So You Think You're an Animal?
Adaptations
Symmetry
Sponges
Cnidarians
100
If you're an animal, then there's a good chance you do this in order to find food, reproduce or escape from predators.
move
100
Meat-eating animals have sharp, pointed teeth to help them tear flesh. What are these animals called?
carnivores
100
Animals with bilateral symmetry have this many lines of symmetry along which their bodies could be divided in a balanced way.
one
100
Sponges belong to the phylum Porifera which means having many of these.
pores
100
Cnidarians are named for their cnidocytes - special cells that allow them to do this to their prey.
sting/poison
200
If you're an animal then you're made of many of these structures which can combine to form different tissues.
cells
200
This method of blending in with your surroundings can be useful if you're a predator or a prey animal.
camouflage
200
Like a bicycle wheel, animals with this type of symmetry have many lines of symmetry along which their bodies could be divided in a balanced way.
radial symmetry
200
Sponges can reproduce through a process called budding - a form of this type of reproduction in which one animal makes a clone of itself.
asexual reproduction
200
All cnidarians have this basic form of symmetry.
radial
300
If you're an animal, there's a 95% chance that you don't have a backbone which makes you one of these.
invertebrate
300
Since humans eat both steak and salad, we are this type of consumer.
omnivore
300
This term refers to animals without a balanced body plan.
asymmetrical (asymmetry)
300
Sponges eat by straining massive amounts of water to remove microscopic food particles. What term refers to animals that feed in this way?
filter feeders
300
Cnidarians with a polyp body plan like a sea anemone or a hydra have their mouth and tentacles on this side of their body.
the top
400
If you're an animal you can produce offspring by combining your genetic material with another member of your species. What is it called when this happens?
sexual reproduction
400
Unlike carnivores, these vegetarian animals have flat teeth designed for grinding plant material.
herbivores
400
In animals with bilateral symmetry, the anterior side of the animal is the side closest to its... what?
head
400
Unlike most animals, sponges are sessile which means they don't do this.
move
400
These animals whose skeletons build massive reefs get most of their food made for them by microscopic algae that live inside their cells.
corals
500
If you're an animal, unfortunately you can't make your own food so you need to get energy by consuming other organisms, making you one of these.
heterotroph
500
In order for an adaptation to be successful, it must help an animal to survive in its environment long enough to do this.
reproduce
500
In an animal with bilateral symmetry, we use this term to refer to the animal's belly.
ventral
500
These special cells have whip-like flagellae which pump water through the sponge an help to absorb food and oxygen.
collar cells
500
Free-swimming cnidarians like the jellyfish have this body plan in which their mouth and tentacles are on the bottom side of the animal.
medusa