Phylum Lab

Question 0

What is the term for gathering detritus from the water and ingesting it

Answer 0

Filter feeding

Question 1

What does Porifera mean?

Answer 1

Pore bearer

Question 2

Sponges reproduce by :

Answer 2

Sexually : eggs and sperm

Asexually : budding and cloning

Question 3

What significance do sponges have in the ecosystem

Answer 3

They filter and clean their surrounding water

Question 4

What does Cnidaria mean?

Answer 4

Having stinging cells

Question 5

What is the body plan of a cnidarian ?

Include symmetry, and the 3 layers

Answer 5

Radially symmetric
Outer: epidermis
Middle: mesoglea
Inner: gastrodermia

Question 6

In the Cnidaria , what layer is responsible for movement?

Answer 6

Mesoglea

Question 7

What is the nematocysts ?

Answer 7

The stinging cell for a Cnidaria

Question 8

What is a Platyhelminthes ?

Flatty patty

Answer 8

A flat worm

Question 9

What type of symmetry does Platyhelminthes have ?

Answer 9

Bilateral

Question 10

Define triploblastic

Answer 10

Having 3 tissue layers

Question 11

What helps to form true organs ?

Answer 11

Mesoderm

Question 12

Most Platyhelminthes carry out what type of symbiosis

Answer 12

Parasitic

Question 13

What means little ring

Answer 13

Annelida

Question 14

What are the characteristics of an Annelida ?

Answer 14

Bilateral 
One way digestive system
Closed
Circulatory system 
Has segments 
Has setae that helps with movement

Question 15

Anyhropoda means

Answer 15

Jointed foot

Question 16

What skeleton is a protective body armor

Answer 16

Exoskeleton

Question 17

How do arthropods grown

Answer 17

Metamorphosis

Question 18

what term means “soft bodied”

Answer 18

mollusca

Question 19

how is a radula used

Answer 19

it is used to scrape algae and other foods off of rocks to be swallowed

Question 20

what is a mollusk shell made of?

Answer 20

calcium carbonate