Invertebrates Flashcards

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Name 3 echinoderm characteristics

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-hard outer layer
-tube feet so they can live and breathe
-radial symmetry

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How does the sea urchin feed

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Catch food with spines which sends it to the mouth

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3
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How does the starfish feed

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Uses their tube feet to latch onto prey. Then open stomach outside of body

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How does sea cucumber feed

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Uses sticky tenticles to catch prey

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How does sand dollar feed

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Eat particles that are found in sand. Uses spines and cilia hairs to move to mouth

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3 cnidarian characteristics

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-nerves and muscles, but NO brain or heart
-carnivores (meat eating)
-radial symmetry

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Describe jellyfish

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-Clear or vibrant
-make own light
-regenerates(if cut then makes 2)

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Describe anemones

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-eat fish except clownfish(shares home and food with the anemone)

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Invertebrate

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Animal with NO backbone or spinal column

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