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sponges, cridarians, worms and mollusks
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Biology
6th Grade
05/12/2008

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Most scientishs classify living things into how many kingdoms?
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5
Term
Bacteria are members of which kingdom?
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Monera
Term
Organisms that can make their own food are called what?
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autotrophs

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Organisms that cannot make their own food are called what?
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heterotrophs
Term
Most unicellular organisms that have a nucleus are classified as what?
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protists
Term
Mushrooms and mildew are members of  what kingdom?
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Fungi
Term
Trees, mosses, and ferns belong to which kingdom?
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Plantae
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An animal that has a backbone is called what?

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vertebrate
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An animal that does not have a backbone is called what?
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invertebrate
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the largest group of organism is called what?
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kingdom
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the second largest group of organism is called what?
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phylum
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The simplest group of invertebrates are called the what?
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sponges
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Spongers belong to which phylum?
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porifera
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Thin, spiny structures that form the skeleton of many sponges are called what?
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spicules
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The process by which a single organism produces a new organism is called what?
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sexual  reproduction
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The process by which a single organism produces a new organism is called what?
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asexual reproduction
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Jellyfishes and sea anemones are member of which phylum?
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cnidaria
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A vase shaped cnidarian is called what?
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polyp
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a bowl shaped cnidarian is called what?
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medusa
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Cnidarians have stinging stuructures are called what?
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nematocysts
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Hydras spend their lives as what?
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polyps
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Cnidarians that live together in colonies are called what?
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corals
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An adult jellyfish lives as what?
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medusa
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Worms are classified into how many phyla?
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3
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The classification of worms is based on their what?
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shape
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A planarian is a member of which phylum?
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Plathelminthes
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The ability of an organism to regrow lost parts is called what?
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regeneration
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roundworms belong to which phylum?
Definition

nematoda

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What does porifera mean?
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pore bearer
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What is the simplest group of invertebrates called?
Definition
sponges
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where do sponges live?
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water
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the body of a sponge is covered with many openings called what?
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pores
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how does a sponge obtain oxygen and food?
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water carries food and oxygen into pores.  Flagella grab foond particles
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name two unusual facts about sponges?
Definition
  • cells are like a colocy in independent cells living together
  • cells broken apart can reorganize into a sponge
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what are the 2 types of sponge skeletons?
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  • delicate, glassy make from spincules
  • soft, fiber like material
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name 2 types of sponge reproduction
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  • budding - a piece breaks off and grows into a new sponge
  • release sperm and egg cells
  • sessile attached at the base, does not move 
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What does cnidaria mean?
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to sting
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what are tow body types of cnidaria?
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  • poly - vase shaped
  • medusa - cupside down bowl shape
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what is a general description of a cnidarian?
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  • hollow central cavity
  • one mouth - only opening
  • sting with nematocysts
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explain how a cnidarian gets it good
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  • stun/kill prey with nematocyst
  • pulls it into mouth with tentacles
  • release waste through mouth
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what kind of shape does a hydra have?
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polyp shaped
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where does a hydra live?
Definition
  • some live infresh water
  • the rest live in salt water (ocean)
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How are hydras able to move?
Definition
somersault motion
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what are corals?
Definition
soft bodies organism with protective limestone covering
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how is a coral reef formed?
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when coral dies, the hard covering is left behind.  after millions of years generations live and die, each generation adds a layer and a reef forms
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what shape are corals and how do they live?
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they are polpys and the live together in colonies
Term
expalin the symbosis between coral and algae
Definition
  • algae lives inside coral
  • it helps make food for the coral
  • live in shallow water to absorb sunlight
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what do sea anemones look like?
Definition
polyps resemble under water flowers
Term
What are the petals of the sea anemone?
Definition
tentacles
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How does a sea anemone eat a fish
Definition
fish passes by and gets stung by nematocysts.  tentacles pull fish into its mouth
Term
How is ther a symbiosis between sea anemones and clown fish?
Definition
clownfish has a special coating to protect it from sea anemone stings. Clownfish chaes away anemone preatores and anemone protects the fish
Term
what are jellyfishes?
Definition
medusa
Term
how are jellyfish harmful to humans?
Definition
they deliver painful sting from nematocyts
Term
what does platyhelminthese mean?
Definition
flatworm
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where does the flat worm live?
Definition
  • ponds and streams
  • under leaves or rocks
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what does flat worm eat?
Definition
dead plants and animal matter
Term
when little food is available what doe flat worms eat?
Definition
  • digest own body parts
  • when food becomes available they regenerate
Term
what is a flatworm parasite called?
Definition
tapewrom - can be 6 m long
Term
nematoda means?
Definition
thread like
Term
describe the parasite trichinella
Definition
  • lines in muscles of pigs
  • gets in yourbody thought raw or undercooked pork
  • live and reproduce in host intestines
  • badies travel through the blood and embed in muscles
Term
roundworms look like what?
Definition
spaghetti
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describe the parasite hookworm
Definition
  • infects over 600 million people a year
  • enter body by burrowing through sole of feet
  • end up in intestines , eat blood
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roundworms have what openings?
Definition
  • head and tail
  • mouth and anus
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how does the roundworm eat?
Definition
food in mouth, waste out anus
Term
annelida means what?
Definition
ringesd
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where do ringed worms live?
Definition

lakes, streams, soil

Term
how many segments do  earthworms have?
Definition

at least 100

Term
what does the slime on the earthworm help it do?
Definition

mucus to help gulide through soil

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what are setea in earthworms?

Definition
bristles to move along ground
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How does earthworm affect air flow in the soil?
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they tunnel through the soil so tunnels allow air to flow to roots

 

Term
how do earthworm make fertilizer?
Definition
worm poop, worms eat dead plant and animal matter, release partially digested matter
Term
how are earthworms a tube within a tube?
Definition
  • body shaped is a tube
  • digestive system is a tube
Term
what is mollusca mean?
Definition
soft
Term
what kind of shells mollusca have?
Definition
inner and outer shells
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what is the foot of the mollusca?
Definition
  • thick muscular used for movement
Term
what kind of shells do snail or slugs have
Definition
single shell or no shell
Term
what are snails and slugs called?
Definition
gastropods
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where do snails and slugs live?
Definition
  • live in water
  • or on land in a moist enviroment
Term
  • what is the radula of a snail or slug?
Definition
  • found in mouth
  • tongue shaped file
  • files off bits of plant to eat
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snails have how many shells?
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1
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slugs have how many shells?
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0
Term
how do snails move
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  • excrete a trail of mucus
  • glides across the surface
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How do slugs avoid predators?

Definition

they hid under rocks and logs

Term
what are two shelled mollusks called?
Definition
bivalves
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what are examples of two shelled mollusks?
Definition
clams, oysters, scallops, mussels
Term
how do mollusks obtain food?
Definition
  • filter feeders
  • water passes over body, filter out small organism
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what are tentacles mollusks called?
Definition
celpalopod
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what are examples of tentacles mollusks
Definition
octopus, squid, nautiluses
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