Comparative: Crayfish Vs. Worm

Crayfish
Nervous System: 

• Made up of ganglion  which are connected by a circumoral commissures with the post oesophageal ganglia

Habitat:

• Crayfish live in water, which is classified as an aquatic environment. They are found in oceans and ponds.
• They hide from the predators in the deep ocean water, under rocks and in dark places.

Movement:

• Crayfish have an external skeleton and move by using there swimmerets.

Reproduction:

• Male crayfish attaches sperm underneath females belly. The female then uses her tail to attach the eggs to her swimmerets 

Worm:

Nervous System:

• Brain is connected to ventral nerve cord

Habitat:

• live in soil, found sometimes in grass, mud and gardens.

Movement:

• Earthworms move using there cilia and contracting there muscles. They have a hydrostatic skeleton.

Reproduction:

• Hermaphrodites, meaning both male and female - but can't produce with themselves.

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The Digestive System:

The digestive system is the chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are more easily absorbed into the blood stream.

Rat Digestive System


As humans we have similarities to the rat digestive system. They are listed as the following:


Similarities 
Three main areas of digestive system: salivary glands, oral cavity and the abdominal cavity.


There are also differences between Rat and human digestive system:


Differences
We as humans have gall bladder and rats don't. Rats instead have a bile duct which is formed with tubes to the liver.


Below is a picture of my rat dissection, it shows parts of the digestive system.



Respiratory System
The respiratory system of rat and human are very similar except for a few minor differences. They both use the system to exchange carbon dioxide and air.

Similarities
four chambered heart,
Differences:
Rats hearts take more breaths per minute than humans because their hearts beat faster.

What I Learned Today: Worm Sort

For the worm sort, I looked at four different types of worms. Each worm belongs to a classification. The worms I looked at were: Lumbricus earthworm, aempais leech, polynoe scale worm, calcareous tube worm. The classifications that they all could belong to are the following: Flat worm, round worm, tape worm and segmented worm.

Lumbricus earthworm - Segmented worm

Aempais leech - Segmented worm

Polynoe scale worm - Segmented Worm

Calcareous tube worm - Round Worms

CHARACTERISTICS/FACTS OF FLAT WORM:

-Spaghetti shaped, thin, solid bodys
-14500 species of flatworms
-Found in marine fresh water

CHARACTERISTICS/FACTS OF ROUND WORM:

- Nematoda Phylum
- Lives in soil, animals, fresh water
- Lacks circular muscles, have length wise muscles

CHARACTERISTICS/FACTS ON SEGMENTED WORM:

- Annelida Phylum
-Two body openings
-Body is a tube with in a tube
-Tiny bristles

CHARACTERISTICS/FACTS ON TAPE WORM:

- Flat bodies
- bilateral symmetry


Below is a picture of a tapeworm

What I Learned Today: Animal Sort Into Animal Tree

Animal sort into animal tree is sorting out the chordata for each different type of animal. The animals that were giving were the following:

• Snake, Osteichthyes, Silkworm Cocoon, Octopus, Nectures, Peziza, Katharina Tunicta, Hermit Crab, Seahorse, Reptile, Spider, Mopila Mucosa and Coonstripe Shrimp.

Each animal goes into a different Phylum classification.

Phylum Chordata: Snake, Osteichthyes, Seahorse, Reptile, Necture (Phylum Chordatas are vertebratse)

Arthropoda: Silkworm Cocoon, Spider, Hermit Crab, Coonstripe Shrimp (Arthropoda have joined ependages)

Mollusca: Octopus, Mopalia, Katharina Tunicta ( Mollusca is marine animals )

Ascomycota: Peiza (Sub kingdom of fungi)

Below is a simple picture of the Animal Phylum tree:

What I learned today: Obelia Medusa

Today I learned what Obelia Medusa is, and the structure/function of it. Obelia Medusa is a genus in the class Hydroza (Hydroza is a taxanomic class of predatory animals, which are solitary or colonial) and consists mainly of marine water and some fresh water animals. The Medusa is umbrella shaped. The tentacles on it have many nematocysts to assist in capturing prey. Extending into the cavity is the manubrium. The manubrium contains a mouth as its tip, and is surrounded by four oral lobes. Gonads can be seen on the outside of Medusa as well. Egg and sperm are released into the sea where fertalization takes place. The Zygote then devolops into plaula larva.

 Obelia Medus Parts: Below is a picture of Obelia Medusa. The parts for it are the ovary, tentacle, tenacular bulbs, circular canal, mouth, manubrium, gonad, gastrovascular cavity, radial canal, mesoglea

Obelia Medusa Labeled :

Introduction to Animals

The characteristics of Animals are:

• Heterotrophic, which means consuming food  (ingesting food)
• Primarily diploid - A cell/organism containing two sets of chromosomes.
• Sexual reproduction - Two individuals produce an offspring that has genetic characteristics from both parents.
• Embryonic development: Zygote --> blastula --> gastrula

Animals are eukaryotic multicellular organisms composed of cells that don't have walls. Animals are either invertebrates or vertebrates. Invertebrate means without backbone. Examples are: Phyla porifera (sponge), Cnideria, Platyheiminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusa, Arthopoda, Echinodermata. Vertebrates are animals with backbones.