Apologia Marine Biology module 5 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Is this an arthropod?

Yes a decapod, even though it takes advantage of shells left behind from other animals

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What is a cephalopod and give in example?

"head-foot" octopus, squid, cuttlefish

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What is chitin?

A derivative of carbohydrate that provides flexibility and support. Exoskeletons are made of chitin

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What does a sea cucumber use as a method of defense?

It eviscerates some of it's organs, and ejects them to distract an enemy while it gets away?

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What gives a tunicate it's name?

the leathery tunic it develops as an adult

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What does arthropod mean and give and example.

jointed foot -lobster, crab, shrimp, barnacles, copepods

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What kind of symmetry do echinoderms have?

radial-pentamerous

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Since echinoderms release there egg and sperm into the water, what aspect of their reproductions strategy helps them be successful?

They release their egg and sperm during a short season. Increasing the population of gametes in the water during that time. The organism can sense it

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What phylum are tunicates, and lancelets in? Why is this unexpected?

Phylum Chordata. this is unusual because they are invertebrates.

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What is the cephalothorax?

The anterior part of an arthropod body, consisting of a head and thorax fused together.

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What unique reproductive strategy do female crustaceans employ?

The store sperm to use with future hatches of eggs.

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Why do arthropods molt?

They have a hard exoskeleton made of chitin, so they need to shed it and create a new one when they grow

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What is a radula?

an organ found in mollusks, covered with hundreds of small teeth that is used for scraping food into the mouths of mollusks

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