Feeding Habits
A squirrel is considered this because it eats the acorns from trees
What is a herbivore?
The study of animals
What is zoology?
The type of symmetry seen in sponges
What is asymmetry?
the word porifera means this
what is pore bearing?
Animals who live in the ocean are considered ___________ animals.
What is marine?
Daily Double!! The phylum that contains sea gooseberries
What is 'ctenophora'?
Type of symmetry seen in animals who have a distinct left and right side
What is bilateral symmetry?
The two things that make up the skeleton of a sponge.
What are "spongein" and "spicule"?
Sponges anchor onto hard surfaces, which means that they are...
What is sessile?
Animals who walk on 4 limbs
What is quadrupedal?
A tapeworm, because it lives in the intestines of another organism to gain its food.
What is a parasite?
How oxygen, carbon, dioxide, and other nutrients move through the body
What is circulation?
The opening at the top of a sponge through which water leaves
feeding habit seen in sponges
What is filter feeders?
Name any animal using its binomial nomenclature
Canis lupus, Panthera leo, Panthera tigris, Lumbricus terristrus
Animals who take in large amounts of water to filter out their food.
What are "filter feeders"?
Type of reproduction where the offspring has the same genes as the parent.
What is "asexual reproduction"?
These are the tiny holes that cover the external surface of a sponge.
What are "ostia"?
The type of asexual reproduction where a small piece detaches from a parent to form a new organism?
What is budding?
None!
A millipede is considered this because they feed on decaying matter.
What is a detritivore?
Give 2 examples of animals responding to the environment around them
answers will vary
Cells on the inside of a sponge that have a flagella that trap and engulf food particles.
What are "Choanocytes (collar cells)"?
Give 2 reasons why sponges are considered important?
answers will vary
All the levels of Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species