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Vertebrate and Invertebrate Study Guide for Test on Feb 3rd
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Vocabulary:
1. external skeleton: ___Exoskeleton____________________________
2. a body plan with NO symmetry: ___Asymmetrical___________________________
3. a body plan in which the parts are arranged in a circle around a central
point; more than 1 line of symmetry:
___Radial_______________________________
4. internal skeleton: ____Endoskeleton______________________
5. warm-blooded: ______Endotherm____________________
6. cold-blooded: ______Ectotherm____________________
7. animals with no backbone: ___Invertebrate_____________________
8. a body plan with 1 line of symmetry and the two halves are mirror images:
___Bilateral________________
9. process of change that explains how a tadpole becomes a frog or a
caterpillar becomes a butterfly: __Metamorphosis_____________________
10. complex, multicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotic consumers: ___Animal
Kingdom___
11. a behavior that is learned through experience or observation: __Learned
Behavior______
12. animals with a skull and a backbone: __Vertebrate____
13. behavior that is NOT learned: _____Innate Behavior_____
Use your notes and answer the following.
Intro to the Animal Kingdom:
1. Animals are separated into two groups: ______vertebrates_______ and ___invertebrates___________
2. All Vertebrtes belong in the phylum ______chordate_____
3. Name 4 characteristics that all animals share
1. Multicellular
2. Eukaryotic
3. No cell Walls
4. Heterotrophic
4. Name three of the seven essential functions that all animals carry out:
respiration, excretion, movement, obtain food, circulation, response, reproduce
5. Cells working together form _____tissues_________.
6. Tissues working together form ____organs__________.
7. Organs working together form ____organ systems_________.
Invertebrates
8. Which of the phyla consists of simple organisms that are asymmetrical?
porifera
9. Spicules are cells made of silica (glass) that provide protection and support for organisms in which phyla?
porifera
10. This word means “stationary” and describes organisms that cannot move:
sessile
11. Many cnidarians have two life stages a ___polyp_________ stage which is sessile and a
____medusa_________ stage.
12. What type of body symmetry do cnidarians have?
Radial
13. Cnidarians wre the first animals with true ____tissues____
14. What are the three phyla of worms AND give one example of each:
1. Flatworms____________- Tapeworms
2. _Roundworms_____________- Hookworms, Heartworms, pinworms
3. __Segmented worms__________- Leaches, earthworms
4.
15. Give four characteristics that all mollusks share:
Mantle, shell, visceral mass, and foot
16. This phyla is the only phyla of invertebrates with a water vascular system: Echinoderms
17. The name “Echinoderm” means ___spiny__skin_____Example: Seastar_
18. The name “Arthropod” means ______jointed_________ ___foot________
19. Name five classes of Arthropods
Insecta, arachnids, crustaceans, millipedes, and centipedes
20. Name the phyla each invertebrate belongs in
Jelly fish- __Cnidarian___
Clam- __Mollusk__
Sea Star- _Echinoderm__
Sea Sponge-___Porifera___
Tape worm- __Flatworm___
Hook Worm- _Roundworm_
Spider -___Arthropod_____
Earthworm- __Segmentedworm____
Octopus- _Mollusk___
21. Which phyla was the first to have true tissues?_Cnidarians___
22. Which phyla was the first to show bilateral symmetry?_Flatworms____
23. Which phyla was the first to have one-way digestion (2 openings, mouth and anus)? __Roundworms__
24. Which phyla is asymmetrical, sessile, and is a filter feeder? _Porifera___
Arthropods
25. An insect’s body is divided into three parts, a ______head________, _____thorax_______, and
_____abdomen_________.
26. Name 4 characteristics that all arthropods share:
Exoskeleton, jointed appendages, segmented body, well developed nervous system, open circulatory system
27. Why are insects considered the most successful animals on Earth?
Rapid reproduction cycle, ability to fly, small size, many food sources, exoskeleton
28. What is a disadvantage to having an exoskeleton?
Limits size, must molt as it grow (making it vulnerable at times)
Vertebrates
29. Which vertebrates are endotherms?
Birds, mammals
30. Which vertebrates are ectotherms?
Reptiles, amphibians, fish
31. Which vertebrates breath with
Lungs- reptiles, birds, mammals, amphibians
Gills- amphibians, fish