Taxonomy
Defining Characteristics
Meanings of the Class Names
Vocabulary
Areas of the body
100
Define "Taxonomy"
What is The study of the kinds and diversity of organisms and of the evolutionary relationships among them
100
The main character that defines Mammals
What are mammary glands?
100
What class is named after the phrase "something that flies"
What is the Avian class?
100
What body part is the labium
What are lips?
100
An endoderm.
What is the inner most layer that gives rise to the gastrodermis, contain digesive and muscle cells?
200
This was the first recorded bird dating back to the Late Jurassic Period
What is Archaeopteryx
200
The name of an Arachnida's organ that is used to make their silk.
What are spinnerets?
200
This phylum is named for the members' soft bellies.
What is the Mollusca (phylum)?
200
Define radial symmetry.
What is the arrangement of parts such that any plane passing through the central axis divides the animal into mirror images?
200
On an insect, the digestive, respiratory, excretory and reproductive anatomy can be found on this section.
What is the thorax?
300
This class contains starfish
What is Asteroidea
300
Most Molluscs portray this type of symmetry.
What is bilaterally symmetrical?
300
The Insecta class can be translated into this phrase.
What is the class named after the phrase "cut into pieces"?
300
What does it mean if an animal has an open circulatory system
What is blood is released into tissue space?
300
The epidermis in the Arthropoda phylum is made of this.
What is calcium carbonate?
400
List 4 members you would find in the Subphylum "Crustacea"
What is Crabs, Lobsters, Crayfish, Shrimp, Krill, and Barnacles
400
This is what you call an animal whos mouth develops from a second opening in the early embryo
What are deuterostoems?
400
What is the meaning of the word "Echinodermata"
What is the Phylum that gets its name from the greek word "Spiny Skin"?
400
The practical use of bloodletting.
What is the process in which considerable quantities of blood from a patient is released in order to cure or prevent illness and death?
400
What sections of an animal can the dorsal and ventral side be found.
What is the back (dorsal) and the belly (ventral)?
500
This superorder of bugs contains bugs whose wings are developed inside the body
What is Endopterygota
500
The name of this organ is used by many Crustacea when they are in times of great danger
What is the "righting" organ?
500
The meaning of the class name "Polychaeta".
What is the class that is named due to their many setae on their segments (matamerism)?
500
This breeding process is defined as "many males".
What is a polyandrous species?
500
The thorax is further divided into these three parts.
What is the prothorax, mesothorax, and the metathorax?
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