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ANIMALS

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  • What is one typical feature of molluscs?
    Many have a soft body and often a hard shell.
  • How do sponges get their food?
    They filter water and take out tiny organisms.
  • What are the two big groups of animals?
    Invertebrates and vertebrates
  • What is one characteristic of invertebrates?
    They do not have a backbone.
  • What body parts do vertebrates usually have?
    A head, a torso and limbs.
  • What does “heterotroph” mean?
    It means an animal eats other living beings for food.
  • What special body part do jellyfish have?
    Tentacles (often poisonous).
  • What are two things that all animals have in common?
    They have many cells and they can move.
  • Why are sponges considered simple animals?
    Because they have a simple structure and do not move.
  • What does the body of an annelid look like?
    It is long and divided into rings.
  • What is one characteristic of vertebrates?
    They have an internal skeleton with a vertebral column.