Animals

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 What is one of the two major characteristics that distinguish animals from plants?  Heterotrophs  Lack cell walls

 Nerves branch from what structure in chordate embryos?  Hollow nerve chord

 What is the process of maintaining a stable internal environment called?  homeostasis

 Muscles work together with a support structure called___________.  skeleton

 What is the name of the system in animals that collects information?  Nervous system

 What system in animals eliminates wastes such as ammonia?  Excretory system

 In many animals, which system is used to eliminate carbon dioxide, a gaseous waste product?  Respiratory system

 What type of symmetry is found in animals where the right and left sides are mirror images?  Bilateral symmetry

 An animal that has body parts that extend outward from its center shows what type of symmetry?  Radial symmetry

 What is the name of the hollow ball of cells in an embryo?  blastula

 When a blastula folds over to create an opening that becomes the mouth or anus, what is the name of this opening?  blastopore

 What is a fertilized egg called?  zygote

 Which of the three germ layers (endoderm, mesoderm, or ectoderm) gives rise to muscles and much of the circulatory, reproductive, and excretory systems?  mesoderm

 What is the name given to the organization of body structures that is unique to each animal phylum?  Body plan

 A flexible, supporting structure located just below the hollow nerve cord that is only found in chordates is called what?  notochord

 Bones that make up the vertebral column are called what?  vertebrae

 A group of specialized cells that performs a similar function are called ________________.  tissue

 The concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the anterior end of an animal (“head) is called what?  cephalization

 Animals that feed on other animals are called _______________.  carnivores

 Animals that strain their food from water using gills or net-like structures are called what?  Filter feeders

 Organisms that depend on each other for nutrients in either parasitic or mutualistic relationships are called ______________.  symbionts

 What do detritivores feed on?  Decaying plants of animals

 What system in animals transports oxygen and nutrients to cells throughout the body and also collects and delivers waste from the cells?  Circulatory system

 What type of feedback mechanism (positive or negative) is used by animals to maintain homeostasis?  negative

 What is the name given to the front side of an animal?  anterior