Animalia; Platyhelmenthes

Question 1

What is the characteristics of platyhelminthes?

Answer 1

~flatworms
~three layers of cells
~bilateral symmetry ( one side is a mirrored image of the other; can be cut into 2 and the other side would look the same)

Question 2

What are flatworms’ classifictation?

Answer 2

Kingdom? Animalia
Phylum?platyhelminthes
Class? Turbellaria

Question 3

What’s the common name for the Turbellaria?

Answer 3

Planaria

Question 4

How do Turbellaria eat?

Answer 4

They have a two-way digestive system ( there food and waste { yes, poop} come in and out one way)

Question 5

REMEMBER
platymhelenthes is a KINGDOM
Turbellaria is a CLASS
TREMATODA is a CLASS
CESTODA is a CLASS

Answer 5

I you don’t know what that means, look back to page 1 in your packet and look at the “Levels”

Question 6

True or False

Turbellaria are free living, therefore they must NOT be parasitic

Answer 6

TRUE
Organisms in the Turbellaria class free living (doesn't depend on another organism to live) so they aren't parasitic

Question 7

What is the characteristics of Trematoda?

Answer 7

~Parasitic

~Two way digestive system

Question 8

What’s the common name for the Trematoda?

Answer 8

Fluke

Question 9

What are flukes’ classification?

Answer 9

Kingdom? Animalia
Phylum? platyhelminthes
Class? Trematoda

Question 10

What are the characteristics of the class Cestoda?

Answer 10

~Sectioned body
~No digestive system
~Parasitic

Question 11

What is the common name for Cestoda?

Answer 11

Tapeworm

Question 12

What is the Cestoda’s feeding method

Answer 12

Absorbs the host’s food