Chapter 15: Invertebrates

Question 1

What is the definition of…?

Zoology

Answer 1

The study of the Animal kingdom

Question 2

What are the Life Processes and Functions?

Hint: There are 9 of these

Answer 2

• Movement
  -Motile (Locomotion)
  -Sessile
• Support
  -Exoskeleton (Outside)
  -Endoskeleton (Within)

Protective Body Covering
-Feathers
-Skin
-Scales
-Fur
-Single layer of cells

• Nutrition
  -Heterotrophic
  -Includes several processes:
  -Ingestion
  -Digestion
  -Assimilation
• Respiration
  -Intake of oxygen for use in cellular respiration
  -Skin, gills, lungs, tubules
• Circulation
  -Closed System
  -Open System
• Excretion
  -Specialized organs that eliminate soluble wastes
• Response
  -Irritability
  -Nerve net, ganglion, brain
• Reproduction
  -Some asexual
  -Budding
  -Regeneration

-ALL sexual
-Embryonic stages
-Larval stages