LIFE SCIENCE

Chapter 12
Vocabulary

  1. _______________ - cnidarian body type that is vase-shaped and is usually sessile.
  1. _______________ - body parts arranged in a similar way on both sides of the body, with each half being nearly a mirror image of the other half.
  1. _______________ - animal that produces both sperm and eggs in the same body.
  1. _______________ - cnidarian body type that is bell-shaped and free-swimming.
  1. _______________ - animal that eats only plants or parts of plants; mammals with large premolars and molars for eating only plants.
  1. _______________ - animal that eats only other animals or the remains of other animals; mammals having large, sharp canine teeth and strong jaw muscles for eating flesh.
  1. _______________ - animal without a backbone
  1. _______________ - capsules with coiled triggerlike structures that help cnidarians capture food.
  1. _______________ - animal that eats plants and animals or animal flesh; mammals with incisors, canine teeth, and flat molars for eating plants and other animals.
  1. _______________ - animal with a backbone
  1. _______________ - describes an organism that remains attached to one place during most of its lifetime.
  1. _______________ - organism that does not depend on another organism for food or a place to live.
  1. _______________ - body parts arranged in a circle around a central point.
  1. _______________ - armlike structures that have stinging cells and surround the mouths of most cnidarians.
  1. _______________ - opening at the end of the digestive tract through which wastes leave the body.
 

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