Porifera
What are the basic structural components of sponges?
What is Spongin, Lime, Silica?
What is the defining feature of cnidarians?
What is tentacles with nematocysts?
What are ctenophores commonly known as?
What is comb jelly?
What are the three main body parts of a mollusk?
What is Foot, Head, Shell?
What is the exoskeleton made of in arthropods?
What is chiton?
How do sponges obtain food?
What is filter feeding?
Name two body forms found in cnidarians.
What is polyp and medusa?
How do ctenophores differ from cnidarians?
What is, they lack their own nematocysts?
Name three classes of mollusks and give an example of each.
What is Aplacophora, Monoplacophora, Polyplacophora, Bivalvia, Mollusca, Scaphopoda, Gastropoda?
Name two adaptations that have allowed arthropods to be successful on land.
What is moisture retention and new breathing methods?
What is the significance of choanocytes?
What is water, waste, food movement?
How do cnidarians capture their prey?
What is stinging and pulling the prey towards their mouths?
Describe the locomotion mechanism in ctenophores.
What is the usage of comb rows called ctene?
How do bivalves feed?
What is their siphons?
Describe the process of molting in arthropods.
What is, the simple version is they separate their shell from their body then squeeze their way out?
Describe the reproductive methods in sponges.
What is releasing sperm then taking it in via choanocytes, through amoebocytes, to eggs?
Describe the life cycle of a typical jellyfish.
What is egg, to larva, to polyp, to ephyra, to adult, to egg?
How is bioluminescence produced in ctenophores?
What is they facilitate phosphoric or simply put chemical reactions within their ctene?
Explain the function of a radula.
What is to scrape food stuffs off of surfaces?
How do arthropods contribute to ecosystems as decomposers?
What is, they are commonly scavengers who consume the dead and detritus?
What role do sponges play in marine ecosystems?
What is filtering the environments water, cleaning it?
What is the ecological role of coral reefs?
What is providing hard substrate and environment for living?
Discuss the impact of ctenophores on marine ecosystems.
Open ended.
Discuss the importance of mollusks in human culture and economy.
What is, they provide a wide variety of food acquisition opportunities?
Discuss the role of arthropods in agriculture.
What is they provide an easy to grow source of protein?