Vocabulary
This is the study of animals
What is Zoology
what is something that causes a reaction in an organism
what is stimulus
These creatures can have skeletal structures made of spongin or spicules
what are sponges
The planarian is a parasite
False: it is a free living flatworm
Name the three general types of Bee classes
Queen, Drone, Worker
What is an invertebrate
An animal without a backbone
a system where blood never leaves the vessels
what is a closed circulatory system
this phylum has the most species of any animal phylum.
Daily Double: Name the classes that has the highest number of animals and the phylum with the second highest amount of species
What is arthropods
Daily Double: the Insect class and the phylum Mollusca (Mollusk)
A sponge is sessile for it's entire life
False: it can move as a juvenile
What is the difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis
Incomplete: The animal molts it's exoskeleton but retains the same shape, it just grows larger.
Complete: The animal during molting changes shape entirely
what type of symmetry enables an animal to be divided into equal halves by any plane along the length of the organism
what is radial symmetry
Aortic arches do what
Help control the blood pressure of segmented worms
Name the two types of body types that a cnidarian can have
what are hydra and medusa
Insects have an open circulatory system
True
what two types of shells can mollusks have
bivalve and univalve
what are the painful stingers that are found on jellyfish
what are nematocysts
what type of eye is composed of thousands of tiny eyes
what are compound eyes
Name two Filter feeders
Sponges and clams
Spiders are insects
False
What is the biggest difference between segmented worms and other types of worms
They have segmented bodies as opposed to smooth ones
this is also called a simple brain
what are ganglion
what is metamorphosis
a change in body form
what does it mean when we say a creature is sessile
it cannot move
Daily Double
What is an open circulatory system
One in which the blood leaves the vessels and floats throughout the body and over organs
Now let's be honest? Are you really going to study this weekend
Yes