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Kingdom Animalia Flashcards

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Mandible means?

Maxillae means?

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For chewing food.

Helps position the food.

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Crust=

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Crust or shell

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Crustacean Enviornment

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Aquatic (mostly marine)

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Subgroups of crustacea

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Crayfish lobster, crab, shrimp and barnacles

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Are barnacles free living or sessile?

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Sessile

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Arachnida

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Spider-like

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Environment of Arachnida

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Terrestrial

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Subgroups of Arachnida

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Spiders (predators)
Ticks and mites (parasites)
Scorpions
Daddy long legs

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Body of Arachnida

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2segments
8 legs
Eight simple eyes
Lung books

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Life cycle of Arachnida

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Produce eggs except scorpions (give live birth)

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Class Diplopoda

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Double/footed

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Subgroups of Diplopoda

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Millipedes and centipedes

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Characteristics of millipede

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  • “thousand legged”
  • simple eyes
  • feel with antennae
  • hard exoskeleton
  • breathe thru tracheal tubes
  • 2pairs of legs for each segment (except the first two)
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Life cycle of millipede

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Reproduce sexually

Lays eggs

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Class Chilopda

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Lip/foot

100/Feet

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Environment of centipede

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Terrestrial

-prefer moist places

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Life cycle of centipede

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Reproduce sexually

Some oviparous, some viviparous

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Characteristics of the centipede

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Flat body, one pair of legs per segment, long antennae, digestive, circulatory and Nevis system,
Carnivorous
Venomous fangs
Breathe thru tracheal tubes

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Class Insecta

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To cut into parts

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Metamorphosis

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Change/shape

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Environment of insects

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Everywhere!

Terrestrial and aquatic

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Common representatives of insects

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Grasshoppers. Ants. Termites. Fleas. Moths. Butterflies.

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Characteristics of insects

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Head, thorax and abdomen. 2large compound eyes. Mouth. 3 pairs of legs, sometimes wings. Exoskeleton.

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Phytophagous

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Feeds on plant juices and plant tissues

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Saprophagous

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Feeds on dead animals

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Predaceous

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Catching and eating other insects

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Different types of wings

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Thin and membranous. Thick and horny. Parchment like. Covered in fine scales.

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Subclass apterygota

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Wingless insects without metamorphosis

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Subclass pterygota

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Winged insects with metamorphosis

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“Mollis”=

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Soft

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Characteristics of mollusks

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Free living. Carnivorous and herbivorous. Have soft bodies. Have shells.

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Environment of mollusk

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Freshwater, Marine, or terrestrial.

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Lifecycle of mollusk

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Oviparous

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Subgroups of mollusk

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Chitons. Snails and slugs. Clams, oysters and muscles. Octopus and squid.

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The three body regions of a mollusk

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Head/foot-deals with sensory and locomotor functions.
Visceral mass-holds all the organs.
Mantle-covers the visceral mass and produces the shell,

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Phylum Echinodermata

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Spiny skin

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Characteristics of Echinodermata’s

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Radial symmetry. No head or brain. First endoskeleton. Water vascular system. Tube feet.

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Environment of Echinodermata’s

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Benthic

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Live on the bottom of the sea

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Common representatives for Echinodermata’s

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True sea and sun star. Sea urchins. Heart urchins. Sand dollars. Sea cucumbers.

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Life cycle of Echinodermata’s

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Asexual reproduction-division of the body.

Sexual reproduction-eggs and sperm.

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Class Agnatha

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Meaning “no jaws”

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Characteristics of Agnatha

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Sensitive to light. No fins or stomachs. 2 chambered heart. Adult and larva have a notochord.

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Lamprey (Agnatha)

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Parasite. (eel like). Aquatic. Rows of teeth. Attaches itself to fish and sucks tissue and fluid out of it.

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Hag fish (Agnatha)

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“Slime fish” Produces slime. Have antennae. Almost completely blind. Touch and smell is great.

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Life cycle of a Agnatha

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Male and female. Larvae live in fresh water and then moves to marine waters.

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Class Chondrichthyes

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Cartilage/fish

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Characteristics of Chondrichthyes

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Tails and scales. Teeth unattached to the jaws. Have gills. Coloration follows a lateral line: feels vibrations. High sense of smell.

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Life cycle of Chondrichthyes

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Reproduce with internal fertilization.

Rays, skates and sharks can be viviparous, oviparous, ovoviviparous.

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Subgroups of Chondrichthyes

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Holocephali:ratfish, chimeras, rabbit fish
Elasmobranchii: rays, skates and sharks.

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Class Osteichthyes

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Characteristics of Osteichthyes

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Have jaws. Gills and operculum. Two chambered heart (circulatory system ) Nervous system.

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Life cycle of Osteichthyes

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Separate sexes. Oviparous.

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Class amphibia

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Both/Lives

Born in water

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Characteristics of amphibia

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Cold blooded. Developed brains. Complex organ systems. Skin secretes mucus. Great eye sight. Bilateral symmetry. Free living.

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Life cycle amphibia

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Reproduce sexually. Oviparous. Eggs in water. Most don’t care for their young.

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Subgroups of amphibia

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Caecilians -worm like. Sirens-eel like with back legs.

Salamanders- lizard like. (Called mud puppy when their young)

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Kansas Amphibian

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Tiger Salamander

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Tadpole and frog characteristics

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Eat plants when young; Insects as adults. Have gills as young. Breathe thru their skin as adults.
Long legs, smooth skin, live near the water.

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Class Reptilia

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To creep or crawl

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Characteristics of reptiles

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Cold blooded. Dry skin. Lungs. 3 chambered heart. Ear holes. Good eye sight. Endoskeleton. Very complex.

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Subgroups of reptiles

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Snakes, lizards, turtle and tortoise. Alligator and crocodile.

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Life cycle of reptiles.

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Oviparous-amniotic eggs. Lays eggs on land. Alligators and crocodile care for young, turtles lay eggs in sand.

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Lizard characteristics

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Paired limbs. Shed skin in pieces (slough). Can be carnivores, herbivores, omnivores.

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Snake characteristics

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Legless reptile. Poor vision. Rely on taste and smell. Shed skin. Can be Venomous. Carnivorous predators.

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Chelonia (turtle and tortoise)

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No teeth. Some have Jaws. Bony exoskeleton combined with endoskeleton.
3chambered heart.
Carapace-upper shell
Plastron-lower shell

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Crocodile characteristics.

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Eyes and nostrils on top of head. Transparent eyelid for underwater production.
Four chambered heart.
Two chambered stomach.
Elongated snout.

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Uric acid

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Getting rid of acid without getting ridge of water.

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Class Avis

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Characteristics of birds.

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Only animal with feathers. Not all birds can fly. Strong skeleton that is the light and hollow. Endothermic (warm-blooded close) Do not sweat. Well-developed nervous system. See well and see color. Bipedal. Vocal.

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Environment of birds

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Cold or tropical. Some require woodland.

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Common representatives of birds

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Geese,owls, eagles, crows, hummingbirds, etc.

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Life cycle of birds.

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Oviparous (calcium based shell)
Eggs are waterproof.
Extensive care given by parents.

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Kansas bird

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Mellowlark.

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Precocial:
Altricial:

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Active and independent after birth.

Naked and helpless

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Characteristics of mammals

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Herbivores, Carnivores and both.
Circulatory, respiratory, digestive, nervous, muscular, Skelton and endocrine systems.
Live everywhere.

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Life cycle of mammals

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Oviparous-platypus
Ovoviviparous-kangaroo, koala
Viviparous -elephants, dogs, humans.

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Chord=

Vertebr=

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Chord

Backbone

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Characteristics of phylum Chordata, subphylum vertebrates

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Have skin 
Many muscles
Paired kidneys
Automatic nervous system
Have hormones
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Phylum Chordata

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Notochord, endoskeleton, post anal tail, ventral heart, gill slits.

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Subphylum Urochordata (tunicates) and cephalochordata (lancelets)

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Small, lack vertebral column

Lack a cranium.

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Tunicates

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Notochord and nerve cord in free-swimming larvae only.
Adults are sessile
Marine
Pushes blood in one direction, ventral heart near stomach, hermaphroditic.
Microscopic.

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Lancelets

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Marine.

Fish like form.

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Phylum Rotifera =wheel animals

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Wheel/bearer

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Rotifera characteristics

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Microscopic.
Bilobed head, eye spots, sensory pits.
Head, trunk foot.

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