Know the 4 Characteristics of Mollusks
What % of dissolved oxygen do mollusks take out of the water?
Differences between open & closed circulatory systems and which is most effecient and why.
Nephridia and Excretion and how they go together.
Know the 3 classes of mollusks as discussed in class and how they are
different from each other.
Class Bivalvia- 1) Why we use this name
2) Why they are a mollusks since they have no distinct head.
3) What are the adductor muscles, ganglia, siphons, and sessile
4) Know the 3 layers of their valves and function.
5) How are pearls produced and Nacre ( Naker)
Class Gastropoda- 1) Torsion and its function or purpose
2) 3 Ways gastropods respirate
3) Why moisture is important to respiration.
4) Various feeding habits of gastropods & examples.
5) Where the gastropod name comes from or why.
Class Cephalopoda 1) Examples of species
2) Unique defense mechanism
3) Jet propulsion, how it works
4) Nervous system advancement
Know the 4 characteristics of the Phylum Annelida
Know the 3 classes of Annelids
Class Polychaetea- Marine segmented worm
1 Pair of parapodia per segment
Class Oligochaete- Where the annelida name comes from
1) Earthworms are representative examples.
2) 3 things earthworms do for us.
3) Gizzard and difference in aquatic annelids
4) Hermaphroditic
Class Hirudinea- The leeches
1) Is segmentation present.
2) Medical uses today
Other Terms - Bilateral Symmetry, Coelom, Visceral mass,
Mantle cavity, Trochophore, Veliger, Ventral Surface, Cutaneous Respiration,
Herbivore, Setae, Parapodia, Castings