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Octopuses can have complex and highly adaptive _____, _______, and _______.
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chemistry, structures, behaviors
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All animals are ______, meaning they rely on other organisms to make their food.
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heterotrophic
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What did animals most likely evolve from?
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protists
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During the Cambrian explosion, approximately 542 million years ago, animals rapidly ______ in the _____ over a period of ____ years.
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diversified, oceans, 15 million
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The majority of the animals alive today are _____.
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invertebrates
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What is an example of an animal that displays radial symmetry?
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a sea anemone
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a body cavity that is fully lined by tissue derived from the mesoderm
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true coelom
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In protosomes, the opening formed during gastrulation becomes the _____.
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mouth
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A dog's head is at its ____ end and its belly is its ____ surface.
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anterior, ventral
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a flagellated cell that sweeps water through a sponge's body
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choanocyte
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A typical sponge is best described as a _______ feeder with no _____ or body _______.
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sessile suspension, true tissues, symmetry
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The digestive and circulatory compartment of cnidarians is called the _________.
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gastrovascular cavity
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hard external skeletons secreted by coral animals (Cnidaria)
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coral reefs
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An umbrella-shaped translucent animal, swimming by pulsing its body, long tentacles trail behind it, A tentacles touches you and stings you. What type of creature is this (phylum does it belong to)?
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cnidaria
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Flatworms are ______ symmetrical and typically have a gastrovascular cavity with _____ openings/opening.
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bilaterally, one
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Tapeworms and fungi are similar because they both feed by ______.
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absorption
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A rasping organ called the radula is a typical characteristic of _____
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molluscs
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you inflate a balloon and let it go. it shoots away as air exits forcefully through the balloon's narrow opening. This most closely resembles the mode of movement seen in _____
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squid
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an adaption that is a key characteristic of annelids that greatly increases their flexibility and mobility
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segmentation
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wormlike, soft bodied adult animal, in a mud flat, bilaterally symmetrical, segmented, true coelom, complete digestive tract. what phylum is it in?
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annelida
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segmented animals that have jointed appendages and an exoskelton are members of what phylum
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arthropoda
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most numerous, diverse, and widespread animals
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arthropoda
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a group tat includes both spiders and horseshoe crabs
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chelicerates
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three major body parts of most insects
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head, thorax, abdomen
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unit traits to insects which probably contributed to their diversity and success
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flight, short generation times, complex life cycles including complete metamorphosis
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symmetry of echinoderms generally includes _____ symmetrical larvae and ______ symmetrical adults
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bilaterally, radially
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unique feature of echinoderms
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a water vascular system
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a feature unique to chordates
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a notochord
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an invertebrate chordate
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lancelots
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The complexity of an organisms has more to do with _____ genes are used than with _______ genes are present.
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how, how many
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major change of body form
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metamorphosis
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animals that lack a vertebral column
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invertebrates
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the body parts radiate from the center in what type of symmetry?
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radial
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mirror-image right and left sides is the definition of which type of symmetry
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bilateral
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head
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anterior
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tail
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posterior
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back surface
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dorsal
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bottom surface
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ventral
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provides a rigid structure against which muscles contract, moving the animal (soft bodied animals)
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hydrostatic skeleton
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not completely lined by tissue derived from mesoderm
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pseudocoelom
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In deuterosomes, the hole formed during gastrulation becomes the ____
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anus
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animals that collect food particles from water passed through some type of food-trapping equipment
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suspension feeders
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anchored in place
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sessile
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hydras, jellies, sea anemones, corals; characterized by radial symmetry, two tissue layers
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cnidarians
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shaped like an umbrella with a fringe of tentacles around the lower edge
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medusa
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In a medusa the ____ is the only opening in the body, so wastes exit it too.
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mouth
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Most _____ have a gastrovascular cavity with only one opening.
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flatworms
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an organ system that pumps blood and distributes nutrients and oxygen throughout the body
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circulatory system
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largest group of molluscs, examples? snails slugs
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gastropods
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three types of molluscs
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gastropods, cephalopods, bivalves
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examples of bivalves
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clams, scallops, oysters
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examples of cephalopods
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squids, octopuses
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the subdivision of the body along its length into a series of repeated parts
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segmentation
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example of an annelid
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earthworm
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three main groups of annelids
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earthworms, polychaetes, leeches
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blood is pumped through vessels that open into body cavities where organs are bathed directly in blood
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open circulatory system
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blood remains enclosed in vessels as it distributes nutrients nutrients and oxygen throughout the body
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closed circulatory system
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an external skeleton that protects the animal and provides points of attachment for the muscles that move the appendages
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exoskeleton
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internal skeleton
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endoskeleton
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a network of water-filled canals that branch into extensions called tube feet, unique to echinoderms
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water vascular system
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our own phylum chordata is distinguished by what four features
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1. dorsal, hollow nerve cord
2. notochord, a flexible, supportive, longitudinal rod located between the digestive tract and the nerve chord 3. pharyngeal slits 4. pst-anal tail |