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Animal Kingdom Test Review
Animals
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Biology
9th Grade
04/19/2012

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Term
A flatworm has what type of symmetry?
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bilateral
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The animal's digestive tract form from the _______.
Definition
endoderm
Term
The embryo layer that forms the skin and nervous tissue is the _______.
Definition
ectoderm
Term
A sponge is _____________.
Definition
asymmetrical
Term
The most complex systems developed from coelom are the __________.
Definition
vertebrates
Term
When a cnidarian's tentacles touch a source of food the _______ dishcharge.
Definition
nematocysts
Term
Because sponges are sessile, they get their food through _________.
Definition
filter feeding
Term
Sponges develop asexually by _______.
Definition
budding
Term
Clams are examples of a ________.
Definition
bivalve
Term
Egg, larva, pupa, and adult are ______stages of metamorphosis.
Definition
complete
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Egg, larva and adult are _________stages of metamorphosis.
Definition
incomplete
Term
Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and pill bugs are members of the class ________.
Definition
crustaceans
Term
The typical tick body consists of _____segments.
Definition
2
Term
Most insects have one pair of ______that are used to sense vibrations, food, and pheromones in the environment.
Definition
antennae
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When a spider bites, it uses its _____.
Definition
mandibles
Term
How many pairs of jointed appendages do arachnids have?
Definition
2
Term
The characteristic that most distinguishes arthropods from other invertebrates is ____________.
Definition
jointed appendages
Term
When you see a picture of an octopus what clue tells you immediately that it is an arthropod?
Definition
it has no jointed appendages
Term
An animal that retains its chordate features throughout life is the _____.
Definition
lancelet
Term
A seastar can hold tightly to the surface it is touching because of the suction in the ____.
Definition
tube feet
Term
Bony fishes belong to the class _____.
Definition
Osteichthyes
Term
What structure do birds share with no other animals?
Definition
feathers
Term
What mammal is a monotreme?
Definition
platypus
Term
The main advantage of hair is that it ____.
Definition
conserves body heat
Term
A ________ is the sexual form of a cnidarian that has a body form like an umbrella with tentacles hanging down.
Definition
medusa
Term
A __________ is the asexual stage form of a cnidarian.
Definition
polyp
Term
Sponges are considered _______because it can produce both eggs and sperm.
Definition
hermaphrodites
Term
A parasitic tapeworm has a knob-shaped head called a ________.
Definition
scolex
Term
During feeding, planarians extend a tubelike, muscular organ, called the ______, our their mouths.
Definition
pharnx
Term
_________ capture prey by means of nemocysts.
Definition
Cnidarians
Term
An animal whose blood moves throughout its body within blood vessels has a __________ circulatory system.
Definition
closed
Term
The _______is a tongue-like organ with rows of teeth that is used by gastropods to scrape, grate or cut food.
Definition
radula
Term
Annelids have a digestive organ called a _______ that grinds organic matter, or food, into small pieces so that is can be absorbed as it passes through the animal's intestine.
Definition
gizzard
Term
A rodlike structure in chordates that becomes a backbone in vertebrates.
Definition
notochord
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The long, spine-covered, tapered arms of seastars are called ______.
Definition
rays
Term
The __________ pouches are paired openings located in the pharynx behind the mouth. They are only present during embryonic development in some chordates.
Definition
pharyngeal
Term
Adult sea squirts retain only their _____slits as indicators of their chordate relationship.
Definition
gill
Term
Amphibians are ______ because their body temperature changes with the temperature of the surroundings.
Definition
ectotherms
Term
The skeletons of lampreys, hagfishes, and sharks are made of a tough, flexible material called _______.
Definition
cartilage
Term
Many bony fishes possess a ________, which helps control its depth in the water.
Definition
swim bladder
Term
Amphibians body temperature changes with the temperature of the __________.
Definition
surroundings
Term
Sharks have ________ fertilization.
Definition
internal
Term
A mammal that carries its young inside the uterus until birth is a ______.
Definition
placental mammal
Term
A _________ is a mammal that reproduces by laying eggs.
Definition
monotreme
Term
A ________ is a mammal in which the young have a short period of development inside a pouch.
Definition
marsupial
Term
The time during which young placental mammals develop inside the uterus is called _______.
Definition
gestation
Term
Nourishment of the young inside the uterus occurs through an organ called the ______.
Definition
placenta
Term
The _________is a hollow muscular organ in female mammals in which the development of offspring takes place
Definition
uterus
Term
Female mammals have _________ glands that secrete milk, enabling them to nourish their young until the young are mature enough to find food.
Definition
mammary
Term
A ________ is the sheet of muscle located beneath the lungs that is used to expand and contract the chest cavity of mammals.
Definition
diaphram
Term
Mammalian hair is thought to have evolved from reptilian ________.
Definition
scales
Term
An example of a placental mammal is a ____.
Definition
cow
Term
An example of a marsupial is the _____.
Definition
kangaroo
Term
The type of symmetry found in all adult echinoderms is ____________.
Definition
radial
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