Mollusks
What is the definition of a mollusk? (It doesn't need to be word for word.)
What is... an invertebrate with soft, unsegmented bodies, often protected by a hard outer shell.
What is the definition of an arthropod? (Doesn't need to be word for word)
What is... Invertebrate that has an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.
What is the definition of an Insect? (Doesn't need to be word for word)
What is... An arthropod with three body sections, six legs, one pair of antennae, and usually one or two pairs of wings.
What is the definition ecology? (Doesn't need to be word for word.)
What is... the study of food chains and other ways an organism interacts with its environment.
What is the definition of an echinoderm? (Doesn't need to be word for word)
What is... a radially symmetrical invertebrate that lives on the ocean floor and has an internal skeleton and a water vascular system.
What are the three main groups of mollusks?
What are... gastropods, bivalves, and echinoderms.
What are the three segments on an arthropod's body?
What are... head, midsection, hindsection.
What is the middle of and insects body called?
What is... thorax.
How many insects can a a baby Swallow cosume before it leaves the nest?
What is... 200,000.
What type of echinoderm has no arms?
What is... Sea urchins.
What type of mollusk has the most complex nervous system of any invertebrate.
What is... cephalopods.
How many legs do crustaceans have?
What is... 5 or more pairs.
What type of mouthparts do butterflies have?
What are... a coiled tube that can be uncoiled to be used like a straw for nectar.
In some Mexican villages, what dried insect to they ground up to mix with flour to make tortillas?
What is... Grasshoppers.
What is the water vascular system?
What is... the internal system of fluid-filled tubes in echinoderms./
How is a pearl created?
What is... When something small such as a grain of sand gets between the mantle and the shell nd irritates the soft mantle, the bivalve mantle produces a pearly coat to cover the object.
How many antenae do arachnids have?
What is... none.
What type of eyes do most insects have?
What is... simple eyes that process light and dark.
What re some examples of disease-carrying insects?
What are... Mosqutioes and fleas.
What are tube feet, how are they created, and what are they used for?
What are... Parts of the tubes in this system can contract, forcing water into structures called tube feet.
Tube feet protrude from the sides or underside of the echinoderm.
The end of these tube feet are sticky and when full of water, they act like suction cups that the echinoderm uses to move slowly along surfaces and to catch prey.
What is the difference between herbivore's radula and a carnivore's radula?
What is... Herbivores’ radulas are sandpapery in order to tear through plant tissues, while carnivores use their radulas differently depending on their classification
How do millipedes protect themselves from potential predators?
What is... squirt gross smelling liquid at the predator.
What stages of complete metamorphosis?
What are... Egg -> Larvae -> Pupa -> Adult
Why are insects key to the food chain?
What is... the many ways they obtain food and become food for other animals.
What is the process by which a sea star eats a clam?
What is...
Uses all 5 arms to hold a clam.
Puls on the tightly closed shells with its tube feet
Forces its own stomach out through its mouth and into the opening it made.
Digestive chemicals break down the clams tissues
Sea star sucks up the partially digested body of the clam.