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SPONGES
Complete this worksheet using pages 336-338 in your science book. You will also make use of class notes
and the internet to find some information. If there is a vocabulary word in parentheses after a question,
then it should be used as part of the answer.
Define these terms as they relate to sponges.
sessileasymmetrical-
1. Describe the habitat that most sponges are found.
2. Draw a picture of a sponge and label the following body parts: pores, central cavity, spicules,
3. How do sponges take in food and get rid of wastes? (pores, filter feeder)
4. Most sponges are hermaphrodites. Explain what this means.
5. What physical adaptations do sponges have that enable them to avoid their predators. (spicules)
6. What adaptations do sponges have that allow them to obtain, eat, or digest different foods.
7. How are creatures in the sponge phylum an important part of the food chain?
8. What uses have humans found for organisms in this phylum?
CNIDARIANS
Complete this worksheet using pages 339-342 in your science book. You will also make use of class notes
and the internet to find some information. If there is a vocabulary word in parentheses after a question,
then it should be used as part of the answer.
1. Describe the habitat that most cnidarians are found.
2. Draw a picture showing the 2 different body forms a cnidarian may have.
POLYP
MEDUSA
3. What type of body symmetry do these creatures have?
4. How do cnidarians take in food and get rid of wastes?
5. How do they reproduce?
Asexually –
Sexually -
6. What physical adaptations do cnidarians have that enable them to avoid their predators?
(nerve net, bioluminesence)
7. What adaptations do cnidarians have that allow them to capture and eat their prey?
(tentacles, stinging cells)
8. How are creatures in the cnidarian phylum an important part of the food chain?
9. What uses have humans found for organisms in this phylum?
10. What problems do the creatures in the Cnidarian phylum cause for humans?
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FLATWORMS / ROUNDWORMS
Complete this worksheet using pages 344-349 in your science book. You will also make use of class notes,
video and the internet to find some information. If there is a Key Term in parentheses after a question
then it should be used and explained in the answer.
1. Describe at least 2 different habitats that most flatworms or roundworms are found.
2. Compare and contrast the body plan of the flatworm phylum with those of the roundworm phylum. How do
flatworms and roundworms take in food and get rid of wastes? Explain how they are alike and how they are
different. (bilateral symmetry)
3. How do they reproduce? Give an example of sexual and asexual reproduction.
4. What physical adaptations do flatworms or roundworms have that enable them to avoid their predators?
6. What adaptations do flatworms or roundworms have that allow them to capture and eat their prey?
7. How are creatures in the flatworm and roundworm phylum an important part of the food chain?
8. What important role do roundworms and flatworms have in their natural environment?
9. What problems do the creatures in the phylum cause for humans?
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MOLLUSKS
Complete this worksheet using pages 360-364 in your science book. You will also make use of class notes
and the internet to find some information.
Define these terms as they relate to Mollusks.
open circulatory systemclosed circulatory system
radula mantle gills1. Describe the habitat that most mollusks are found.
2. There are 3 groups of mollusks. Draw a picture example from each group.
GASTROPOD
BIVALVE
CEPHALOPOD
3. What physical adaptations do mollusks have that enable them to avoid their predators?
4. What adaptations do mollusks have that allow them to capture and eat their prey?
5. How are creatures in the mollusk phylum an important part of the food chain?
6. What uses have humans found for organisms in this phylum?
7. What problems do the creatures in the phylum cause for humans?
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SEGMENTED WORMS (Annelids)
Complete this worksheet using pages 365-369 in your science book.
The following Key Term should be used at least once to explain an answer.
Key Terms -
setae
crop
hermaphrodites
gizzard
closed circulatory system
bilateral symmetry
segmented
1. Describe the 2 different habitats that most annelids are found
2. Describe the body structure of the segmented worm and what type of symmetry it has.
3. What are setae? How does an earthworm use them?
4. How does an earthworm go through respiration (breathe)?
5. What is the digestive path of the earthworm starting at the mouth to the anus? (crop, gizzard)
6. How do earthworms reproduce?
7. How are creatures in the annelid phylum an important part of the food chain?
8. What uses have humans found for organisms in this phylum?
9. What problems do the creatures in this phylum cause for humans?
10. Describe the 2 chemicals that a Leech has in its saliva. How does this help the leech attach itself to a host?
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ECHINODERMS
Complete this worksheet using pages 380-383 in your science book. You will also make use of in class
notes and the internet to get some information.
1. Describe the habitat that most echinoderms are found.
2. Describe the simple digestive system of an echinoderm. What specialized body parts does it have and what
does it eat?
3. Echinoderms have a simple nervous system. How does it work and what can they sense?
4. What is the water-vascular system used for? Describe how tube feet are used.
Draw a picture of each of the following echinoderms and explain a unique adaptation that they have that helps
them to get their food or survive.
5. Sea Star or Brittle Star
Unique adaptation 6. Sea Urchin or Sand Dollar
Unique Adaptation
7. Sea Cucumber
Unique Adaptation
8. How are creatures in the echinoderms phylum an important part of the ocean environment.
9. What uses have humans found for organisms in this phylum.
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ARTHROPODS
Complete this worksheet using pages 370-378 in your science book. You will also make use of in class
notes and the internet to find some information.
1. Describe the 3 characteristics that all creatures of the phylum Arthropod have in common.
appendages segmented bodies exoskeletons -
Arthropods have more than a million different species making them the largest group of
animals. They are broken down into several smaller groups based on common characteristics.
INSECTS
2. Draw a picture of an insect. Label the 3 main body parts. (head, thorax, abdomen). Make sure the legs and
wings are attached to the correct body part.
3. Where would spiracles be found and what are they used for?
4. What is metamorphosis? Draw and label the 2 different cycles.
Incomplete Metamorphosis
Complete Metamorphosis
(3 stages)
(4 stages)
5. Describe an example of a physical adaptation that an insect has that enables it to avoid predators.
6. What adaptations do some insects have that allow them to obtain, eat, or digest different types of food?
7. What problems do the creatures in the phylum cause for humans?
ARTHROPODS page 2 Complete this worksheet using pages 374-378 in your science book.
ARACHNIDS
8. Draw a picture of an arachnid. Label the 2 body regions (cephalothorax, abdomen).
Make sure the legs and antennae are attached to the correct body part.
9. What adaptations do arachnids have that allow them to obtain, eat, and digest different types of food?
10. Describe an example of a physical adaptation that an arthropod has that enables that species to avoid their
predators.
CENTIPEDES /MILLIPEDES p. 375
11. Describe the following 2 ways that centipedes and millipedes are alike?
a. habitat
b. reproduction
10. Describe the following 2 ways that centipedes and millipedes are different.
a. body structure -
b. food source -
CRUSTACEANS
11. How does a crab make use of its 5 pairs of legs?
12. What are swimmerets? Describe the 3 ways a crab uses them.
13. What uses have humans found for organisms in this phylum?