← Major Invertebrate Phyla Characteristics Test
3 Written Questions
3 Multiple Choice Questions
- Level of Organization: Cellular--lack tissues and organs
Germ layers: absent
Symmetry: absent
Cephalization: absent
Body Cavity: absent
Segmentation: absent
Digestive system: Intracellular
Circulatory System: Absent
Respiratory System: absent
Nervous System: Absent
Reproduction: Sexual; asexual (budding)
Support: Endoskeleton of spicules
Notes: eat by filtering; sessile - Level of Organization: Organ System
Germ layers: three
Symmetry: bilateral
Cephalization: present
Body Cavity: pseudocoel
Segmentation: absent
Digestive system: Separate mouth and anus
Circulatory System: absent
Respiratory System: absent
Nervous System: head ganglia with dorsal and ventral nerve cords; ganglia in segments, some fused
Reproduction: sexual (some hermaphroditic)
Support: hydrostatic skeleton
Note: internal fertilization, thin bodies don't need circulatory/respiratory system - Level of Organization: Organ System
Germ layers: three
Symmetry: bilateral
Cephalization: present
Body Cavity: Coelom
Segmentation: absent
Digestive system: Separate mouth and anus
Circulatory System: open
Respiratory System: gills and lungs
Nervous System: well-developed brain in some cephalopods; several paired ganglia, most in the head; nerve network in the body wall
Reproduction: Sexual (some hermaphroditic)
Support: Hydrostatic skeleton
Note: have muscular goot and mantle; include gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
2 True/False Questions
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Flatworms (Platyhelminthes) → Level of Organization: Organ System
Germ layers: three
Symmetry: bilateral
Cephalization: present
Body Cavity: absent
Segmentation: absent
Digestive system: gastrovascular cavity
Circulatory System: Absent
Respiratory System: absent
Nervous System: head ganglia with longitudal nerve cords
Reproduction: Sexual (some hermaphroditic) asexual (body splits)
Support: Hydrostatic skeleton
Note: only one body opening (mouth), tissues group into functional units like eyespots -
Insects, Arachnids, Crustaceans (Anthropoda) → Level of Organization: Organ System
Germ layers: three
Symmetry: bilateral
Cephalization: present
Body Cavity: Coelom
Segmentation: absent
Digestive system: Separate mouth and anus
Circulatory System: open
Respiratory System: gills and lungs
Nervous System: well-developed brain in some cephalopods; several paired ganglia, most in the head; nerve network in the body wall
Reproduction: Sexual (some hermaphroditic)
Support: Hydrostatic skeleton
Note: have muscular goot and mantle; include gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods
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