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Phylum 5-9 Flashcards

1
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What is phylum number 5?

A

Phylum Mollusca

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How big is phylum Mollusca?

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100,000 species

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Is Mollusca relatively large or small?

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Large

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What are examples of animals in mollusca?

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snails, mollusks, slugs, oysters, bivalves, octopus, squid,

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What are characteristics of phylum Mollusca?

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  1. soft body
  2. no segmentation
  3. univalve- one shells
  4. bivalve- two shells
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What are the three habitat’s of Mollusca?

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Ocean (mostly), fresh water, and land.

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What are the three classes of Phylum Mollusca?

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Gastropoda, Bivalvia, and Cephalopoda.

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What are examples of Gastropods?

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Snails and Slugs.

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What is a Slug?

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A snail without the snail.

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What kind of symmetry does a baby gastropod have?

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Bilateral symmetry.

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What kind of symmetry does an adult snail have?

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Asymmetrical symmetry.

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What is the mantel?

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A thin curtain in the shell that separates the two parts of the clams.

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What are some economic importances of clams?

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  1. serve as a food source for people

2. pearls

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How are pearls formed?

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formed by sucking in water circulating grains of sand it.

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What is the third class of Mollusca?

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Cephalopoda

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What animals are in class cephalopoda?

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Squid and octopi (ocean animals)

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What do squid and octopi have in common with humans?

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Good eyesight.

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What do squid and octopi have in common with each other?

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They both have tentacles.

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How many tentacles do squids have?

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they have 10 TEN-tacles lolololol

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What are the characteristics of the class cephalopoda?

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  1. Weapon system
  2. Locomotion well
  3. extremely well developed nervous system
  4. Well developed head.
  5. Prominent eyes.
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What is an example of a squid?

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the giant squid`

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What is the giant squid?

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  • the largest invertebrate (no backbone)
  • lives deep in the ocean
  • 50 ft long
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Are all squids as big as the giant squid?

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no most are quite small

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What is phylum 7?

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Phylum Arthropoda-

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What does Arthopoda mean?

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jointed appendages

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How big is phylum arthro?

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1,000,000 species

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27
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Is arthro relatively large or big?

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the biggest phylum

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What makes up 90 percent of Arthropoda?

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insects

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What is the habitat of cephalopods

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the ocean

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30
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Where do arthropods live?

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fresh water and land

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What are the characteristics of arthropoda?

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  • jointed appendages
  • segmentation
  • exoskeloton
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Is there segmentation in arthopods like the earthworm?

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No, they mostly have a head thorax and abdomen.

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What is there exoskeleton made up?

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chitin

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34
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Is the exoskeleton for arthropoda thick or thin?

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thin

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What kind of exoskeleton do crabs and lobsters?

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thick and it is called a shell

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What is molting?

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It is when an animal outgrows its hard shell, and has its soft shell.

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How many days does it take for the shell to harden?

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4-5 days

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38
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What kind of circularly system do animals in arthropoda have?

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open circularly

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39
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What is an open circularly system?

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the blood is not always inside the vessel

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40
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What the does ostitia do?

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the little valves in the heart that let the blood back in the heart

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What kind of symmetry does a arthropod have

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bilateral

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42
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What is a herbivore?

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a heterotroph that eats plants

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What kind of herbivores form a problem for farmers?

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insects because they eat all the crop

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What is a carnivore?

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heterotrophs that eat both plants and animals

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45
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What are omnivores?

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hetrertrophs that can eat both plants and animals

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46
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What is class Chilopoda?

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centipede

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47
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How are centipede’s bodies organized?

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One pair legs per segment.

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Does a centipede have more than 1,000 legs?

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No, it has less than 100 legs

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How many pairs of antennae do centipede have?

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one pair

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What is the temperament of centipede’s like?

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agressive

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What is the second class of Phylum Arthopoda?

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Diplopoda

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52
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What is Class Diplopoda?

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milipede

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53
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What is the shape like for a millipede?

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rounded from top to bottom

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54
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What is the shape like for a centipede?

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squashed from top to bottom

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55
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How long is a millipede?

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It is 1 - 1/2 inches long

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What is the temperament of a millipede?

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Docile

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What is the third class of arthropoda?

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Crustacea

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What is the Class crustacea?

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crabs, shrimp, crayfish, barnacles

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What is a cephlothroax?

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head and thorax fused together

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how many babies does the pregnant female shrimp produce?

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60,000 babies

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How does a fish breathe?

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with gills

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How many pairs of legs are attached to the cephlothroax?

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five pair of legs are attached to the cephalothorax.

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What are the first of those two pairs?

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claws

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64
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How many pairs of antennae do crustaceans have?

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two

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65
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Do other animals have 5 legs and two antennae?

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no only crustaceans do

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66
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Where do barnacles live?

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at the bottom of a whale

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67
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What are the economic importances of crustaceans?

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  1. food for other marine animals

2. food for other non marine animals such as humans

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68
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What are coplepods?

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the most abundant source of meat, trillions of them

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What are they important for?

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filter feeding

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70
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How does a blue Whale eat the copepods?

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swims with its mouth open and filters out the krill

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What the fourth class arthropoda?

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Class archinda

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72
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What is Class Arachnida?

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spiders, tarantulas, mite, scorpions, horse shoe crab

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73
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How many segments do animals in class archinda?

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two segments

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74
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How many antennae do millipedes have?

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one pair.

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75
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How many pairs of legs do the Cephalothorax of a arachnids have?

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four pairs

76
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Do arachnids have antennae?

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What is the major habitat for arachnids?

78
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Hat is the fifth class of arthropoda?

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Class insecta

79
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What is the structure of an insect?

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head, thorax, abdomen

80
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What is this class?.

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homogenous

81
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What is the difference between a moth and and a butterfly?

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A butterfly has not hair on its antennae, whereas a moth does.

82
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Do all insects fly?

83
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What is the life cycle for moth?

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egg–> nymph–> adult

84
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What is the other life cycle for a butterfly?

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egg—> larvae–> pupa—> adult

85
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Do insects live in the ocean?

86
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How many legs are attached to the the thorax of insects?

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six legs, and three pairs

87
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What are the economic importances of the insect?

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  1. transport disease

2. eats crops

88
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What diseases to insects transport?

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zeeka, malaria, yellow fever

89
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How does the shell grow on a snail?

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It grows as the shell grows.

90
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What is the radula of a snail?

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The mouth/ tongue of a snail.

91
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Is the radula poisonous?

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Sometimes.

92
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Where do most slugs live?

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They live in the ocean (none in freshwater).

93
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What do snails eat?

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Oysters and crops.

94
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How do snails eat oysters?

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The radula drills through the oyster shell and sucks in the inside of the shell.

95
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What is an example of a bivalve?

96
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How are the shells of a bivalve connected?

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With a hinge at the top.

97
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Where a mantle located in a clam?

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Inside the shell.

98
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How do clams feed?

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Through filter feeding.

99
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What do clams eat?

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One celled algae and fish eggs.

100
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How do clams respirate and eat?

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Siphons that are in a circular form inside the clam brings in food and oxygen. The waste leaves with co2.

101
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How is the food stopped from leaving in a clam?

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The food sticks to mucus.

102
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How do clams move?

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With a thick muscular foot.

103
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Is clam locomotion slow or fast?

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It is slow.

104
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What do clams do to hide from predators?

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Dig underneath the sand and hide.

105
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How do clams get food from under sand?

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siphons extend for food from under sand

106
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How do oysters make pearls?

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a grain of sand comes through the water and irritates the oysters- liquid substance comes around a clam

107
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What is phylum 8?

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echinodermata

108
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How many organisms are in Phylum Enchinodermata

109
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Is Echinodermata a small group or a large group?

110
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What are examples of organisms in Echinodermata?

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sea cucumber, sea lily, star fish

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What are Echinodermata’s physical characteristics?

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spiny, radial symmetry

112
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What is the habitat of Echinodermata?

113
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What is the water vascular system?

114
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What do the tube feet do?

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create pressure and can walk up the side of an aquarium

eats by prying the clam open by water pressure

115
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What is the phylum 9?

116
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What are characteristics that chordatas have?

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  1. Bilateral symmetry
  2. Notochord
  3. dorsal nerve chord
  4. pharyngeal clefts
117
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What are two characteristics that all chordatas have had at some point?

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  1. Bilateral Symmetry

2. notochord

118
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What is a notochord?

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long stiff chord that runs down the body.

119
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Are you born with a notochord?

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Yes, but only in the embryonic stage.

120
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What organisms have the notochord their whole life?

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primitive vertebrates

121
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What is the vertebral column?

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series of bones that replace the notochord

122
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Where are the dorsal nerve chords located?

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along the back

123
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What is the function of a pharyngeal cleft?

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present in the embryo and sense of hearing is developed form it.

124
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How many subphylums are there in chordata?

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  1. subphylum #1
  2. subphylum #2
  3. Vertebrata
125
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What is phylum vertebrata?

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notochord is always present

126
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What happens to the anterior end of the spinal chord?

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it enlarges to a brain

127
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What is the spinal chord protected by?

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It is protected by the backbone

128
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Whoes does the cranium do?

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It protects the brain

129
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What is the first class of Subphylum Vertabrata?

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class Agnatha

130
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What is Class agnatha

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most primitive group of fish

131
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What are example of class agnatha?

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lampre eel, dog fish

132
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What are characteristics of Class Agnatha?

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  1. jawless
  2. no paired fins
  3. no scales
  4. Cartilage vertebrae column
  5. ectothemic
133
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What do more chambers in the heart mean?

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It means it is more efficient

134
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What does ectothermic mean?

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coldblooded, fluctuating body temperature, changing with the enviornment

135
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What is the second class of vertebrate?

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class chondrichthyes

136
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What are examples of class chondrichthyes?

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rays, skates, sharks

137
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What are true jaws?

138
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What are the characteristics of Chondrichthyes?

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  1. true jaws
  2. pair of fins
  3. cartilaginous skeletal system
  4. small scales
  5. coldblooded
139
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What is the third class of vertebrate?

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Class Osteichthyes

140
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What examples of class Osteichthyes?

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tuna, flounder, Gold fish, Trout, Bass, and Catfish

141
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What are the characteristics of Osteichthyes?

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  1. Bony Jaws
  2. Paired Jaws
  3. Bones, skeletal system made up of bones,
  4. Larger scales
  5. Gills
  6. two chamber heart
  7. Ectoderm
142
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What is the fourth class of sub verbratae?

143
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What Class amphibia?

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frogs, toads, newt

144
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What is the main characteristics of Amphibia?

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live in both land and water

145
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Why can’t amphibians live without?

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They have a thin layer of skin and they need to keep the skin from drying out

146
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How do amphibians breathe?

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they breathe with gills and lungs

147
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When do amphibians use the gills?

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When they are born with gills,

148
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When do lungs form?

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when they are adults

149
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What are the characteristics of amphibians?

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cold-blooded, ectoderm, 3 chamber heart now

150
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What is the 5th class of phylum?

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Class reptile

151
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What are examples of reptilia?

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lizard, iguana, snake, dinosaur , alligator, turtles

152
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What are the characteristics of reptila?

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  • gills as baby
  • lungs as adult
  • cold blooded, ectoderm
  • 3 chambers in the heart
153
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What functions do scales have?

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they provide protection for the reptile

154
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What is the 6th class of the vertebrae?

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Class aves

155
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What are examples of class aves?

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peacock, blue jay, pigeon, eagles, vultures

156
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What characteristics of aves?

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  • lungs
  • wings
  • feathers
  • warm blooded (endoderm)
  • 4 chambers of blood
157
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Do all birds fly?

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No not all birds fly

158
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What is the 7th class of vertebrae?

159
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What are the characteristics of Mammalia?

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  • hair
  • mammary glands
  • 4 chamber heart
  • endotherm (warm blooded)
160
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What are mammy glands?

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produce the milk that feed a mammal’s young

161
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What is the first order of Mammalia?

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Order monotremes

162
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What is order monotreme?

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Egg laying mammals

163
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What are examples of monotremes?

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platypus, anteater

164
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What is the second order of Mammaia?

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marsupials

165
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What are examples of marsupials?

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Kangaroos, oppossum

166
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What is the main characteristic of a marsupial?

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It has a pouch

167
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In a kangaroo, what is a pouch used for?

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A kangaroo is born premature, and it gets out of the birth canal, climbs out to the pouch, and suckles on the milk

168
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How many years does the kangaroo stay there for?

169
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What is order number three?

170
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What are cetaceans?

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mammals that spend their lives in wate

171
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What are examples of cetaceans?

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dolphins, porpoise

172
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What is order number 4?

173
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What is are rodents?

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gnawing mammals

174
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What are examples of rodents?

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rats, mice, capybara

175
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What is order number 5?

176
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What is a lagomorph?

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jumping mammal

177
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What is order number 6?

178
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What are ungulates?

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mammals that have hoofs

179
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What are examples of ungulates?

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cows, sheep, pigs, horses

180
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What is order 7?

181
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What are carnivora?

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animals that eat other animals

182
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What are the two families of Carnivora?

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Dogs and cats

183
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What are examples of Dogs?

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fox, wolves, coyotes

184
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What are examples of cats?

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cougars and tigers

185
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What is order 8?

186
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What are primates?

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animals that have digits, or fingers

187
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What are examples of primates?

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humans, monkeys

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