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1
List three characteristics shared by all animals.
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Where did the various groups of animal life originate?
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How are invertebrates and vertebrates different?
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How does the body temperature of a poikilotherm affect its metabolism?
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List an advantage and a disadvantage of maintaining a constant body temperature.
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Describe body forms that show asymmetry, radial symmetry, and bilateral symmetry.
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Give an example of an animal that has a coelom and one with a pseudocoelom.
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Give an example of an animal with an exoskeleton; an endoskeleton.
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How does an animal with an exoskeleton grow?
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How do diploblastic and triploblastic animals differ?
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What is one advantage of segmentation?
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What is a sessile filter feeder?
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How do the plankton and nekton organisms differ?
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What is a benthic organism?
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How do sponges feed?
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What is a spicule?
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What are the differences between a polyp and a medusa?
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List three structural characteristics of Cnidarians.
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List three structural characteristics typical of flatworms.
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Describe the life cycle of a fluke.
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Describe the life cycle of a tapeworm.
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Describe the general body structure of a nematode.
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List three structural characteristics of annelids.
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What are the three different kinds of segmented worms?
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Describe the general body plan of mollusks.
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How does the life style of a squid differ from that of a chiton?
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List three characteristics typical of all arthropods.
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How do crustaceans and insects differ structurally?
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Describe the general body plan of an echinoderm.
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What is a water vascular system and what does it do?
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List three characteristics shared by all chordates.
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How does a shark differ from most freshwater fish?
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List the problems animals had to overcome to adapt to a terrestrial environment.
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List 4 adaptations of arthropods that allow them to be successful terrestrial animals.
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Why can't amphibians live in all types of terrestrial habitats?
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What is the importance of the amniotic egg?
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How does a marsupial differ from a placental mammal?







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