Invertebrate Animal Flashcards

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Vertebrates

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animals that have a backbone

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Invertebrates

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animals that do not have a backbone

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3
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Ganglion

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a mass of nerve cells

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4
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Gut

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a digestive tract

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5
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Coelom

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a body cavity that contains internal organs

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Bilateral Symmetry

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types of animals in which their body has equal left and right sides

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Radial Symmetry

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types of animals in which their body is organized around the center

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Asymmetry

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types of animals in which their body that is not organized around a center

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9
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Sponges

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an asymmetry animal in which water flows into their body and catch food and oxygen

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10
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Cnidarians

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a radial symmetry animal who sting and poison their prey

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11
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Flatworms

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a bilateral symmetry animal

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12
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Mollusks

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a group of invertebrate animals that have complex ganglia that control breathing, movement, and digestion

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Open circulatory system

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a type of circulatory system that does not contain blood in vessels

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14
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Closed circulatory system

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a type of circulatory system that does contain blood in vessels

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15
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Annelid worms

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segmented worms

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16
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Exoskeleton

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the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal’s body

17
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Compound eye

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a visual organ that helps animals distinguish brightness and color

18
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Metamorphosis

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the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages

19
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Endoskeleton

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an internal support structure of an animal, composed of mineralized tissue

20
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Water vascular system

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a hydraulic system used by echinoderms, such as sea stars and sea urchins, for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration

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Antenna

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are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods

22
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Consumer

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organisms that need to eat food to obtain their energy. These organisms are called heterotrophs, meaning they must eat something else as food.

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Coelom

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the body cavity in metazoans, located between the intestinal canal and the body wall