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Having a body that can be divided equally into left and right halves for example frog or human

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Bilateral symmetry

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The phylum that contains simple animals of sponges

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Porifera

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An organism that has both male and female reproductive organs and produce both eggs and sperm

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Hermaphrodite

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The phylum that contains animals that are Carnivores, live in water, and have radial symmetry; includes jellyfish, sea anemones, and coral

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Cnidaria

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Animals that eat other animals for food

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Carnivores

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Specialized stinging cells in the tentacles of cnidarians

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Cnidocytes

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A tiny, coiled stinger in the cynidocyte

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Nematocyst

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The body form of the cnidarian that has tentacles pointing upward

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Polyp

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The body of a cnidarian that has tentacles hanging down word

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Medusa

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The animal phylum that contains flatworms, such as planarians and tapeworms

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Platyhelminthes

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An organism that feeds on other living organisms

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Parasite

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The animal phylum that contains roundworms such as heart worms hookworms and pinworms; many worms in this phylum are parasitic

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Nematoda

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The animal phylum that contains segmented worms such as leeches in earthworms

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Annelida

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A phylum of animals that are called “mollusks” which all have a soft body and a muscular foot

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Mollusca

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A type of mollusk that may or may not have a shell and moves by gliding on a self secreted slimy track; examples: snails, slugs

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Gastropoda

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A type of mollusk that has two shells hinged together but does not have a well-developed head; uses a muscular foot to move or dig into sand; examples:clams, oysters

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Bivalve

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Attached to a solid o object

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Sessile

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A type of mollusk that had a head, no body, and a foot that is spread out into tentacles; examples: octopuses, squids

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Cephalopod

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A phylum of spiny skinned animals that have an internal skeletal structure and that live in the ocean; examples: starfish, sea urchins

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Echinodermata

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Tiny tubes that act as suction cups to allow some Echinodermata to move and get food

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Tube feet

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The phylum that have jointed appendages and segmented bodies covered in exoskeleton

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Arthropoda

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A hard, protective covering on the outside of an invertebrates body

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Exoskeleton

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A group of arthropods that usually live in the water and have two antenna; examples: lobsters, fish, shrimp, pill bugs

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Crustaceans

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A group of arthropods that included spiders and scorpions.

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Arachnids

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Long, worm like arthropods that are carnivores; able to move quickly

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Centipedes

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Long, wormlike arthropods that are able to move slowly with multiple sets of tiny feet; eat dead and decaying plant material

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Millipedes

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A group of arthropods that have bodies divided into three parts and have three sets of legs; examples: housefly, grasshopper, butterfly

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Insects

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A process that all insects go through as they change and develop an adult

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Metamorphosis

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Having a body arranged around a central point. Example: jellyfish and starfish

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Radial symmetry