What are the two different life cycles of insects? Explain the difference.
Complete metamorphosis and gradual metamorphosis. Gradual has no larval stage and instead the egg hatches into a nymph
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What are animals in each of the three phyla of fishes generally called?
Agnatha: jawless fish
Chondrichthyes: cartilaginous fish
Osteichthyes: boney fish
300
What are the two parts of the heart called?
Ventricles and atria
400
Where do cnidarians live?
In colonies
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What are two examples of flatworms?
Planarians, tapeworms
400
What are the four major groups of echinoderms?
sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers
400
95% of fishes belong to what class?
Osteichthyes (boney fish)
400
What is the difference between ectotherms and endotherms? Give an example of each
Ecto: body does not produce internal heat, amphibians and reptiles
Endo: body regulates its own temp. by controlling internal heat it produces, birds & mammals
500
What are the two body shapes of cnidarians?
Polyp & medusa
500
How many hearts do earthworms have?
5
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What are the three groups of mollusks? Give their scientific name and give an example of a species in each.
Gastropods: snails and slugs
Bivalves: oysters, clams, scallops, and mussels
Cephalopods: octopuses
500
What kind of fertilization do fishes have? Explain what that means.
External: they lay eggs that get fertilized after they are laid
500
What are the three types of mammals? Describe each & give an example of each.
Marsupials - carry young in pouches, kangaroos
Monotremes - lay eggs, duck-billed platypus
Placental mammals - young develops in mother's body until it can function independently, humans