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Animal Classification: Bivalvia to Mammalia, Quizzes of Biology

Definitions and characteristics of various animal groups, from bivalvia (mollusks with two shells) to mammalia (warm-blooded animals with hair and a four-chambered heart). Topics include mollusks (bivalvia, gastropoda, cephalopoda, and scaphopoda), arthropods (crustacea, arthropoda), annelids (myriapoda, diplopoda, chilopoda), echinoderms (echinodermata, ophiuroidea, asteroidea, echinoidea), chordates (chordata, chephalochordata, urochordata), cartilaginous fish (chondrichthyes), bony fish (osteichthyes), amphibians (amphibia), reptiles (reptilia), birds (aves), and mammals (mammalia).

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TERM 1
bivalvia
DEFINITION 1
SHELLS COMPRISED OF 2 HALVES OR VALVES
TERM 2
mollusca
DEFINITION 2
foot = locomotionmantle = covers visceral mass & secretes
shell (if present)visceral mass = contains most internal body
organs
TERM 3
gastropoda
DEFINITION 3
tHE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS CALLED TORSION: THE
VISCERAL MASS ROTATES 180 DEGREES TO BRING ITS ANUS
AND MANTLE CAVITY ABOVE ITS HEAD
TERM 4
cephalopoda
DEFINITION 4
ONLY MOLLUSCA WITH A CLOSE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM HAS
WELL DEVELOPED SENSORY ORGANS AND A COMPLEX
BRAIN
TERM 5
crustacea
DEFINITION 5
THE PAIRS OF ANTENNAE ON THE HEAD AND PROTECTIVE
CARAPACE
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bivalvia

SHELLS COMPRISED OF 2 HALVES OR VALVES

TERM 2

mollusca

DEFINITION 2 foot = locomotionmantle = covers visceral mass & secretes shell (if present)visceral mass = contains most internal body organs TERM 3

gastropoda

DEFINITION 3 tHE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS CALLED TORSION: THE VISCERAL MASS ROTATES 180 DEGREES TO BRING ITS ANUS AND MANTLE CAVITY ABOVE ITS HEAD TERM 4

cephalopoda

DEFINITION 4 ONLY MOLLUSCA WITH A CLOSE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM HAS WELL DEVELOPED SENSORY ORGANS AND A COMPLEX BRAIN TERM 5

crustacea

DEFINITION 5 THE PAIRS OF ANTENNAE ON THE HEAD AND PROTECTIVE CARAPACE

arthropoda

-JOINTED APPENDAGES -METAMORPHOSIS

TERM 7

hexapoda

DEFINITION 7 WINGS AS EXTENSIONS OF CUTICLES TERM 8

myriapoda diplopoda vs

chilopoda

DEFINITION 8 centepede = carnivore & 1 pair of legs per segmentmillipede = herbivore & 2 pairs of legs per segment TERM 9

chelicerata

DEFINITION 9 THEY HAVE CLAW-LIKE APPENDAGES CALLED CHELICERAE (PINCERS OT FANGS)THEY HAVE NO TRUE MANDIBLES OR ANTENNAE AND NO TRUE EYES TERM 10

echinodermata

DEFINITION 10 HAVE A WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM AND TUBE FEET FOR LOCOMOTION.

urochordata adult

pharyngeal slits TERM 17

chondrichthyes

DEFINITION 17 JAWED FISHES WITH CARTILAGINOUS SKELETON AND PAIRED APPENDAGES basic element of cartilage = chondricytes is a carnivore, so digestive system length is shorter (than a herbivore) TERM 18

osteichthyes

DEFINITION 18 -PARTLY OSSIFIED (BONY) SKELETON-THEY HAVE BONY FLAT SCALE ON SOME OF THE SURFACE-GILL SLITS ARE HOUSED BY A BONY MOVABLE FLAP CALLED THE OPERCULUM TERM 19

amphibia

DEFINITION 19 -THEY HAVE A THREE CHAMBERED HEART -TWO CIRCUITS FOR THE BLOOD CIRCULATION-SKIN, SMOOTH AND MOIST WITH MUCOUS GLAND TERM 20

reptilia

DEFINITION 20 SKIN IS DRY AND COVERED BY EPIDERMAL SCALES(SCALES ARE MADE OF KERATIN)-AMNIOTIC EGGS-ECTOTHERMIC

aves

-FEATHERS-SCALES ON LEGS -ENDOTHERMIC-FRONT LEGS

ARE MODIFIED AS WINGS-TOOTHLESS BREAKS

TERM 22

mammalia

DEFINITION 22 -ENDOTHERMIC-HEART IS FOUR-CHAMBERED-HAIR-BRAIN IS LARGER THAN OTHER VERTEBRATES