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1
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Large hole at the top of a sponge

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Osculum

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When one organism lives on or in another without harming it

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Symbiosis (commensalism)

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3
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Sponges live in what two environments

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Marine and Fresh Water

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Animals that strain their food from the water are

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Filter feeders

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The term for organisms that are attached to a substrate

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Sessile

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Cnidarians get their name from what type of cell

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Cnidoblasts; Cnidocytes (nematocysts)

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The sessile stage in the lifecycle of a jellyfish

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Polyp

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8
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Two causes of coral bleaching

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Sedimentation & global warming

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The symbiotic dinoflagellate algae that lives in coral polyps and the two things the produce

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Zooxanthellae: Food & Oxygen

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Process by which these organisms repair/replace body parts

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Regeneration

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Organisms that obtains its food by living in or on the body of another (it’s host).

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Parasite

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12
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Movement in Echinoderms is accomplished by

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Tube Feet

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To possess both male and female sex organs and be able to produce eggs and sperm

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Hermaphrodite

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Material that arthropods exoskeleton is made of

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Chitin

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The process of molting is related to the live function of

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Growth

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Shrimp-like animals that baleen whales and fish thrive on

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Krill

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Feathery appendages of a barnacle used to obtain food

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Cirri on legs

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18
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Two main body segments of these bilaterally symmetrical crustaceans

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Cephalothorax & Abdomen

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The membrane that lines the inside of mollusk shells and produce calcium carbonate

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Mantle

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20
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Protein fibers produced by mussels for attachment to a substrate

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Byssal threads

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21
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The name of the toothed structure used by Gastropods to feed

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Radula

22
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Pigmented cells that enable the squid and octopus to change colors

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Chromatophores

23
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The mollusk without a shell that evolved toxicity as a defense

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Nudibranch

24
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What group has a simple body plan made up cells that are not complex tissues

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Sponges

25
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A group with radial symmetry and consists of sea anemones, jellyfish, and coral

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Cnidaria

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What is the specific name for the form Cnidarians can take in the “sessile” life stage

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Polyp

27
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What is the name for the “stinging cells” Cnidarians use to help capture prey

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Nematocysts

28
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Which layer of cells form the outer body wall of Cnidarian

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Epidermis

29
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Which phylum consists of animals that have a basic body plan, a mantle, and a set of radula

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Mollusks

30
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Which class of mollusk is characterized by having a stomach foot

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Gastropods

31
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Which Cephalopods have eight arms, two tentacles, and an internal shell

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Cuttlefish

32
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Animals with segmented, bilaterally symmetrical bodies, jointed appendages, and exoskeletons

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Arthropods

33
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What is the name for the gelatinous, narrow middle layer that does not contain cells

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Mesoglea

34
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A type of hydrozoan that is actually a float made of a drifting colony of polyps

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Siphonophores

35
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Which class of Cnidaria consists of the most dangerous animals known (box jellyfish)

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Cubozoa

36
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An animal that has ciliary combs, radial symmetry, and tentacles with no stinging cells

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Comb jellyfish

37
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What is the name for a long, fleshy tube used by ribbon worms to entangle prey

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Proboscis

38
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Which type of worm has a symbiotic relationship with bacteria

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Beard Worms

39
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What is the name for a ribbon of small teeth used by mollusk in feeding

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Radula

40
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What has a set of tentacles arranged in a horse-shaped, circular, or coiled fashion

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Lophophore

41
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Which animals superficially resemble true spiders and use proboscis to capture prey

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Sea spiders

42
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Which phylum actually means “spiny-skinned” and consists of sea star and sea cucumbers

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Echinodermata

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Echinoderms that have a round, rigid, she’ll-like body with movable spines and eat seaweeds

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Sea Urchins

44
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What is the name for the defense mechanism used by sea cucumbers

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Evisceration

45
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An Echinoderm that uses its arms for moving and has tube feet that lack suckers

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Brittle stars

46
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What is the name of the body cavity made from the mesodermic tissue get complex animals

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Coelem

47
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What organisms filter food particles from the water by pumping water through their bodies

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Filter feeder

48
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What have only three pairs of legs and tend to live at the sea’s edge as scavengers

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Insects

49
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What is the name for an external skeleton secreted by the underlying layer of tissue

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Exoskeleton

50
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What is the common name for the chordates without backbone

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Protochordates

51
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What is the ability to grow lost or damaged body parts, as seen in Echinoderms

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Regeneration

52
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The name of Porifera cells that, with their flagella, create an inward current

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Choanocytes

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