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Animal Diversity Flashcards

1
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What are the 6 features of the animal kingdom?

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  1. Cells do not have cell walls
  2. Multicellular
  3. Capable of motion in some stage of their lives
  4. Heterotrophic
  5. Respond quickly to external stimuli
  6. Reproduce sexually
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Why are animals able to respond quickly to external stimuli?

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Because of the nerve cells, muscle or contractile tissue, or both.

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Where is the phylogenetic tree of animals based on?

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Morphological, fossil, and genetic evidence.

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What are the nine (9) phyla in the animal kingdom?

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Phylum:
1. Porifera
2. Cnidaria
3. Platyhelminthes
4. Nematoda
5. Mollusca
6. Annelida
7. Arthropoda
8. Echinodermata
9. Chordata

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What characteristic separates Phylum Cnidaria from other phyla?

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It has radial symmetry while other phyla have bilateral tissue symmetry

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What is the phylum that has an asymmetric body?

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Phylum Porifera

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What is the phylum that has a radially symmetric body?

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Phylum Cnidaria

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What are the phyla that have bilateral tissue symmetric body?

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Phylum:
1. Platyhelminthes
2. Nematoda
3. Mollusca
4. Annelida
5. Arthropoda
6. Echinodermata
7. Chordata

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What characteristic separates Phylum Platyhelminthes from other phyla?

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Other phyla have a body cavity

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What are the phyla that are protostomes?

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Phylum:
1. Nematoda
2. Mollusca
3. Annelida
4. Arthropoda

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What are the phyla that are deuterostomes?

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Phylum:
1. Echinodermata
2. Chordata

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12
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What phylum is a pseudocoelomate?

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Phylum Nematoda

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What phyla are protostome coelomates?

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Phylum:
1. Mollusca
2. Annelida
3. Arthropoda

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What phyla are deuterostome coelomates?

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Phylum:
1. Echinodermata
2. Chordata

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15
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How does the Phylum Porifera reproduce?

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Through sexual and asexual reproduction

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Phylum Porifera have __ __ tissues

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Have no true tissues

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Why does the Phylum Porifera have no true tissues?

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it only has a conglomerate of cells

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An organism fixed in one place

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Sessile

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Six (6) main types of herbivores

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  1. Frugivores
  2. Granivores
  3. Nectivores
  4. Folivores
  5. Xylophages
  6. Detritivores
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Herbivore that eats mostly fruits

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Frugivores

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Herbivore that eats mostly seeds

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Granivores

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Herbivore that eats mostly nectar

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Nectivores

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Herbivore that eats mostly leaves

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Folivores

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Herbivore that eats mostly wood

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Xylophages

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Herbivore that eats mostly dead plant material

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Detritivores

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A person who does not eat meat but does eat fish

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Pescetarian

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Three (3) types of carnivores

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  1. Hypercarnivores
  2. Hypocarnivores
  3. Mesocarnivores
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Carnivores whose diet consists of at least 70% meat.

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Hypercarnivores

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Carnivores who consume meat for less than 30% of their diet.

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Hypocarnivores

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Carnivores who depend on meat for at least 50% of their diet.

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Mesocarnivores

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An organism that has both kinds of reproductive organs and can produce both gametes

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Hermaphrodite

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An organism that either has male or female parts, but not both

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Dioecious

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An organism that has both male and female parts

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Monoecious

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An organism that changes its sex at some point in its life

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Sequential hermaphrodite

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What is the habitat of the Phylum Porifera?

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  • Marine
  • Freshwater
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What are the three (3) types of canal system in Poriferans?

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  1. Ascon
  2. Sycon
  3. Leucon
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the simplest type canal system found in Poriferans

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Ascon

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38
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this type of canal system is slightly complicated and advanced than the asconoid one

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Sycon

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39
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the complex type of canal system

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Leucon

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40
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What are the skeletal elements of the Phylum Porifera?

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  • Calcium carbonate
  • Silicon
  • Spongin
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a large aperture in a sponge through which water is expelled

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Osculum

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42
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the large central cavity of Poriferans

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Spongocoel

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43
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Hundreds of tiny pores in Poriferans

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Ostia

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44
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the distinctive cells that line the interior body walls of Poriferans

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Choanocytes

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45
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Phylum Porifera: The __

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The Sponges

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46
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Bud that have a protective layer because of the harsh environment during its development

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Gemmule

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47
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Phylum Cnidaria: The __

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The Stingers

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Examples of animals in the Phylum Cnidaria

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  • Jelly fish
  • Corals
  • Anemones
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What are the cells that define the Phylum Cnidaria?

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Cnidocytes (stinging cells)

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Cnidocytes contain an explosive organelle called ___

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cnidocyst

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51
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Cnidocytes are like __

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harpoons

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52
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What is the habitat of the Phylum Cnidaria?

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  • Marine
  • Freshwater
53
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Two (2) body types of the Phylum Cnidaria

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  1. Medusa
  2. Polyp
54
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tubular shape and fastened at their base with the mouth facing the water at the other end of the tube

55
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bell-shaped body with hanging tentacles

56
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Organ where the mouth of medusa is located

57
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What digestive tract does the Phylum Cnidaria have?

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Incomplete digestive tract

58
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Type of reproduction in the Phylum Cnidaria

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Sexual and asexual

59
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Phylum Platyhelminthes: The __

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The Flatworms

60
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Examples of animals in the Phylum Platyhelminthes

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  • flukes
  • planaria
  • tapeworms
61
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Phylum Platyhelminthes have three primary germ layers which indicates that they are ___

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triploblastic

62
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Refers to the body of Phylum Platyhelminthes, which is flat from the upper as well as the lower surfaces

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flattened dorsoventrally

63
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What type of body cavity does the Phylum Platyhelminthes have?

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Acoelomate

64
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What types of cephalization does the Phylum Platyhelminthes exhibit?

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Anterior and Posterior

65
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What is the habitat of Phylum Platyhelminthes?

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  • freshwater
  • marine
  • terrestrial
66
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Phylum Platyhelminthes are both __ __ and ___

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  • free-living
  • parasitic
67
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living freely and independently, not as a parasite or attached to a substrate.

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free-living

68
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feed off of a host and some also live within the host.

69
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What type of digestive tract does the Phylum Platyhelminthes have?

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incomplete digestive tract

70
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What does an incomplete digestive tract look like?

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mouth = anus

71
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What serves as the brain of Phylum Platyhelminthes?

72
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A host in which the parasite reaches maturity and, if applicable, reproduces sexually.

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Primary host

73
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A host that harbors the parasite only for a short transition period, during which (usually) some developmental stage is completed.

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Secondary host

74
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Phylum Nematoda: The __

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Roundworms

75
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What is the body of the Phylum Nematoda?

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unsegmented

76
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Phylum Nematoda have three primary germ layers which indicates that they are ___

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triploblastic

77
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The Phylum Nematoda is grossly __

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polyphyletic

78
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What type of digestive tract does the Phylum Nematoda have?

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Complete digestive tract

79
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What type of body cavity does the Phylum Nematoda have?

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fluid-filled pseudocoelomate

80
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What does the longitudinal muscles of the Phylum Nematoda produce?

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whipping motion

81
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Phylum Nematoda are __ which means they are found everywhere

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Cosmopolitan

82
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What is the habitat of the Phylum Nematoda

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  • terrestrial
  • aquatic
83
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Approximately how many species are there in the Phylum Nematoda?

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~700,000 species

84
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Some examples of the Phylum Nematoda

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  • ascaris
  • whipworm
  • hookworm
85
Q

It refers to the intestinal worms infecting humans that are transmitted through contaminated soil

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Soil-transmitted helminths

86
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  • an infectious syndrome caused by multiple types of hookworms.
  • This is most commonly transmitted by animal feces depositing eggs in the soil, with larvae entering humans through direct contact with skin.
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Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM)

87
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A condition characterized by gross enlargement of an area of the body, especially the limbs, caused by infection with parasites classified as nematodes

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Elephantiasis

88
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Phylum Mollusca: __-__

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Soft-Bodied

89
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What type of body does the Phylum Mollusca have?

90
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Where can the shells of the Phylum Mollusca be found?

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internal and external

91
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Where can the Phylum Mollusca be found?

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mostly marine (snails are terrestrial)

92
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Examples of animals in the Phylum Mollusca

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  • slugs
  • clams
  • squids
  • octopuses/ octopi
93
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(Phylum Mollusca) The dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.

94
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Mollusks possess a __, which is similar to a tongue with teeth-like projections, serving to shred or scrape food.

95
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the gill of a mollusc consisting typically of a respiratory structure that resembles a comb or feather

96
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A rigid internal structure that supports the squid’s body and runs through the upper part of the mantle, between the paired tail fin

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Gladius or pen

97
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Phylum Annelida: __ __

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Segmented Worm

98
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What type of body cavity does the Phylum Annelida have?

99
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What systems does the Phylum Annelida have?

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specialized systems

100
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What type of segmentation does the Phylum Annelida have?

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Metamerism: true segmentation

101
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What type of digestive tract does the Phylum Annelida have?

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Complete digestive tract

102
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Phylum Annelida are __ which means they are found everywhere

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Cosmopolitan

103
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Examples of animals in the Phylum Annelida

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  • earthworm
  • tubeworm
  • leech
104
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a thickened glandular section of the body wall of some annelids that secretes a viscid sac in which the eggs are deposited.

105
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Phylum Arthropoda: The __

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The Jointed

106
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Characteristic of the appendages of the Phylum Arthropoda

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Jointed appendages

107
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What type of body does the Phylum Arthropoda have?

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Segmented Body

108
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What is the skeleton of the Phylum Arthropoda?

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Exoskeleton

109
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The Phylum Arthropoda have chewing mouthparts or __

110
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The Phylum Arthropoda undergo __ (egg-larva-adult)

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Metamorphosis

111
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Examples of animals in the Phylum Arthropoda

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  • spiders
  • crustaceans
  • centipedes
112
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Shedding of exoskeleton of the previous life stage

113
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Phylum Echinodermata: The __

114
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What is the body symmetry of adult Echinoderms?

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Radial symmetry

115
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Hydraulic system used by echinoderms for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration.

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water vascular system

116
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What is the internal skeleton of echinoderms made out of?

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calcium carbonate

117
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Echinoderms are capable of ___

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regeneration

118
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Examples of animals in the Phylum Echinodermata

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  • sea stars
  • brittle stars
  • sea cucumbers
119
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a method of autotomy involving the ejection of internal organs used by animals as a defensive strategy

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Evisceration

120
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Largest phylum in the animal kingdom

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Phylum Arthropoda

121
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What are the four (4) characteristics that set chordates apart from all other phyla?

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  • notochord
  • pharyngeal gill slits
  • postanal tail
  • hollow dorsal nerve cord
122
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  • a cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals.
  • rod-like embryological structure, which plays a vital role in the development of the vertebrate
123
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openings between the pharynx, or throat, and the outside, which are sued to filter food particles from the water

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Pharyngeal gill slits

124
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tail extends beyond the anus

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Postanal tail

125
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develops into the central nervous system: the brain and the spine

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Hollow dorsal nerve cord

126
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a triangular arrangement of bone that makes up the very bottom portion of the spine below the sacrum

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coccyx (or tailbone in common term)

127
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dorsal: __ ; __:front

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dorsal:back ; ventral:front

128
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Examples of chordates

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  • tunicates
  • sea squirts
  • lancelets
  • vertebrates
129
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Difference between amphibians and reptiles

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Amphibians can’t live without water (reproduction), while reptiles can live in terrestrial habitats

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