Animal Kingdom Test

Question 1

sessile

Answer 1

does not move, sinks to the bottom

Question 2

collar cell

Answer 2

sticky, captures food and sperm

Question 3

forewing

Answer 3

wings on a grasshopper that help it fly

Question 4

ganglia

Answer 4

bundle of nerve cells

Question 5

bilateral

Answer 5

one side of the body mirrors the image of another

Question 6

radial

Answer 6

body appendages move out from a central point

Question 7

asymmetrical

Answer 7

no definite shape to body (like sponge)

Question 8

dorsal

Answer 8

top

Question 9

ventral

Answer 9

bottom

Question 10

anterior

Answer 10

front

Question 11

posterior

Answer 11

back

Question 12

osculum

Answer 12

excretory pore

Question 13

adductor muscle

Question 14

siphon

Question 15

radula

Question 16

spiracles

Answer 16

used for breathing

Question 17

hindwing

Answer 17

used for balance in flight

Question 18

compound eye

Answer 18

can see thousands of images, has lenses and retina

Question 19

eyespot

Answer 19

picks up light

Question 20

exoskeleton

Answer 20

hard outer covering that protects softer body of Arthropods

Question 21

cephalothorax

Answer 21

fused head and thorax

Question 22

vertebrate

Answer 22

animals with backbone

Question 23

invertebrate

Answer 23

animals without backbone

Question 24

benthic

Answer 24

lives on or near the ocean floor

Question 25

tube feet

Answer 25

water vascular system which echinodermata use to move

Question 26

nephridium

Answer 26

similar to kidney filter

Question 27

heterotrophic

Answer 27

feeders, cannot make their own food

Question 28

hermaphroditic

Answer 28

both male and female reproductive organs that produce sperm and egg

Question 29

metamorphosis

Answer 29

larva and adult stage look different

Question 30

mandible

Answer 30

mouth part that has teeth and is used for chewing

Question 31

molting

Answer 31

the process of shedding the exoskeleton which Arthropods use for growth

Question 32

omnivore

Answer 32

eats both meat and plants

Question 33

carnivore

Answer 33

flesh eaters

Question 34

herbivore

Answer 34

plant eaters

Question 35

parasite

Answer 35

feed on the host, often causing damage to it

Question 36

scavenger

Answer 36

eat dead and decaying flesh/matter

Question 37

gonads

Question 38

uterus

Answer 38

where fertilization occurs, stores until release

Question 39

vas deferens

Answer 39

where sperm matures

Question 40

tympanic membrane

Answer 40

used for hearing

Question 41

spicule

Answer 41

guides sperm into the female

Question 42

filter feeder

Answer 42

pull water and filter food through it

Question 43

nerve cord

Question 44

gills

Answer 44

filters oxygen from water, allowing some animals to breathe