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chapter 23
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Biology
9th Grade
02/17/2009

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4 characteristics of animals
Definition
-eukaryotic
-lack cell walls
-multicellular
-heterotrophs that invest food
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invertebrates
Definition
animals without backbones 95% of all animals and most live in water
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vertebrates
Definition
animals with backbones FOR EVERY KNOWN VERTEBRATES THERE ARE 19 INVERTEBRATES
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sponges
Definition
invertebrates and some are sessile
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sessile
Definition
anchored to the gorund and cant move, lack true organs and tissues, collar cells, falgella, sexual or asexual
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cnidarians
Definition
invertebrate, ex. jellyfish, radial symmetry, tentacles with stinging cells
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flatowrms
Definition
invertebrate, bilateral symmetry, simplest bilateral animals, 3 tissue layers: ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
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roundworms
Definition
invertebrate, bilateral symmetry, complete digestive tract with mouth and anus
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annelids
Definition
invertebrates, ex. segmented worms, bilateral symmetry, coelem, closed circulatory sysytem, 3 types: sand worms, earth worms, parasitic leeches
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mollusks
Definition
invertebrates, ex. snails, ONYL INVERTEBRATES TO HAVE MANTEL AND SHELLS, radula, open circulatory system 3 groups: gastropods (snails and slugs), byvalves (oysters, clams, muscles), cephalopods (squid, octopus)
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echinoderms
Definition
invertebrate, ex. starfish, body parts extend off center like SPOKES ON A WHEEL, rough skin, water vascular system, can regrow body parts ex: sea urchins, sea stars, brittle stars, sea lillies, sea cucumbers, sea daisies
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main difference between round worms, flat worms, and annelids
Definition
have same tissues but are organized differently
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radial symmetry
Definition
body parts arranged like pieces of a pie around immaginary central axis
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hydra
Definition
polyp body form, mostly sessile, tentecles radiating from one end
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marine jellies
Definition
medussa body form, umbrella shaped formed with fringes of tentacles around the lowere edge
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