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What are nematocysts used for?
Animals in which phylum produce them? |
Used for defense.
phylum Cnidaria |
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Which is more specific: family or order?
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family
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List the taxonomic heirarchy.
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K, P, C, O, F, G, S
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. |
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Byssal threads
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a silky filament that mollusks use to attach themselves to surfaces.
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sessile
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an animal that stays in one place the majority of it's life.
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Name and describe 3 classes of the kingdom Protista.
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Chrysophyta -- golden algae, diatoms
Rhodophyta -- red algae, multi-cell Chlorophyta -- green, uni or multi-cell |
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Name 3 types of symmetry discussed in class. Give examples.
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Assymetrical -- humans
Bilateral -- crabs Radial -- anemones |
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Describe a radula.
What animal has one? |
An anatomical structure that is found in mollusks and is used for feeding by rasping. snails
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Diatoms are in which taxonomic class?
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Chrysophyta
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What is PSP?
What is the cause? What is the carrier? |
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Red Tide Bivalvia (clams) |
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All mollusks are
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consumers -- they can not use energy directly, (like plants using light) so consumers eat other consumers or autotrophs (plants)
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4 classes in phylum mollusca
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Bivalva -- clams, oysters
Cephalapoda -- octopus, nautilus, Gastropoda -- snails, slugs Polyplacophora -- chiton, shell of plates |
