the animal kingdom

Question 1

An animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Answer 1

vertabrate

Question 2

any animal that lacks a vertebral column, or backbone,

Answer 2

invertabrate

Question 3

a person or group who intends to order.

Answer 3

consumer

Question 4

a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system.

Answer 4

ganglion

Question 5

stomach or belly

Answer 5

gut

Question 6

the body cavity in metazoans, located between the intestinal canal and the body wall.

Answer 6

coelom

Question 7

the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.

Answer 7

bilateral symmetry

Question 8

symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.

Answer 8

Radial Symmetry

Question 9

lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry.

Answer 9

Asymmetry

Question 10

a primitive sedentary aquatic invertebrate with a soft porous body that is typically supported by a framework of fibers or calcareous or glassy spicules.

Answer 10

Sponges

Question 11

an aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Cnidaria, which comprises the coelenterates.

Answer 11

Cnidarians

Question 12

a worm of a phylum which includes the planarians together with the parasitic flukes and tapeworms.

Answer 12

Flatworms

Question 13

a nematode, especially a parasitic one found in the intestines of mammals.

Answer 13

Roundworms

Question 14

an invertebrate of a large phylum which includes snails, slugs, mussels, and octopuses.

Answer 14

Mollusks

Question 15

systems where blood, rather than being sealed tight in arteries and veins, suffuses the body and may be directly open to the environment at places such as the digestive tract.

Answer 15

Open circulatory system

Question 16

blood is contained inside blood vessels, circulating unidirectionally (in one direction) from the heart around the systemic circulatory route, then returning to the heart again.

Answer 16

closed circulatory system

Question 17

a segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, such as an earthworm or leech.

Answer 17

Annelid worms

Question 18

the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal’s body,

Answer 18

Exoskeleton

Question 19

an eye consisting of an array of numerous small visual units, as found in insects and crustaceans.

Answer 19

Compound eye

Question 20

a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires

Answer 20

Antenna

Question 21

the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

Answer 21

Metamorphosis

Question 22

an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.

Answer 22

Endoskeleton

Question 23

a network of water vessels in the body, the tube feet being operated by hydraulic pressure within the vessels.

Answer 23

Water vascular system