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What percentage of animals are invertebrates in the world?
Animals with a backbone
vertebrates
Animals without a backbone
invertebrates
Invertebrates with soft bodies full of muscle and covered with a hard shell?
Mollusks
Arthropods such as crabs, lobsters and shrimp
crustaceans
Invertebrates with segmented bodies such as earthworms
annelids
Invertebrates that live in the water, and are sometimes called bottom feeders.
sponges
Similar to a bikes tires and all echinoderms have it.
What are decomposers?
When animals eat the remains of dead plants.
A hard covering that can protect an invertebrate.
exoskeleton
What invertebrates are found in tropical reefs and have stinging tentacles.
Sea Anemones
A invertebrate like a starfish that has five arms
echinoderms
What is the largest group of invertebrates with segmented bodies, jointed limbs, and a hard exoskeleton
Arthropods
Joints that are soft and allow for movement are called..
jointed limbs
Invertebrates that can be found in salt water, have no organs in their body
Cnidarians