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Midterm Exam Flashcards

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Common characteristics of phylum Cnidaria

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  • radial symmetry
  • tentacles
  • nematocysts (stinging cells)
  • incomplete digestion
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Common characteristics of phylum mollusca

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Clams, Oysters

  • bilateral symmetry
  • mantle
  • foot
  • complete digestion
  • some have a radula
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Common characteristics of phylum segmented worms

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  • segmented body
  • complete digestion
  • primitive brain/eye spots
  • closes circulatory system
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Common characteristics of phylum Arthropoda

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  • segmented body
  • exoskeleton
  • jointed legs
  • bilateral symmetry
  • complete digestive
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Common characteristics of phylum Echinodermata

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  • radial symmetry
  • complete digestive
  • tube feet
  • nerve ring
  • dermal branchae
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Common characteristics of vertebrate class Agnatha

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Eel

  • no jaw
  • cartilage skeleton
  • no paired fins
  • external reproduction
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Common characteristics of vertebrate class Chondrichthyes

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  • jaw
  • cartilage skeleton
  • paired fins
  • large oily liver
  • denticles
  • lateral line
  • electro reception
  • internal reproduction
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Common characteristics of vertebrate class Osteichthyes

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Bony fish

  • bony Skelton
  • swim bladder
  • both types of reproduction
  • rounded scales
  • lateral line
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Common characteristics of vertebrate class aves

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  • tetrapods with wings as forelimbs
  • lungs
  • feathers
  • homeothermic
  • lay eggs
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Common characteristics of vertebrate class reptilia

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  • tetrapods
  • claws
  • lungs
  • skin covered scales
  • lay eggs
  • ectothermic
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Common characteristics of vertebrate class mammalia

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  • tetrapods
  • homeothermic
  • give live birth
  • largest brain/body size
  • thick layer of fat
  • mammary glands
  • lungs
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Differences and similarities between kingdom animals and Protista

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Animalia is 
-heterotrophic 
-multicellular
-motile
-no cell wall 
Protista is
-autotrophic
-single celled
-sessile
-cell wall
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Differences and similarities between plants and algae

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Plants are never motile and multicellular
Algae are motile at early ages and single celled

They’re both autotrophic and cell walls

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Differences between fish and whales

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Fish have

  • gills
  • lay eggs
  • more fins
  • cold blooded
  • tails move side to side

Whales have

  • lungs
  • live birth
  • fewer fins
  • warm blooded
  • tail move up and down
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Common characteristics of phylum Porifera

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  • no true tissues/organs
  • sessile as adults
  • filter feeders
  • no symmetry
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