1.
List an example organism for all of the invertebrate phyla discussed.
2.
List an example organism for all of the invertebrate subphyla and classes discussed.
3.
What characteristics do all animals share in common?
4.
What is the process of cells becoming specialized called?
5.
What is a tissue?
6.
What are the three types of symmetry? Give an example organism for each.
7.
List and define the anatomical terms for the parts of an animal (example: dorsal)
8.
What is cephalization?
9.
Compare and contrast an open and closed circulatory system.
10.
Why is reproducing sexually more beneficial to a species than asexually?
11.
What does porifera mean?
12.
What does sessile mean?
13.
How do sponges feed?
14.
How do sponges reproduce?
15.
What distinguishes sponges from all other invertebrates?
16.
What is the skeletal support of a sponge made up of?
17.
What are the components of a sponge’s anatomy?
Sketch it!
18.
How do cnidarians feed?
19.
What are the two main body plans of cnidarians?
20.
What are the distinguishing characteristics of the Phylum Ctenophora?
21.
How do ctenophore’s move?
22.
What type of animal uses nematocysts to catch their prey?
23.
Know the jellyfish life cycle and which part is sexual and which is asexual. Sketch it!
24.
What are the components of a cnidarian’s anatomy? Sketch it!
25.
How do flatworms breathe and move molecules around the body?
26.
How do planerians remove excess water from their body?
27.
How do planerians feed?
28.
What is the difference between primary and intermediate hosts?
29.
How do tapeworms absorb food?
30.
What are the characteristics of tapeworms?
31.
What is they life cycle of a tapeworm?
32.
What is different between roundworm and flatworm digestive tract?
33.
What is the life cycle of Ascaris ?
34.
What is a cloaca? What organisms have one?
35.
What causes elephantitis? Hookworm? Blood fluke? Trichinosis?
36.
How do you prevent the above types of diseases?
37.
What is parthenogenesis? Which organisms discussed can do this?
38.
What is a coelom? Why is better than other body cavities?
39.
What is a radula and what is it used for?
40.
How do clams move?

41.
How do clams eat?
42.
Why do oysters make pearls?
43.
What part opens and closes the valves of a clam?
44.
What are the components of a clam’s anatomy?
Sketch it!
45.
What are the components of a earthworm’s anatomy?
Sketch it!
46.
What allows leeches to hold 6X their weight in blood?
47.
What are the main characteristics of arthropods?
48.
What are appendages used for in arthropods?
49.
Why is segmentation important to annelids?
50.
What coordinates an earthworm’s body segments?
51.
How do earthworms excrete liquid waste?
52.
How do earthworms mate?
53.
What is the “brain” of an earthworm?
54.
What causes molting to occur in arthropods?
55.
Why are arthropods vulnerable after molting?
56.
What are mandibles used for in arthropods?
57.
How do spiders breathe?
58.
What makes up the exoskeleton of arthropods?
59.
What makes the silk in spiders? Why do spiders need it?
60.
How are mites and ticks different than other arthropods?
61.
What are the characteristics of insects?
62.
How do grasshoppers detect stimuli from their environment?
63.
What are the stages within incomplete and complete metamorphosis?
64.
What are altruistic behaviors?
65.
Why are insects so successful on Earth?
66.
What are the differences between millipedes and centipedes?
67.
How do insects and people interact? (positive and negative)
68.
How do insects defend themselves from predators?
69.
How do grasshoppers reproduce?
70.
What are pheromones used for by insect?
71.
What are the components of a crayfish’s anatomy?
Sketch it!
72.
What are the components of a grasshopper/s anatomy? Sketch it!
73.
What are the components of a sea star’s anatomy?
Sketch it!
74.
What type of organ systems do echinoderms have?
75.
How do sea stars breathe?
76.
How do sea stars remove wastes from their body?
77.
What are some examples of echinoderms?
78.
What type of reproduction do sea stars exhibit? How?
79.
What type of symmetry do echinoderms exhibit?