A | B |
Heterotrophs | organism that obtains nutrients by eating food |
Invertebrates | animals without an endoskeleton |
Symmetry | balanced arrangement of body parts |
Radial Symmetry | more than one line of symmetry |
Bilateral Symmetry | body divided lengthwise into two equal sides |
Asymmetrical | lacking symmetry |
Phylum Porifera | sponges |
Sponges | simple invertebrates with pores |
Pore | small opening |
Non-Mobile | does not move freely, is attached to rocks in ocean |
Ectoderm | outer body layer |
Endoderm | inner body layer |
Regeneration | asexual reproduction, piece breaks off to form new sponge |
Budding | asexual reproduction, bud forms off side of sponge and develops into new sponge |
Sexual reproduction | sponge produces sex cells which join and develop into new sponges |
Phylum Cnidaria | jellyfish, hydra, coral, sea anemones |
Cnidocytes | stinging cells |
Polyp | cuplike early stage where organism is attached to surface, mouth facing up |
Medusa | floating later stage where mouth points down |
Mesoderm | middle layer where organs develop from |
Flatworms | simplest worms, have three body layers and flat bodies |
Tapeworms | parasitic flatworm that holds on to host intestines with hooks and suckers, absorb food digested by host |
Planarian | free living flatworm with eyespots to sense light |
Hermaphrodites | organisms with male and female reproductive parts that reproduce by exchanging sperm |
Roundworms | worms with long bodies and pointed ends (Ascaris_ |
Hookworms | roundworm that feeds on human blood |
Segmented worms | most complex worms that have bodies divided into sections (Annelids_ |
Annelid | "little rings" |
Leeches | parasitic annelid |
Earthworms | annelid that makes soil good for growing plants by aerating and loosening the soil, fertilize it with their wastes |
Mollusks | soft bodied animals |
Muscular foot | moves organism from place to place |