Annelids, Platyhelminthes, Nematodes
What are the three places that worms can be found?
Soil, water or inside other animals (parasites)
What are echinoderms?
Animals with spiny skin, sucker feet, and a five-rayed body.
What is an example of a porifera?
Sponges
What are arthropods?
Animals that have segmented bodies, jointed legs; most have a hard exoskeleton
How many pairs of wings do most insects have?
Two (Both for flying or One for flying & one for balance)
What is an earthworm's body made up of? (General structure)
Ring-like segments that are covered in tiny bristles.
What is the purpose of a jellyfish's tentacles?
To sting and paralyze its prey.
What is the description of mollusks?
Animals with soft-bodies; most have shells
What is molting?
As a crab grows, it sheds the old shell and grows a new one.
What is metamorphosis?
A major change in the animal's body shape during its life cycle.
What are the four main groups of worms?
Ribbon worms, flatworms, segmented worms and round worms.
How do coral grow?
By budding from the parent polyp, which is then buried by layers.
What four animals are included in the mollusk phyla?
Snails, octopi, squid, and bivalves
What are three ways that crabs use their pincers?
1. To defend themselves, 2. to catch and tear apart food, and 3. to signal to other animals.
What is an immature insect that resembles an adult but has no wings?
Nymph
What is the Phyla name for animals that are worm-like and have flat, unsegmented bodies?
Platyhelminthes
What is the umbrella-shaped, swimming stage in the life of a jellyfish called?
Medusa
How do octopi & squid move through the water?
By jet propulsion. They use suction to take water into their mantle and then squeeze it out through small nozzles to move forward.
How do crustaceans begin life?
As eggs that hatch into tiny larva.
What are the stages in the four stage life cycle of an insect?
Egg - Larva - Chrysalis - Adult
What is the clitelum?
Smooth segment section of a worm that produces cases for worm eggs.
How do coral & algae work together?
Coral provides a place for the algae to live; in turn algae produce sugar through photosynthesis and share some of it with the coral.
What distinguishes octopi and squid from the rest of the mollusk phyla?
They are the largest and most intelligent in the mollusk phyla and they have the ability to change the color of their mantles
Give three examples of animals that are part of the crustacean class.
Examples: shrimp, lobster, crabs, woodlice, sand fleas, barnacles
What are chordates?
Animals whose bodies are supported by a stiff rod called a notochord.