Tagma/Legs
How many legs and tagma/tagmata does a termite have?
Three tagmata, Six legs
What is the primary feeding strategy of millipedes, earthworms, and soil mites?
Detritivores
A structure that is used to gain oxygen from the water by having high surface area.
Gills
Metamorphosis type of butterflies with an egg, pupa, and adult.
Complete Metamorphosis
What is the benefit of metamorphosis in insects?
Less competition between adults and juvenile stages.
How many legs and tagma/tagmata does a crayfish have?
Two tagmata, 10 legs
What is the primary feeding strategy of centipedes and spiders?
Carnivores
Rasping tongue with hardened teeth used by gastropods.
Radula
Metamorphosis type of dragonflies with Egg, nymph in different habitat, and adult
Incomplete metamorphosis
Why are termites animals? What are the characteristics of an animal?
Heterotrophic (eats food), multicellular, internal digestion, Large cells (Eukaryotic, not bacterial cells)
How many legs and tagma/tagmata does a millipede have?
Two tagmata, 2 pairs of legs per segment
What is the primary feeding strategy of crayfish?
Omnivores
End of abdomen that creates silk in spiders
Metamorphosis type of grasshoppers and true bugs with egg, nymph in same habitat, and adult.
Gradual metamorphosis
What is a bioindicator and why is it important? Name 3 groups of bioindicators.
An organism that is used to test the quality of the environment around it. Determines the health of the environment and how to manage it. Sponges, Bryozoans, Aquatic annelids, Stoneflies, Dragonflies/damselflies, Caddisflies, Mayflies, Soil Mites.
How many legs and tagma/tagmata does a mite have?
One tagma, 8 legs as adults
What is the primary feeding strategy of Bryozoans, clams, and sponges?
Filter Feeding
How insects breathe.
Spiracle holes/tracheal tubes
What species concept would you use for a fossil organism?
Morphological
How do freshwater clams reproduce?
They release larval glochidia into a fish's gills where they are parasitic and get oxygen, nutrients, and transportation away from the parent.
How many legs and tagma/tagmata does an isopod have?
14 legs, 3 tagmata
What is the primary feeding strategy of leeches?
Carnivores
How spiders breathe.
Book Lungs
What type of circulatory system do Arthropods, Mollusks have?
Open Circulatory System with a hemocoel body cavity instead of closed blood vessels.
Why is it important not to release earthworms after fishing in Northern Wisconsin lakes in National forests and parks? What is the effect of nonnative earthworms on the ecosystem?
Earthworms decrease the soil nutrient amount on surface which hurts native plants with shallow roots , decrease leaf litter which protects native plants, seedlings, and animals that need the cover for winter protection.