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Porifera & Cnidarians
Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, & Annelida
Mollusca, Arthropoda, & Echinodermata
Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, & Osteichthyes
Amphibians, Reptiles, Aves, & Mammals
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What are members of the Porifera phylum generally called?
sponges
100
What are the animals in these three phylum generally called?
Worms
100
What is an example of an arthropod?
Crabs, lobsters, centipedes, and scorpions
100
What are animals in these three classes generally called?
Fishes
100
What are the two major groups of amphibians?
Salamanders & frogs and toads
200
What are the two ways that sponges reproduce? Describe each.
Asexually: budding Sexually: Both genders, either are fertilized by sperm or release sperm
200
What is a parasite?
an organism that lives inside or on another organism; feeds off the host
200
What is the system of fluid-filled tubes in an echinodermata called?
the water vascular system
200
What is an example of each of the classes of fishes?
Jawless: hagfishes, lampreys Cartilaginous: sharks, rays, and skates Bony: trout, tuna, goldfish, clownfish (Nemo)
200
Which of these classes have 3-chambered hearts? 4-chambered hearts?
Amphibians & reptiles: 3 chambered hearts Birds & mammals: 4 chambered hearts
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What is an example of a cnidarian?
Jellyfish
300
Name an example of an animal in each of these three phyla.
Platyhelminthes: Flatworm Nematoda: Roundworm Annelida: Earthworm
300
What are the two different life cycles of insects? Explain the difference.
Complete metamorphosis and gradual metamorphosis. Gradual has no larval stage and instead the egg hatches into a nymph
300
What are animals in each of the three phyla of fishes generally called?
Agnatha: jawless fish Chondrichthyes: cartilaginous fish Osteichthyes: boney fish
300
What are the two parts of the heart called?
Ventricles and atria
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Where do cnidarians live?
In colonies
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What are two examples of flatworms?
Planarians, tapeworms
400
What are the four major groups of echinoderms?
sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers
400
95% of fishes belong to what class?
Osteichthyes (boney fish)
400
What is the difference between ectotherms and endotherms? Give an example of each
Ecto: body does not produce internal heat, amphibians and reptiles Endo: body regulates its own temp. by controlling internal heat it produces, birds & mammals
500
What are the two body shapes of cnidarians?
Polyp & medusa
500
How many hearts do earthworms have?
5
500
What are the three groups of mollusks? Give their scientific name and give an example of a species in each.
Gastropods: snails and slugs Bivalves: oysters, clams, scallops, and mussels Cephalopods: octopuses
500
What kind of fertilization do fishes have? Explain what that means.
External: they lay eggs that get fertilized after they are laid
500
What are the three types of mammals? Describe each & give an example of each.
Marsupials - carry young in pouches, kangaroos Monotremes - lay eggs, duck-billed platypus Placental mammals - young develops in mother's body until it can function independently, humans