Invertebrates

Harcourt Science
Unit B Mrs. Strand
Chapter 3 6th grade
Lockwood Middle School
 Key Characteristics

• What are two characteristics of

invertebrates?
No _______________________

Many have ________________________

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Comparative Study of Invertebrates
Characteristic Sponges Cnidarians Worms Mollusks Echinoderms Arthropods

Symmetry

Reproduction

Digestion

Protection

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 Invertebrates
• Terms
– Vertebrates
– Invertebrates
– Endoskeleton
– Exoskeleton
 Two Types of Animals
• All animals have the same basic needs
– F______
• If you want to guess what the animal eats, look at its _______.
• Animals eat food to gain energy, but…
– O______
• Animals can’t make _________ without oxygen.
– W_______
• All animals are made up of cells which are made up mostly of
___________r.
– P__________
• Animals need protection from _______ and from __________.
• Some adaptations include…
• Invertebrates (96% of animal kingdom)
– May have _____skeletons
– May have j______
– May have _________
• Invertebrates Environments
– They’re _______________!

Do WB pg 73
Sponges, Cnidarians, & Worms
• Terms
– Sponge
– Cnidarian
– Flatworm
– Roundworm
– Parasite
– Segmented worm
Sponges, Cnidarians,& Worms
• Sponges
– Filter ________ for food
– Only _______ layers of cells
– Some specialized cells to channel _______ or
carry _______ to other parts of the sponge
– Skeleton is formed by ________ of spicules
– Most live in ________ _______ __________
– Most reproduce _____________, but not all

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sponge

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Biology Animals: sponges
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• Cnidarians
– All have the ability to _________________.
– All are _____________.
– The mouth is connected directly to the ___________
of the body.
– Wastes leave through the ___________.
– Don’t have s___________, but do have t__________.
– All live in water, most in sea water.
– Have _____________ symmetry.

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Cnidarian

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Biology Animals: Cnidarians & Echinoderms
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• Worms
– Have ____________ symmetry.
• Flatworms
– Flat bodies
– Digestive system with __________ opening
– Simple n_______ s_________ in the head (eye spots)
» Planarians have mouth at the end of a long tube.
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» Reproduce ___________
» Can r_______________ parts.
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 Roundworm

• Roundworms
– Have round, tube-like bodies
– Most are too _______ to be seen with the naked eye
– Live in _____ types of environments.
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– Have ____________ system with two openings.
– Muscles run _______________.
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– Have a _________ _________ with a brain and simple sense

organs.
– Reproduce ____________.
– Many _________ the organisms in which they live. (hosts)
http://www.warrenphoto
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• Parasitic Worms
– ___________ the host while __________ themselves.
– Frequently have _________ life cycles.
» Examples include h__________ and trichinella.
 • Segmented Worms
– Made up of connected ____________.
– Bodies are more _________ than other worms.
– Breath through their ________.
– __________ goes right into the circulatory system.
– Waste leaves the body through the anal pore.
– Have two sets of __________.
– Reproduce _____________.

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Biology Animals:Worms Color worm picture Do WB pg 78
worms
worms
worms
 Mollusks, Arthropods, &
Echinoderms
• Terms
– Mollusk
– Arthropod
– Arachnid
– Insect
– Echinoderm
 Mollusks, Arthropods, &
• Mollusks
Echinoderms
– More ________ than any animals studied before
– Has a ________ body with no ________
– “mollus” = soft
– Most have a hard _________ for protection
• This shell grows within their body and is formed by the ____________
– Mollusks have a muscular “foot”
– Mollusks reproduce __________
• Release sex cells into water, fertilized eggs mature to larvae, and then
adults
Some are bi________ and some are uni_________
– Examples are clams, oysters, slugs,snails, squid and octapods

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snail
snail
• Arthropods
– By far the l______________ phylum of animals (1million+species)
– Have jointed exo____________
– Muscular system allows for ________ movements
– Skeleton does not ________ as animal grows
– All have legs, a digestive system with ____ openings, a
c__________ s________ and a b_________
– Many have well-developed organs for s_____, s____ and
t_________
– Reproduce _______________
– Female lays f_____________ eggs
– Examples include: beetles, butterflies, spiders, shrimp, centipedes
and scorpions

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Biology Animals:Arthropods
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Spider
• Helpful & Harmful Arthropods
– Fewer that 1% of arthropods are harmful
Helpful Arthropods Harmful Arthropods

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ant
lobstert
• Echinoderms
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Have endo_____________
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– “echino” = spiny “derm” = skin

– Live only in __________ http://kentsimmons.uwinnipeg.ca/16cm05/1116/16anim5.htm

– Examples starfish, sand dollars sea urchins, and sea

cucumbers
– No b_______
– ___________l symmetry for body
– Mouth is at ___________ of underside of body with
powerful jaws
– Tube ___________
– Most reproduce ___________, but may also
___________ body parts
Color starfish picture
Do WB pg 83
starfish
 Controlling Pests
• This would be a great article to research
for extra credit :-) pg B94-B95

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Do WB pg 84