Animal Kingdom Flashcards
An animal wi.th a spine
Vertebrates
An animal with no spine
Invertebrates
A heterotroph
Consumer
A mass of nerve cells
Ganglion
The digestive tract
Gut
The part of the worm that contains the internal organs
Coelom
The two sides of the body mirror each other.
Bilateral Symmetry
The body is organized around the cent like the spokes of a wheel
Radial Symmetry
No body plan
Asymmetry
A boring stationary animal.
Sponge
A phylum that contains over 10,000 animal.
Cnidarians
The most simple worm.
Flatworms
A phylum containing octopi
Mollusks
They are round slim worms
Roundworms
A system where the circulatory fluid in not contained in a vessel
Open circulatory system
a system where blood flows through vessels
closed circulatory system
Segmented worms
Annelid worms
A hard external supporting structure.
Exoskeleton
an eye composed of many light detectors
Compound eye
a feeler that is on the head of an invertebrate
Antenna
a phase in a lifecycle where animals transform.
Metamorphosis
An internal skeleton made of bone or cartilage
Endoskeleton
a system where water circulates throughout the body.
Water vascular system
