NEW TERMS
ANIMAL GROUPS
ANIMAL CHARACTERISTICS
ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
ODDS 'N ENDS
100
SESSILE
What is being attached and unable to move away from this spot?
100
SPONGES
What is a prehistoric animal having no body symmetry and no true tissues?
100
LARVA
What is the juvenile form of an insect called?
100
NUTRIENT CYCLING
What is the process of filtering debris from water by sponges?
100
CATERPILLAR
What is the larval stage of a butterfly?
200
MEDUSA
What is the motile form of Cnidarians?
200
FLATWORM
What is a simple invertebrate that has an organ system?
200
HIRUDIN
What is produced by leeches and may have anti-cancer qualities?
200
CORAL REEFS
What is one of the most productive ecosystems in the world?
200
ECHINODERMS
What is an animal with a spiny exoskeleton, a water-vascular system, and tube feet?
300
HERMAPHRODITE
What is the term for both sexes being in a single organism?
300
ARTHROPOD
What is an invertebrate with a hard exoskeleton, jointed appendages and a segmented body?
300
VERTEBRAE
What is a back bone in vertebrate animals?
300
PREDATORS
What is an animal that preys on other animals?
300
MOLLUSK
What is an invertebrate with a soft fleshy body, some have a shell and others do not?
400
TUBE FEET
What is found in echinoderms that enable it to move?
400
ANNELID
What is a segmented invertebrate worm?
400
CHITIN
What is the exoskeleton of arthropods made of?
400
TRICHINOSIS
What is a disease gotten from undercooked pork?
400
TAPEWORM
What is a parasitic, intestinal flatworm ?
500
COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS
What is a radical change in body form to move from egg to adult in some insects?
500
CNIDARIAN
What is an invertebrate that has both polyp and medusa forms?
500
POLYP
What is the sessile form of Cnidarians?
500
EARTHWORMS
What is the Annelid that aerates the soil?
500
COELUM
What is a peritoneum-lined cavity between the body wall and gut of most animals?