Zoology Test #1 Flashcards by Noah Patterson | Brainscape

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List characteristics of Protists

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Unicellular, most live in water

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What does Protista mean?

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Organism that isn’t a plant, animal, or fungus

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How are Protists classified?

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How they move

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What are the Protist’s 4 Phyla

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Zooflagettes, Sarcodines, Ciliates, and Sporozoans

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What does Pseudopodia mean?

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False Foot

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What characteristics help classify animals

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Joints, digestive system, nervous system

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What are the 7 essential functions of animals

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Feeding, Respiration, Circulation, Excretion, Response, Movement, and Reproduction

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List the different body symmetry plans

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Radial, Bilateral, Asymmetric

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What is cephalization

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Development of a head and brain

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What is a Blastula?

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Hollow ball of cells in a zygote

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What is a Blastophore

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Creates an opening in the Blastula

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What are the 3 different germ layers

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Mesoderm, Ectoderm, and Endoderm

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What are some characteristics of a sponge

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Simple, asymmetric, no organs

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What does sessile mean

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Cannot move

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What is an amebocyte

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A cell in a sponge that supplies nutrients

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What is an oscula

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Large opening at the top of a sponge

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What are some characteristics of Cnidarians

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Tentacles, digestive system, and radial

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What is a medusa

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Swimming cup shape organism; jellyfish

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What is a polyp

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Stationary vase shaped organism; hydra

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How do flatworms feed

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Mouth cavity, digestion

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What is a ganglia

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Cells that control the nervous system

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What is a scolex

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An organism with a sucker of hooks

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What are proglottids

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Body segments

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What animal is class Cestoda

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Tapeworms

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What is a psuedocoelom

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An unsegmented worm

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What is a hermaphrodite

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An organism with complete sex organs

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What animal is in the phylum nematoda

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Parasitic worms

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What does annelida mean

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Little rings

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What are characteristics of annelids

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Divided into segments and a nervous system

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What are castings

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Waste from worms

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What class do leeches belong to

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Hirudinea

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What is a trochopore

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Larval stage

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What are the first animals we study with a visceral mass

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Mollusks

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What does Gastropoda mean

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Stomach foot

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What does Cephalopods mean

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Head foot

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What are some characteristics of Arthropods

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Exoskeleton, segmented body, jointed legs

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What are the spiracles and trachea used for

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Respiration

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What animal has 6 pairs of jointed appendix

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Spiders

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What are pedipalps used for

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Feeding, sensing, and reproduction

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What do crustaceans use for tearing or chewing

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Mandibles

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What are large crustaceans and lobsters called

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Decapods

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What class do centipedes belong to

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Chilopoda

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What animals are in class diplopoda

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Millipedes

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What are the characteristics of insects

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3 pairs of legs, body segments

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List the stages of complete metamorphosis

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Larvae, pupa, adult

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List the stages of incomplete metamorphosis

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Egg, nymph, adult

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What is a drone

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Make her that fertilizes eggs

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What is a worker bee

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Infertile female bee

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How many queens are in a hive

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1

Q

What are protists found on the surface of the ocean called

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Phytoplankton

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What is an invertebrate

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No backbone

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What is a Medusa used to describe

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Cnidarians

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How do sponges get food

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Filter feeding

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What animals have a symmetric body plan

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Sponges

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What are Cnidocytes

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Stinging cells

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What is the body symmetry of a Cnidarian

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Radial

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How do flatworms detect light

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An eyespot

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Where are the reproductive structures of a tapeworm

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The proglottid

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What causes elephantiasis

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A filarial worm

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What animal has a true coelom

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Annelids (leeches)

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Where do annelids release water

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Nephritis

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What cephalopod has an external shell

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A nautilus

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Why is an arthropod vulnerable during molting

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The exoskeleton is soft

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What are chelicerae

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Spiders

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How do echinoderm perform respiration

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Tube feet

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What invertebrate has a hydrostatic skeleton

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Earthworm

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What does the scientific name include

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Genus and species

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Where do all the appendix attach in an insect

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Thorax