Thursday, April 30, 2009

Mollusk Study Blog

Mollusk Study Guide
by Mr. Carrison
with the ever watchful eye of Flash


  1. I would know all the words on the crossword puzzle!


  2. If meat & plants go with omnivore what word then goes with just plans?


  3. What is the only group of Mollusks that has a radula?


  4. OK, what the heck is it and what does it do?


  5. Irritating sand that can not get flushed out of a bivalve will become what???


  6. kl is short for???


  7. Know what cm, m, mm stand for.


  8. What are cilia and what to they do for a clam?


  9. Our semi-cool friends the clam have what type of circulatory system?


  10. Redtide - What is it? What causes it? So what? What's the big deal? Why should we worry about it or be concerned about the redtide?


  11. What type of mollusks have:
    -- 1 shell
    -- 2 shells
    -- tentacles, most complex and move by jet propulsion
    -- shell or may not have a shell, head/foot, found land and water, have radula


  12. Know the different types of Mollusk groups (see # 11) and what makes each group different from the others.


  13. Name 3 different gastropods


  14. Name 3 different cephalopods


  15. Name 4 different bivalves


  16. Can you remember the name of the big monovalve I showed the class?


  17. Gastropods have a radula to grab food, how do bivalves eat or capture food?


  18. Flash and I have a mantle at our house. He sleeps in front of it on his precious round bed, his only major asset! What function does a mantle perform in a bivalve?


  19. Are mollusks vertebrates or invertebrates?


  20. About how many weeks until summer? (Flash says 6 1/2 and he can't wait!)


  21. T or F Basically photosynthesis converts sunlight into stored chemical energy.


  22. Mollusk is a ______________ or the _________ kingdom.


  23. A rusting nail is an example of chemical or physical change?


  24. Burning a chicken drum to a charcoal blackened mess is and example of a chemical or physical change?


  25. Know what omnivores, carnivores and herbivores eat.


  26. Abalone is what type of mollusk?


  27. How much do you know about our dear friend the squid? Can they be found off the coast of Scituate? Do they have eyes? Do they have tentacles and are they cephalopods?
  28. Name all the kingdoms of life on our planet. How many are there total?
  29. Review your latin and common names for the worm phyla.
  30. Relax.... easy chapter, read the chapter and take good notes and you should do fine!

Stupid Mollusks are out smarting me!

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Measly Point Coupon: For one point each, max of 3 total points, cut and paste 3 different cartoon characters that are MOLLUSKS on to ONE page. Make sure your name and period are typed at the top of the paper. No credit for incited work! No credit for duplicated! Make sure to pass this in when you pass in your test!-

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Porferia, Cnidarian and Worms Test Study Blog
by Mr. Carrison
Gates Intermediate School
Scituate, MA

COMMENTS ARE BACK! For those of you with your own blogs the problem was in the POST OPTIONS link on the posting edit page. Simple fix once I saw it mentioned in a help forum.

This Friday's Test:



  1. Know all the key terms on pages 15 and 26 - this is pretty much the vocab!
  2. Read both chapters and take NOTES!
  3. Re-Read the Chapters!
  4. Know the Latin names for the phyla we are studying
  5. You might review the crossword puzzles we had in class.
  6. Review cell arrangement hierarchy (cells to complex organism bit)
  7. Review invertebrate and vertebrate
  8. What is the most complex worm phylum?
  9. As always do you know the difference between a plant and animal cell?
  10. Yea, OK, what the heck are seta? How are they used??? Who has them?
  11. Define parasite.
  12. What job or function does the gizzard perform?
  13. Do you know all the parts of an earthworm's digestive track?
  14. What does the crop do?
  15. Define radial and bilateral symmetry
  16. Can you list 5 animals with radial symmetry?
  17. How do sponges obtain food? What type of cell does this job?
  18. What structures actually put the food into many of the Cnidarian's such as a jellyfish mouth opening?
  19. Sponge have spikes or spicules. What function or job do they perform?
  20. Egg and sperm - asexual or sexual reproduction?
  21. What do cnidarian's use to capture or incapacitate their prey?
  22. To what phylum do earthworms belong?
  23. Can you describe an earthworm's digestive system? How is it different than a jellyfish or flatworm?
  24. Should dogs get checked yearly for parasitic worms?
  25. The majority of animals are invertebrates or vertebrates?
  26. What is the fancy word for the joining or an egg and a sperm cell?
  27. All animals are made of many _________________.
  28. What type of symmetry do most Cnidarian's have?
  29. Name 6 Cnidarian's.
  30. What habitat do sponges live in?
  31. What is the simplest worm phyla?
  32. OK, now what is the most complex worm phyla?
  33. What is the basic unit of structure and function in all living organisms on planet Earth?
  34. Now, take a deep breath! If you know all the above and have some good notes you should ace the test!

Lots of multiple guess questions, a few true/false and some picture id questions. 40 questions in all.

Good luck to all tomorrow! Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Study!... Then get a good night's sleep, get up early, eat a good breakfast and ace the test!

Measly Extra Point Coupon: Print from your computer (no copies or facsimiles accepted) something from the www concerning a parasitic worm. Can be an article or picture. Your choice on the animal it infects or the phylum that it belongs too. Worth 1 point EACH with a MAXIMUM or 3 allowed. Vertebrates with pokadots or plaid shoes are limited to 1.1429 points max! Beware: NO, that means NONE, ZERO and/or ZIP points for duplicates. Everyone must have a different site or parasitic worm. No llama parasitic worms please!

OK, due to popular nagging I have changed the comment format. Let me know if this is better or worse???