate
The world’s largest mollusk.
The colossal squid
The first time an animal performs this type of behavior, the animal does it well.
Innate behavior
Invertebrates make up this percentage of the animal kingdom
95%
What are cnidarians venomous stinging cells called?
Nematocysts
This major group of echinoderms includes most echinoderms including starfish.
Eleutherozoa
This major type of mollusk includes snails and slugs.
Gastropods
The location of the biological clock.
The suprachiasmatic nucleus
What is the subphylum of sponges called?
Porifera
These types of cnidarians have a cup shaped body with the mouth facing upward and are usually sessile.
Polyps
Crinoids such as the feather stars and sea lilies belong to which major group of echinoderms.
Pelmatozoa
This an organ of a mollusk contains many small teeth
The radula