Animal kingdom Flashcards
Vertebrates
An Animal that has a backbone
Invertebrates
An animal with no backbone
Consumer
An organism that eats others or organic matter
Ganglion
A mass of nerve cells
Gut
the digestive tract
Coelom
a body cavity that contains organs
Bilateral Symmetry
the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.
Radial Symmetry
A symmetry around the center
Asymmetry
lack of equality
Sponges
have pours
Cnidarians
An aquatic invertebrate of an animal
flatworms
a phylum of soft animals
Roundworms
The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a broad range of environment
Mollusks
an invertebrate of a large phylum
Open circulatory system
a system that pumps blood to the heart