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36 Cards in this Set
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cell |
smallest living unit in any organism |
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regeneration |
ability of crustaceans to replace lost body parts |
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swimmerets |
leg-like limbs on the on underside of a lobster's abdomen that help the lobster to move |
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carnivore |
flesh-eater |
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herbivore |
plant-eater |
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mollusks |
group of soft-bodied invertebrates
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gastropod |
mollusks whose name means "stomach-foot"; uses its foot as if it were sliding on its stomach ex: snails and slugs |
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bivalves |
mollusks having two matching shells ex: mussels, oysters, clams, scallops |
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univalves |
one-shelled mollusks ex: cowrie and conch |
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protozoans |
group of invertebrates that are the smallest of all animals |
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cephalopods |
group of mollusks in which the head and the foot are combined into a single head like structure |
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cell membrane |
protective covering that surrounds a cell |
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cytoplasm |
jellylike fluid that fills a cell |
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chromosomes |
threadlike structures that contain the instructions for running a cell |
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cilia |
tiny hairlike structures that help a paramecium move |
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pseudopods |
projections that an amoeba uses to move from place to place; name means "false-feet"
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pea crab |
the tiniest crab |
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Japanese Spider crab |
giant crab may weigh up to 40 lbs and have legs 5 feet long |
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king crab |
Alaskan crab that is popular as seafood |
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blue crab |
crab located in Eastern US that is popular as seafood |
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hermit crab |
crab that carries its home; shell covers only the front part of its body |
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American lobster |
Largest lobster |
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spiny lobster |
lobster with no pincers |
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crayfish |
small freshwater lobster |
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brine shrimp |
shrimp that has "gill feet" often used as aquarium food |
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pistol shrimp |
shrimp with a stun gun |
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barnacle |
crustacean that cements itself to an object when its young |
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wood louse |
crustacean that lives in moist soil |
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pill bug |
also called "roly-poly" expels an offensive odor when attacked |
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earthworm |
invertebrates that swallow soil and are beneficial to farmers |
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nucleus |
the part of a cell that directs the work of the cell |
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medusa |
free floating, umbrella-like stage of a jellyfish |
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leeches |
parasitic worms that fasten to the skin of its host and feeds on the host's blood |
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tapeworms |
parasitic worm that grows inside the intestines of its host robbing it of nutrients |
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mantle |
protective layer of epidermis in mollusks that secretes a substance forming the shell |
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differences between an octopus and squid |
octopus has 8 tentacles and no skeleton squid has 10 tentacles and an internal skeleton |
