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Zoology |
the study of animals |
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Porifera |
The phylum sponges belong to |
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Cnideria |
The phylum Polyps and Medusas belong to |
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Hydra |
A type of Polyp named from Greek Mythology |
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Cnidocytes |
Stinging sections of tentacles |
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tentacles |
The foot of cephalopods |
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Bivalve |
2 shelled mollusks, clams |
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gastropod |
Mollusks like slugs and snails |
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Radial |
Symmetry where a bissecting line can be drawn in any direction |
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Bilateral |
Symmetry where a bissecting line can be drawn from the anterior to the posterior |
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Dorsal |
The top part of an animal |
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Ventral |
The bottom part of an animal
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Anterior |
The front part of an animal |
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Posterior |
The back part of an animal |
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Asymmetrical |
No symmetry (like a sponge) |
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Respiration |
The process of oxygen/ carbon dioxide exchange |
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Cloaca |
A hole in reptiles and birds where waste leaves and sperm enters |
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Marsupials |
Mammals that carry their young in a pouch after they are born |
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Placentals |
Mammals that develop a placenta while in utero |
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Monotremes |
Mammals that share traits with reptiles |
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Mammary gland |
An organ that produces milk to nourish their offspring |
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endotherm |
Able to regulate their body temperature |
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ectotherm |
Regulates their body temperature through behaviour |
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Ornithischia |
Bird-hipped dinosaurs |
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Saurischia |
lizard-hipped donosaurs |
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Homo Habilus |
Means "handy man" |
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Hominid |
A family that includes modern humans |
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Primates |
An order of placental mammals that includes apes |
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binocular vision |
Ability to merge images from both eyes |
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Carapace |
The top shell of a turtle or tortoise |
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Plastron |
The bottom shell of a turtle or tortoise |
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Bipedal |
Walking on 2 feet |
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Ascarid |
A parasitic roundworm |
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tapeworm |
A parasitic flatworm |
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Siphon |
An opening where water leaves the body of a bivalve |