What are we?
Snails, sea slugs, abalone
What are gastropods?
The type of symmetry all worms have
What is bilateral?
Octopi belong to this phylum
What is mollusca?
What are gastropods?
An ecosystem built on the calcium carbonate exoskeleton like the one off the coast of the Australia. Home to a wide variety of animals
What is the coral reef?
Mussell, oyster, clam
What are bivalves?
What is annelid?
How squid and octopi are able to move in the water
What is jet propulsion?
The membrane covering most organs in a mollusk
What is the mantle?
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem like rocks or water
What are abiotic factors?
Squid, octopus, cuttlefish
What are cephalopods?
The middle layer of the worm, which has specialized into muscles
What is mesoderm?
A cephalopod defense mechanism that makes use of chromatophores - cells that can change color
What is camouflage?
A valuable product of an oyster secreting chemicals around an irritating particle
What is a pearl?
Organisms that make their own food like plants or algae
What are producers?
Earthworms, leeches, polychaete
What are annelids?
The worm's "brain"
What is the ganglia?
The manner of death for most mother octopi
What is starvation?
The muscle which keeps mollusk shells closed. Also the tastiest part of the scallop
The top layer of the ocean that has plenty of sunlight and living things
What is the epipelagic zone?
Heartworm, hookworm, pinworm
What are nematodes?
A mouth like protrusion that worms use to hunt their prey
The definition of cephalopod
What is head-foot?
The chemical compound that makes up mollusk shells
The stage between egg and adult marine organisms
What is larvae?