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Invertebrates
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Earthworm Lab
Miscellaneous
100
Most animals fall under this classification
Invertebrates
100
Invertebrate means....
Animals WITHOUT backbones
100
Name the 5 major groups of vertebrates
Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals
100
What Phylum do Earthworms belong to?
Annelids
100
Which group of animals are the most complex?
Mammals
200
Choose the best term to describe all animals: Producer Carnivore Consumer Herbivore
Consumer
200
Name 5 organisms that are invertebrates
Sponges, jellyfish, coral, flatworms, roundworms, earthworms, octopus, snails, crustaceans, insects, arachnids,
200
A common characteristic of fish, amphibians, and reptiles that means they are cold-blooded
Ectothermic
200
Name 1 other organism that is an Annelid
Marine Worms, Segmented Worms, Leeches
200
Which group of animals the simplest?
Sponges (Porifera)
300
The term for when animals look like other animals to help them survive:
Mimicry
300
Most mollusks have this as a distinctive feature
One, two, or no shells Soft-bodies
300
Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals do this kind of fertilization
Internal
300
Name 1 distinctive characteristic of Annelids
Tube-shaped body; Divided into many segments; Setae; Bilateral symmetry
300
Peppered moths have camouflage that allows them to....
Blend in with their environment
400
Name the 2 types of symmetry
Radial & Bilateral Symmetry
400
Most invertebrates have this kind of symmetry
Bilateral
400
Name 2 adaptations of birds that allows them to fly:
Hollow bones, light weight & strong feathers, large & strong chest muscles
400
What structure on segments of an earthworm allows them to move through soil?
Setae
400
Name the 3 ways animals can obtain energy:
Carnivores (eat other animals), herbivores (eat plants), omnivores (eat plants and animals)
500
Explain Radial Symmetry
Having body parts arranged in a circle from a center point
500
What is the difference between and exoskeleton and an endoskeleton?
An exoskeleton is a hard outer covering that supports and protects the body, an endoskeleton is an internal skeleton.
500
Why are marsupials different from most other mammals?
Premature births & young develop in pouches
500
Why are Earthworms beneficial to the environment?
They digest organic matter and leaves in soil, allowing nitrogen to get to plant roots
500
What are the 7 taxonomic levels for living things?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species