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Invertebrates Flashcards

1
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What domain is the kingdom Animalia from?

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Eukarya

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550 mya, (in)vertebrates, can reproduce sexually, gametes, diploid or polyploid, and multicellular heterotrophs are general characteristics of what?

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Kingdom Animalia

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Are there any single-celled animals?

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No

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3
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What species have bilateral symmetry?

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The phylum chordata, arthropoda, and worms

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4
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Gametes are gained via what?

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Meiosis

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What species have radial symmetry?

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Jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, coral, star fish, sea urchins, brittle stars, and sand dollars

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What species have asymmetry?

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Sponges

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Cephalization is not seen in all animals but tends to be seen in animals with what symmetry?

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Bilateral symmetry

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Simple animals have an incomplete digestive system, where they have a mouth but no anus. This is called a what type of body plan and where does waste travel?

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Sac-type body plan and waste travels back through the mouth

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Which two phyla have incomplete digestive systems?

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Cnidaria and Platyhelminthes

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A complete digestive system is called a what body plan?

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Tube-within-a-tube body plan

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11
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The spine of vertebrates evolved from what worms?

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Segmented worms

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12
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A subdivided body plan into individual segments is called what?

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Segmentation

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The phylum Porifera is made up of what species and how many?

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Approximately 7,500 species of sponges

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No organs, usually no symmetry, no mouth or anus, sessile filter feeders, and secrete a “skeleton” are characteristics of what phylum?

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Porifera

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The “skeleton” secreted by sponges is made of what and is reinforced with shark what for defense?

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Collagen and spicules

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Spicules can be made from what three things?

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Glass, calcium carbonate, or protein

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The phylum Cnidaria consists of what species and how many are there?

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Approximately 10,000 species of jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, and coral

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18
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Do all cnidarians have stingers and are venomous?

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Yes

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18
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Do Cnidaria have an incomplete digestive system?

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Yes

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The most deadly animal venom in the world is from what animal? What is its nickname?

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The box jellyfish, or the sea wasp

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What four things cause coral bleaching? What is the main cause?

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Overexposure to sunlight, extreme low tides, change in ocean temperature, and runoff and pollution. The main cause is change in ocean temperature

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The phylum Platyhelminthes is made up of what type of worm and how many species?

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Approximately 20,000 species of flatworms

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21
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Where are flatworms found?

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Streams, oceans, and moist leaf litter

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22
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What are examples of the phyla Platyhelminthes?

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Liver flukes, blood flukes, and tapeworms

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23
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Flatworms are either what or what system parasites?

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Digestive or circulatory

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24
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The most common tapeworm is the Hymenlepis nana, or what?

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Dwarf tapeworm

25
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Human liver and blood flukes kill how many?

25
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The phylum Nematoda has how many species and is made up of what?

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Approximately 28,000 species of roundworms/threadworms

26
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How many possible species are there of roundworms/threadworms?

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One million plus species

27
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Most nematodes are parasitic but how many species infect humans?

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30 species

28
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Do the worms in the phylum Nematoda have a complete or incomplete digestive system?

29
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Some species of what phylum are important for soil ecology?

30
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How many people are infected worldwide with hookworms?

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600 million

30
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What are examples of the phylum Nematoda?

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Hookworms, pinworm, and trichina

31
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Having a mantle and being soft-bodied are two characteristics of what phylum?

32
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How many species of mollusks are there?

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Approximately 85,000 species

32
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In gastropods, the mantle can be one of two things? What are the two things?

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Can secrete the shell or be purely vestigal

33
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What are the three classes of the phylum Mollusca?

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Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, and Bivalvia

33
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Gastropods are predominantly vegetarians. How many species are there and what are the examples?

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60,000-80,000 living species of snails and slugs

34
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How many species of cephalopods are there and what are examples?

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Approximately 11,000 species of octopuses, squids, nautilus, and more

34
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How many species of bivalves are there and what are examples of them?

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Approximately 9,200 species of clams, scallops, oysters, and mussels

35
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What are two characteristics of the class Bivalvia?

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Two-part hinged shell and sessile filter feeders

36
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The phylum Annelida has how many species and what type of worms?

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Approximately 17,000 species of segmented worms

37
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What are examples of the phylum Annelida?

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Earthworms, leeches

38
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While most annelids live in freshwater or seawater, some live in the what?

39
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The phylum Annelida has what that help them move through the soil? Earthworms have how many per segment

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Setae and 4 per segment

40
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Earthworms are hermaphroditic but when they reproduce sexually, the what is used to secrete mucus to help stick together and creates a cocoon for the eggs?

41
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While we know there are approximately 1,870,000 species of arthropods, how many could there be?

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5 to 40 million

42
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Arthropods make up what percent of all animal species?

43
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Spiders, insects, crustaceans, scorpions, ticks, centipedes, and millipedes are examples of what phylum?

A

Arthropoda

43
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Spiders and crustaceans both have approximately how many species?

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40,000 species

44
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While we know there are 1.5 million species of insects, there could be up to how many species?

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30 million species

45
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How many centipede and millipede species are there?

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Approximately 8,000 species

46
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How many species of scorpions are there?

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1,400 species

47
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How many tick species are there?

48
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Malpighian tubules, spiracles, six legs, and most can fly are examples of what class?

49
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What three body parts do insects have?

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Head, thorax, abdomen

50
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In insect spiracles, what diffuses in and out?

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CO2 out, O2 in

51
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The Loxosceles reclusa or violin spider, is more commonly known as what?

A

Brown recluse

52
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The phylum Echinodermata is how many species and what are examples?

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Approximately 6,000 species of sea lilies, star fish, brittle star, sea cucumber, sea urchin, and sand dollars

53
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Having radial symmetry based on 5, spiny-skinned, and marine species are characteristics of what phylum?

A

Echinodermata

54
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What is a unique trait of echinoderms?

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A water-vascular system

55
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A hydraulic system used by echinoderms for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration; canals connecting numerous tube feet is what?

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A water-vascular system

56
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Echinoderms can regenerate through what but can also sexually what?

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Asexual fragmentation and reproduce

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