Animals

Question 1

Types of symmetry in animals

Answer 1

Irregular, Radial, Bilateral

Question 2

The 9 most common phyla (out of 35)

Answer 2

Porifera, Cnidaria, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Mollusca, Anthropoda, Echinodermata, Chordata

Question 3

What are porifera?

Answer 3

Sessile, porous creatures (sponges)

Question 4

What are cnidarians?

Answer 4

Aquatic animals with stinging cells (jellyfish)

Question 5

What are nematodes?

Answer 5

Cylindrical, unsegmented worms (pinworm, whipworm, hookworm)

Question 6

What are plathyhelminthes?

Answer 6

Flat, segmented, bilaterally symmetric worms (planaria, tapeworm or taenia)

Question 7

What are annelids?

Answer 7

Segmented worms (leeches, earthworms)

Question 8

What are mollusks?

Answer 8

Bilaterally symmetrical, soft-bodied animals with hard protective shells

Question 9

What are the classes of mollusks?

Answer 9

Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda

Question 10

What are arthropods?

Answer 10

Joint-legged animals with bodies segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen

Question 11

What are the classes of arthropods?

Answer 11

Insecta, Arachnida, Crustacea

Question 12

What are echinoderms?

Answer 12

Spiny-skinned marine animals that are radially symmetric

Question 13

What are chordates?

Answer 13

animals with a notochord

Question 14

What are the superclasses of chordates?

Answer 14

Agnatha (jawless fish), Gnathostomata (lobe-finned fish)

Question 15

Four major types of animal tissue

Answer 15

Epithelial, Connective, Nervous, Muscle

Question 16

Example of epithelial tissue

Answer 16

skin, lining of organs

Question 17

Example of connective tissue

Answer 17

blood, bone, adipose, tendons