Vocabulary Chp. 8 3/3/23 Quiz

The condition in which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment.

• Homeostasis

• arthropod

• Organ

Adaptation

• An invertebrate that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.

• An inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• An animal with a backbone.

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An animal with a backbone.

• Invertebrate

• Adaptation

• Vertebrate

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Invertebrate

• An animal with a backbone.

• An animal without a backbone.

• A body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together.

A body structure that is composed of different kinds of tissues that work together.

• vertebrate

• organ

• tissue

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A group of similar cells that perform a specific function.

• Tissue

• Radial Symmetry

• Organ

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A body plan in which any number of imaginary lines that all pass through a central point divide the animal into two mirror images.

• Radial Symmetry

• Bilateral Symmetry

• Adaptation

A body plan in which a single imaginary line divides the body into left and right sides that are mirror images of each other.

• Organ

• Radial Symmetry

• Bilateral Symmetry

Cnidarian

• An invertebrate that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.

• External skeleton; a tough, waterproof outer covering that protects, supports, and helps prevent evaporation of water from the body of many invertebrates.

• A radially symmetrical invertebrate that uses stinging cells to capture food and defend itself.

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a tough, waterproof outer covering that protects, supports, and helps prevent evaporation of water from the body of many invertebrates.

• Endoskeleton

• Exoskeleton

• Cnidarian