Vocabulary
Animals that lack a backbone
Invertebrates
What phylum does this organism belong to?
sponge
Phylum Porifera
Identify letter C on the picture of the earthworm on the board.
Pharynx
Flagellated cells that push water through a sponge
Collar Cells or Choanocytes
Cells that move using pseudopods and perform different functions in different animals
amoebocytes
Animals that possess a backbone
vertebrates
What phylum does this organism belong to?
Snail
Identify letter D on the picture of the earthworm on the board.
Aortic Arches
Sponges that feel hard and spiny have these
Spicules
The two basic forms of phylum Cnidaria
polyp and medusa
A sheath of tissue that encloses the vital organs of a mollusk, makes the mollusk's shell, and performs respiration
Mantle
What phylum does this organism belong to?
Jellyfish
Phylum Cnidaria
Identify letter H on the picture of the earthworm on the board.
Crop
Small capsules that contain a toxin which is injected into prey or predators
nematocysts
Tiny polyps that live in self-made stone-like structures
corals
Small capsules that contains toxin which is injected into prey or predators
nematocysts
What phylum does this organism belong to?
Segmented Sea Worm
Phylum Annelida
Identify letter G on the picture of the earthworm on the board.
Dorsal blood vessel
The common mode of asexual reproduction among the organisms of phylum Cnidaria
Budding
An example of a parasitic organism from Phylum Nematoda
Roundworms
Possessing both the male and female sexual organs
hermaphroditic
What phylum does this organism belong to?
Flatworm
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Identify letter L on the picture of the earthworm on the board.
Esophagus
The common mode of asexual reproduction among the organisms of phylum Platyhelminthes
regeneration- the ability to regrow a part of their bodies
Other members of phylum Platyhelminthes that are parasitic
tapeworm or flukes