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Invertebrates
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Anatomy
100
Banana slug.
What is mollusca or mollusk?
100
Starfish symmetry.
What is radial?
100
The Latin name of this class of animals translates to "double life."
What is amphibia or amphibians?
100
Animals cannot produce their own food, instead they are this.
What are consumers?
100
Insects, crustaceans, and spiders have this outside covering unlike vertebrates.
What is an exoskeleton?
200
Snapping Turtle.
What is chordata?
200
This body part of a mollusk may be soft or become a shell in some species.
What is a mantle?
200
These vertebrates can maintain their own body temperature.
What are endotherms?
200
This type of fertilization occurs when the female first lays eggs and then the male deposits sperm on them.
What is external fertilization?
200
Fish have these structures for breathing.
What are gills?
300
Lobster.
What is arthropoda or arthropods?
300
Sponges have this type of symmetry.
What is asymmetrical?
300
Vertebrates have bones and sometimes this material supporting their bodies.
What is cartilage?
300
This process occurs when a tadpole becomes a frog or a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.
What is metamorphosis?
300
Monotremes are the only mammals to do this.
What is lay eggs?
400
Starfish.
What is echinodermata or echinoderms?
400
The special cells found on the skin of squid and octopi that allows them to camouflage.
What are chromatophores?
400
In the backbone, the vertebrae surround this structure.
What is the nerve cord or spinal cord?
400
As a chordate develops from an embryo, this structure becomes the backbone.
What is the notochord?
400
The pores that allow sponges to filter food out of the water give this phylum its name.
What is porifera?
500
Tapeworm.
What is platyhelminthes?
500
After the polyp stage, coral becomes this type of animal that never moves.
What is sessile?
500
The class that contains the caiman and black mamba.
What are reptiles?
500
When a reptile sheds its skin it is said to do this.
What is molt?
500
Squid have this structure which enables them to move by using jet propulsion.
What is a siphon?