Vertebrate and Invertebrate
Animals with a backbone
What are vertebrates?
Cnidarians have which kind of body symmetry?
What is radial symmetry?
When the body parts are arranged around a central point
Name a reptile
What is a snake, lizard, turtle, etc.
Name an animal that is a cnidarian
What is a jellyfish, sea anemone, coral, etc.
These are two groups of vertebrates
What are fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
Snails, clams, and octopuses are three types of what?
What is a mollusk?
This is when a body can be divided into two mirror halves
What is bilateral symmetry?
What is one trait all mammals share?
What is having fur / hair
What is producing milk for their young
Are flatworms vertebrates or invertebrates?
What is an invertebrate?
Name an invertebrate that has a hard outer covering called an exoskeleton
What is an insect, crab, lobster?
What key features do arthropods have?
What are jointed legs, segmented bodies, and an exoskeleton?
Name an animal with radial symmetry
What is starfish or jellyfish?
How is a marsupial different from most other mammals?
What is many marsupials give birth to underdeveloped young that continue to grow in a pouch
True or False: Sponges have tissues and organs like most animals
What is False
(sponges lack true tissues and organs)
This is an example of a cold-blooded vertebrate group
What are reptiles, amphibians, and/or fish?
Name an example of an echinoderm and the kind of symmetry
What is a starfish / sea urchin.
What is radial symmetry
What two elements does an animals with bilateral symmetry have?
What is a head and a tail?
Where do amphibians usually start their life and name an amphibian
Where is in the water (eggs/tadpoles)
What is a frog, salamander, etc.
Cnidarians have which kind of body symmetry?
What is Radial Symmetry?
One reason why invertebrates are important to the ecosystem
What is pollination, decomposing, food for prey?
This is can internal skeleton inside the body
What is an endoskeleton?
Describe a situation where radial symmetry is an advantage for feeding or defense
What is allowing to catch food or sense danger from any direction?
A notochord is a flexible rod that supports the body in early development. Which group of animals are defined by having a notochord at some point?
What are chordates?
These are invertebrates with an internal skeleton and a system of fluid-filled tubes.
What are Echinoderms?