invertebrate Flashcards

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1
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An animal with a backbone

A

Vertebrates

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2
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An animal without a backbone

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Invertebrates

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3
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an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter

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Consumer

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4
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a mass of nerve cells

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Ganglion

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5
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a digestive tract

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Gut

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6
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body cavity that contains internal organs

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Coelom

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7
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most complex animals that the two sides of its body mirror each other

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Bilateral Symmetry

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8
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body is organized around the center

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Radial Symmetry

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9
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body is not organized around a center

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Asymmetry

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10
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an asymmetrical animal

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Sponges

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11
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invertebrates that have stinging cells

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Cnidarians

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12
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the simplest worms

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Flatworms

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13
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tiny worms that break down dead plants and animals / can be parasites

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Roundworms

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14
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invertebrates that mostly live in water some live on land

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Mollusks

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15
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a circulatory system in which the circulatory fluid is not contained entirely within vessels

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Open circulatory system

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16
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a circulatory system in which the heart circulates blood through a network of blood vessels that form a closed loop

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Closed circulatory system

17
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a segmented worm

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Annelid worms

18
Q

a hard external supporting structure

A

Exoskeleton

19
Q

an eye composed of many light detectors

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Compound eye

20
Q

a feeler that sences touch taste and smell

A

Antenna

21
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a phase in the life cycle

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Metamorphosis

22
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an internal skeleton made of bone or cartilage.

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Endoskeleton

23
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a system of canals that has water flow through the body

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Water vascular system