| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the basic unit of structure and function of living things? | Cells |
| What is a group of similar cells that perform a special function? | Tissue |
| What does a group of different tissues form? | Organ |
| What are the levels of organization of living things? | Cells, Tissues, Organ, System |
| What type of reproduction involves the joining of two cells to create a similar offspring? | Sexual |
| What type of reproduction involves the process of a single organism producing identical offspring? | Asexual |
| What are two types of asexual reproduction? | Budding and Splitting Off |
| What are animals with a backbone? | Vertebrate |
| What are animals with no backbone? | Invertebrate |
| What type of symmetry is it when there is only one line of symmetry? | Bilateral |
| What type of symmetry has many lines of symmetry? | Radial |
| Where are the sense organs located on an animal with bilateral symmetry? | Front End |
| Where do all animals with radial symmetry live? | Water |
| What type of symmetry does a sponge have? | None |
| What type of animal has no symmetry and no tissue or organs? | Sponge |
| What whip-like structure beats back and forth helping a sponge trap food? | Collar Cells |
| What do sponges get from water that they filter? | Food and Oxygen |
| How does a sponge reproduce? | Asexually and Sexually |
| What is an immature form of an animal that looks very different from the adult? | Larva |
| What cnidarian has a vase-shaped body plan? | Polyp |
| What cnidarian has a bowl-shaped body plan? | Medusa |
| What is the stinging cell in a cnidarian called? | nematocyst |
| What is a group of many individual animals called? | Colonies |
| What builds coral reefs? | Cnidarians |
| What are the three major phyla of worms? | Roundworms, Flatworms and Segmented Worms |
| What is an organism that lives inside or on another organism? | Parasite |
| What does a parasite take its food from? | Host |
| What type of worm is flat and as soft as jelly? | Flatworms |
| What are animals that feed on dead or decaying materials? | Scavengers |
| Does a flatworm have one or two openings for its digestive system? | One |
| Does a roundworm have one or two openings for its digestive system? | Two |
| Does a segmented worm have an open or closed circulatory system? | Closed |
| What type of circulatory system is made up of blood moving only within a connected network of tubes call blood vessels? | Closed |
| What type of worm needs to stay moist in order to obtain oxygen? | Earthworm |
| How do cnidarians capture food and defend themselves? | Stinging Cells |
| What is a characteristic that helps an organism to perform basic functions in their environments? | Adaptations |
| What do corals spend their adult lives as polyps or Medusa? | Polyps |
