Animal kingdom Flashcards

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Vertebrates

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An Animal that has a backbone

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Invertebrates

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An animal with no backbone

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3
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Consumer

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An organism that eats others or organic matter

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4
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Ganglion

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A mass of nerve cells

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5
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Gut

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the digestive tract

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6
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Coelom

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a body cavity that contains organs

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7
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Bilateral Symmetry

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the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.

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8
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Radial Symmetry

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A symmetry around the center

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9
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Asymmetry

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lack of equality

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10
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Sponges

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have pours

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11
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Cnidarians

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An aquatic invertebrate of an animal

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12
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flatworms

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a phylum of soft animals

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13
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Roundworms

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The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a broad range of environment

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14
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Mollusks

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an invertebrate of a large phylum

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15
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Open circulatory system

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a system that pumps blood to the heart

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16
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Closed circulatory system

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a system that pumps blood to the heart but the heart does not leave the vessel

17
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Annelid worms

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ring worms

18
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Exoskeleton

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a rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection.

19
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Compound eye

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an eye composed of many light detectors

20
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Antenna

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how some animals communicate

21
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Metamorphosis

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a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means

22
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Endoskeleton

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an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.

23
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Water vascular system

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in an echinoderm a network of water vessels in the body, the tube feet being operated by hydraulic pressure within the vessels.