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Saprodes

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Organism that obtains food from decaying organic matter

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Protist

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Any organism that is not a plant, an animal, a fungus, or a prokaryote

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Mycelium

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Many hyphae tangled together into a thick mass; comprises the bodies of multicellular fungi

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Pseudopods

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Temporary projections of cytoplasm used by some protist for feeding or movement

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Food vacuole

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A small cavity in the cytoplasm that temporarily stores food

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Contractile vacuole

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Cavities in the cytoplasm that are specialized to collect water

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Hyphae

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Water molds that produce thin filaments

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Medusa

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Motile stage of the life cycle of cnidarian that has a bell shaped body

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Fungi

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Kingdom composed of heterotrophs; many obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter

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Polyp

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Usually sessile stage of the life cycle of a cnidarian that has a cylindrical body with arm like tentacles

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Sporozoans

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Do not move on their own and are parasitic

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Pellicle

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Cell membrane in euglenas

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Eyespot

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Group of cells that can detect changes in the amount of light in the environment

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Phytoplankton

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Population of algae and other small, photosynthetic organisms found near the surface of the ocean and forming part of plankton

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Zooplankton

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Tiny animals that form part of the plankton

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Rhodophyta

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Red algae

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Phaeophyta

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Brown algae

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Chlorophyta

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Green algae

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Mycology

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The study of fungi

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Ganglia

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Groups of nerve cells found in the head of flatworms

Cephalization

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Rhizoids

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And fungi, a robot-like hypha that penetrates the surface of an object; in mosses, a long thin cell that anchors the moss to the ground and absorbs water and minerals from the surrounding soil

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Invertebrate

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Animal that does not have a backbone, or vertebral column

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Vertebrate

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Animal that has a vertebral column or backbone

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Zygote

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Fertilize eggs

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Blastula

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Hollow ball of cells when a zygote undergoes a series of divisions

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Bilateral symmetry

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Body plan in which only a single imaginary line can divide the body into two equal halves characteristic or worms arthropods and chordates

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Radial symmetry

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Body plan in which body part repeat around the center of the body; characteristic of sea anemones and sea stars

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Cephalization

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Concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front of an animal’s body

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Hermaphrodite

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Individual that has both male and female reproductive organs

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Phylum Porifera

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Sponges

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Phylum Cnidaria

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Jellyfish, coral, sea anemones

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Phylum Platyhelminthes

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Flatworms

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Phylum Nematoda

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Roundworms

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Phylum Annelida

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Segmented worms

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Phylum Mollusca

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Snails, clams, squid, octopus

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Phylum Arthropoda

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Insects, spiders, crabs

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Phylum Echinodermata

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Sea urchins, starfish

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Phylum Chordata

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Fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals

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Essential functions of animals

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Feeding 
Respiration 
Circulation
Excretion
Response
Movement
Reproduction
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Three germ layers

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Endoderm- Lining of the digestive tract, respiratory system
Mesoderm- Muscles, circulatory and excretory system
Ectoderm- nerves and skin