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Unfetilized eggs have a

Viewable nucleus

Fertilized eggs are called

Zygotes

Union of male and female nuclei

Fertilization

What happens once the egg is fertilized?

Cleavage

2 --> 4 --> 8 --> 16, until a _______ forms.

Ball called a morula

A hollow ball of cells

Blastula

Cell of a blastula

Blastomere

Opening on a blastula

Blastopore

Blastopores becomes . . .

Mouth or anus

As it grows larger, a portion of the blastula flattens out, forming . . .

Gastula

Following the formation of the gastula, ______ occurs

Invagination

First life was

Prokaryotic and marine

Unicellular organisms gave rise to

Metazoans

Most primitive metazoans are

Cnidaria

Cnidarians have

Stinging cells

Stinging cells are called

Cnidoblasts

Inside the cnidoblasts are

Poisonous threads called neumatocysts

Mouth and anus are

The same opening

Some cnidarians have

Tentacles

Cnidarians are

Diploblastic and have no true muscle

Some can move slightly due to a muscle-like mass called . . .

Mesaglea

Cnidarians have two body shapes

Polyp and medusa

Polyp shape is

Cylindrical and vase-shaped

Medusa shape is

Cup-shaped

Many cnidarians are . . .

Monecious (hemaphroditic)

Form structures in the oceans where you can find most of your plants and animals

Coral

Some coral have _______, which is also found in shells of mollusks

Calcium carbonate

Everyday term for calcium carbonate

Lime

Platyhelminthes and all remaining phyla have

Bilateral symmetry

Flatworms

Flat and ribbon-like

Flatworms have a . . .

Specialized cuticle for protection

The most primitive flatworms are . . .

Triproblastic

Flatworms have . . .

No body cavity

A body cavity is called a

Caelom

Flatworms are

Acaelomic

Tapeworm head end has a ring of hooks called a

Solex

The solex is used to

Hold on to the lining of the intestines

Largest part of the tapeworm's body are numerous segments called . . .

Proglottid

The proglottid is where

Male and female eggs are fertilized

How do tapeworm eggs get to a new host?

Parts of the tapeworm with eggs break off, are ingested, and the eggs hatch into another tapeworm.

Round worms

Nematoda

Round worms are

Triproblastic, eucaelomic

Some round worms are

Parasitic, such as the local pinworms

Mollusca

Triproblastic, Bilateral symmetry, eucalom

Many mollusks have . . .

A shell

There are three classes of mollusks:

Bivalvia, Gastrodopa, cephalapoda

Examples of bivalvia are:

Mollusks with two shells, such as clams

Examples of gastropoda are:

Snails

Examples of cephalapoda are"

Squids and octopi

The scheme of classification used today was developed by . . .

Carl von Linne, a Swedish botanist who worked in the 18th century.

A category is called a . . .

Taxa (Taxon pl.)