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Teresa Schlueter
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Porifera and Cnidaria Notes pt.2
Multicellular and Tissue Organization
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Watch the video on Cnidaria, and answer the following 5 questions.
1. What 2 structures of the digestive system did Cnidarians develop that we take for granted today?
2. What 2 things were inherited from Cnidarians that allow all animals to move?
3. How do Cnidarians capture their prey?
4. What were the first animals to swim in the ocean?
5. What is the longest animal in the world?
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Multiple Choice
All animals belong to Domain __________.
Animalia
Eukarya.
Probiotica.
Plantae.
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Multiple Choice
All animals in phylum Cnidaria demonstrate _____________.
radial symmetry
asymmetry
bilateral symmetry
pretty symmetry
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Multiple Choice
All jellyfish belong to phylum ____________.
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Anthozoa
Scyphozoa
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Multiple Choice
Cnidarians are named after __________, the stinging cells found in their tentacles.
cnidocytes
cnidocils
nematocysts
cniliocysts
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Multiple Choice
In Cnidarians, where does digestion occur?
spongocoel
nematocyst
gastrovascular cavity
tentacles
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Multiple Choice
A jellyfish is covered in an outer layer of cells called the epidermis. Within the epidermis is the ____________, which is the jelly-like interior of the animal.
mesoglea
rhopalium
brachial tentacle
manubrium
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Multiple Choice
When the _________ is triggered, the operculum opens on the cnidocyte.
cnidocil
barb
nematocyst
cnidocyte
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Multiple Choice
How many cell layers (body walls) do jelly fish have?
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2
3
4
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Multiple Choice
Name this body type.
Medusa
Polyp
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Multiple Choice
Name this body type.
Medusa
Polyp
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Multiple Choice
Term for an animal that is attached and not free-swimming.
planted
sessile
motile
amorphous
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Multiple Choice
What type of asexual reproduction is shown here?
Gemmules
Fragmentation
Budding
Sexual reproduction
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Multiple Choice
What term describes a life cycle that alternates between two forms, such as the medusa and polyp?
generational life cycle
alternation of life cycle
alternation of generations
changing life forms
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Multiple Choice
How are nervous responses in cnidarians controlled?
by their gastrovascular cavity
through the mesoglea
by the nerve net
through the filaments in their nematocysts
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Multiple Choice
How do cnidarians reproduce?
only sexually
only asexually
both sexually and asexually
genetically reproduced in labs
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Multiple Choice
Free swimming, umbrella shaped body with tentacles that hang down.
Polyp
Medusa
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Multiple Choice
The larval (or baby) form of a Cnidarian is called the _______.
planula
plantae
kingdom
baby jelly
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Multiple Choice
Sessile, tube shaped body form of cnidarians such as corals and hydra.
Polyp
Medusa
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Multiple Choice
Corals and anemones are part of Class __________
Anthozoa
Hydrozoa
Scyphozoa
Cubozoa
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Multiple Choice
"Box jellyfish" belong to Class _____________.
Cubozoa
Hydrozoa
Anthozoa
Scyphozoa
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Multiple Choice
"True jellyfish" belong to Class _________.
Scyphozoa
Anthozoa
Hydrozoa
Cubozoa
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
What type of cnidarian is pictured?
hydra
coral
jellyfish
sea anemone
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Multiple Choice
What type of cnidarian is pictured?
Jellyfish
hydra
sea anemone
coral
Porifera and Cnidaria Notes pt.2
Multicellular and Tissue Organization
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