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Bio Test 2
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/13/2011

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Kingdom Animalia
Definition
-No Cell Wall
-Multicellular
-Consume Food
-Mostly Sexual Reproduction
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Phylum Porifera
Definition
Sponges
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Phylum Cnidaria
Definition
Jellyfish, Corals, Hydras
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As sponge is like...
Definition
a colony of flagellated protozoans and amoebas.
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As sponge is like...
Definition
a colony of flagellated protozoans and amoebas.
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Sponges catch wood with...
Definition
specialized "collar cells" (choanocytes that have flagellae. These cells line the walls of the pores.
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The amoeba-like cells of sponges are in the...
Definition
interior
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Collar Cells (sponges)
Definition
make currents that pull water through the sponge. They filter out tiny food particles as the water flows past them, and they pass the food on to the other cells inside the body of the sponge.
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Spicule
Definition
Make up the skeleton of the sponge. They can be made of protein, chalk, or glass, depending on the species.
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Phylum Cnidaria have to basic body shapes...
Definition
One with tentacles and the mouth/anus facing up, and one with them facing down.
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Cnidaria have
Definition
Bilateral symmetry, no symmetry, radial symmetry.
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Cnidarians use stin...
Definition
stinging cells (cniocytes) on their tentacles to capture prey. "cnido" = stinging nettle" Then use tentacles to push prey into their mouth.
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Hydra
Definition
Tiny polyps living in freshwater. Named after a mythical beast with many heads.
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Corals are...
Definition
Polyps with limestone "skeletons"
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Shallow-water corals are pre, but also photo
Definition
predators but they're also photosynthetic thanks to algae living inside them
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The photosynthetic algae are called
Definition
zooxanthellae, and these corals can't live without them.
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Photosynthetic algae living in coral make
and the host makes
Definition
algae make oxygen and sugars by photosynthesis, which helps the host.
and the host makes carbon dioxide and food waste products that the algae can use.
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