Gastropods, and Cephalopods, and Bivalves. Oh my!
Slugs, snails, and squids are all animals that fall under this Phylum.
What is Mollusca?
Mollusks mostly reproduce in this manner, involving sperm and egg.
What is sexually?
Most Mollusks have these specialized breathing structures for underwater breathing.
What are gills?
Food and soil is ground up in this muscular sac.
What is the gizzard?
What are segmented worms?
Most mollusks are found in marine environments, marine meaning...
What is the ocean?
This is the name of the tongue-like structure in a mollusk
What is a radula?
Stomach-foot
What is a gastropod?
Most worms actually contain both male and female gametes, making them this.
What are hermaphrodites?
This pupil type brings in the most light.
What is a round pupil?
Mollusks have bilateral symmetry, a digestive tract with two openings, and a muscular one of these.
What is a foot?
Purpose of tentacles on a gastropod's head
What is seeing and sensing?
Head-foot
What is a Cephalopod?
The most well-known annelids are...
What are earthworms?
All mollusks have this kind of symmetry
What is bilateral symmetry?
The membrane in mollusks that surrounds the internal organs and secretes the shell is known as the...
What is the mantle?
These are the four feeding types of mollusks
What is filter feeding, active predation, egg eaters, and grazing?
Many plates
What is a polyplacophora?
Unlike earthworms, there are parasites. Leeches for example are commonly known for sucking blood or fluids from their host. Examples are humans, turtles, fish, and these feathered birds found in swampy areas.
What are ducks?
This mollusk does not have a blind spot
What is an octopus?
Squids are predators that tear up food with radulas, but first they must pass into their mouth via their...
What is beak?
Although most mollusks move blood through vessels and into open spaces through an open circulatory system, some mollusks such as these eight legged creatures actually have a closed circulatory system.
What is an octopus?
Bright tapestry
What is tapetum lucidum?
Most segmented worms have tiny bristles called this.
What are setae?
Three adaptations that allow animals to see at night
What are larger pupils, larger retinas, shape of pupil, eye shine?