Animals, Porifera, Cnidaria Flashcards

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Animals are made up of more then one cell and are therefore called

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Multicellular

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Am organism whose mouth forms second during the process of gastrulation

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Deuterosomes

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Body symmetry where the organism can be divided into two right and left halves

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Bilateral

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Hydra, jellyfish, coral and sea anemones are all members of this phylum

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Cnidaria

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Animals with backbones

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Vertebrates

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Pieces of silica which made up the “skeleton” of many sponges

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Spicules

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The top side of an organism

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Dorsal

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What cells in sponges are responsible for moving water currents through the sponge

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Collar

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The gathering of nerve tissue and sensory organs at the anterior end of the body

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Cephalization

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The “rear” end of an organism

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Posterior

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A hollow ball of cells formed after a zygote undergoes several rounds of cell division

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Blastula

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12
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This stage of the sponge life cycle is the only one which is motile

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Larva

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13
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The process of eliminating cellular waste

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Excretion

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14
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An organism whose mouth is formed first during gastrulation

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Protostomes

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A word describing organisms which exhibit no define symmetry

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Asymmetrical

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16
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Animals without backbones

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Invertebrates

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Stinging cells founds along the tentacles of Cnidarians

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Cnidocytes

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The inner-most germ layer of a developing embryo

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Endoderm

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Animals cells contain a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles and are therefore called

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Eukaryotic

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The free-swimming, sexually reproducing generation of a cnidarian

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Meodusa

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The type of body symmetry where the organism numerous ways around a central axis

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Radial

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Animals must eat other organisms for energy and therefore described as being

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Heterotrophic

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The flexible protein which makes up the supporting structure of many sponges

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Spongin

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This is the opening through which water leaves the sponge

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Osculum

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Because they don’t move, organisms like adult sponges are described as being

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Sessile

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The name for the jelly-like substance found between the endoderm and ectoderm in Cnidarians

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Mesoglca

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The phylum to to which sponges belong

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Porifera

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The underside of an organism

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Ventral

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A poison filled, stinging dart found in Cnidarians

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Nematocyst

30
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The ______ cavity in Cnidarians is analogous to the human stomach

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Gastrovascular

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The front end of an organism

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Anterior

32
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The sessile, asexually reproducing generation of a Cnidarian

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Polyp

33
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The outmost layer of a developing embryo

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Ectoderm

34
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A body cavity which forms in many animals organs are often located within the cavity

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Cosiom