ap biology artifacts

Molly Carmody & Taylor Marcel

Moss: Non-vascular plants.

Liverwort: Has a ribbon likeform.

Hornworts: Non-vascular withhorn like shape.

Firmosses: Oldest vascular Classification and reproduce by shedding spores.

Foxtails: Segmented, hollow stems.

Field Horsetail: Seedless vascular plants.

Palm Tree: Has a stout trunk with hard green leaves at the top.

Maidenhair Tree: Resembles a conifer.

Gnetum: Have vessels that transfer water throughout the plant.

Pine Trees: Grow faster than other plants and the leaves are able toSurvive extreme weather conditions.

Fungi: Unicellular and contain unreleasedspores.

Sporangium: Forms sphericalspores during reproduction. 

Morel Mushroom: Does not have a sexual structure.

Mushrooms: Reproduce sexuallywith club-shaped spores.

Sea Sponge: They don’t use their mouths to eat but rather tiny holes on the outside to suck the water in.

Sea Nettle: Found in aquatic habitats. Body consists of mesoglea.

Freshwater Jellyfish: Include ahydroid stage in their lives.

“True” Jellyfish: It has a cup shape to its body.

Sea Anenome: Do not have a medusa stage but reproduce by releasing spermand eggs that form a planula.

Comb Jelly: Use the groups of “combs”for swimming.

Flatworms: Have no body cavity and no respiratory system

Bedford Flatworm: Lives in aquatic areas and has leaf-like shape.

Fluke: Flattened, oval like shape withmouth at the front end of the body.

Tapeworm: Lives in the digestivetract of an animal; parasitic flatworm.

Philodina: Microscopic aquaticCreatures, body is spherical or Cylindrical.

Nematode: Round worm with adigestive system.

Ribbon worm: Has a very slim bodyand feeds on dead animals.

Slug: Invertebrate and has a significant cavity for breathing.

Chiton: has a dorsal shell with shellplates or valves.

Snail: In Latin, Gastropoda meansstomach-foot. Snails and slugs bothuse their “stomachs” to move around.

Clam: The shell has two valvesand two hinged shells.

Octopus: Has a bilateral symmetricalbody, a prominent head and tentacles.

Consists of all ringed worms includingearthworms, flatworms and nematodes.

Sandworm: Marine worm with a body split into segments with bristles.

Leech: Flat and parasitic, usessuckers to get blood from prey.

Earth Worm: Terrestrial worms with“bristles” on the outside of the body.

Invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a segmented body and jointed appendages including spiders, crabs and all insects.

Spider: Joint-legged invertebrate animalwith eight legs.

Millipedes: Has two pairs of legs per segment.

Centipedes: Has one pair of legsper body segment

Lobster: Has an exoskeleton thatit molts to grow and has two-parted limbs.

Pill Bug: Small crustaceans with7 pairs of similar legs.

Plankton: Found in any water habitat andare very small crustaceans.

Crab: Has ten legs.

Praying Mantis: Three segment body with an exoskeleton, six legs,compound eyes and two antennae.

Head Lice: Blood feeding and causeskin irritations.

Ladybug: Has wings that are protectedby a “shield.”

Earwig: Has a pair of forceps pincers on their abdomen and has wings folded under other wings.

Mosquito: Has one pair of wings.

Aphid: Has a specific mouth with a beak-type to use to suck liquids, usually sap.

Bumble Bee: Has a set ofheavy wings.

Termites: Have same size and shapeof the wings.

Butterfly: Has scales coveringthe body and wings and undergo completemetamorphosis.

Dragonfly: Has teeth on theirmandibles.

Cricket: Have incomplete metamorphosis and also make sound by rubbing legs together.

Fleas: Wingless and has a tube or in order to suck blood from host.

Caddisfly: Moth-like with two pairs ofhairy wings

Consists of species such as starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers because they are marine animals found at the ocean’s depths.

Starfish: Has a star shaped body – A central disc with 5 arms coming from the disc.

Brittle Star: Has 5 long, slender whiplike arms for moving

Sand Dollar: Skeleton is made of tight and interlocking plates

Feather Stars: Have a mouth at the top surface that is surrounded by arms.

Sea Cucumber: Has leathery skin and an elongated body. Lives at the bottomof the ocean.

Human: Has a dorsal nerve cord, cartilage running under the cord and a post-anal tail at some point in the life.

Lamprey: Has no jaw.

Hagfish: Has a skull but no spine, alongwith no jaw.

Cephalaspis: Has no jaw and hasa single dorsal nostril.

Hippo: Vertebrate with jaws.

Shark: Jawed fish with scales, two-chambered heart and their bodies are made of cartilage rather thanbone.

Clown Fish: Bony fish rather than cartilaginous.

Toad: Vertebrate, cold-blooded and must go through metamorphosis.

Salamander: Has a long, well-developed tail.

Frog: Amphibian with no tail.

Caecilian: Live underground, lack limbs and look like worms.

Bearded Dragon: Breathe air, lay shelled eggs and have scales.

 Green Sea Turtle: The only speciesfound in Chelonia because of its fatbeneath its upper shell.

Snakes: Has scaly skin that actas a shield.

Crocodile: Elongated snout, strong jaw and tail. They are adapted wellto living in aquatic habitats.

Robin: Feathered, winged, Endothermic, egg-laying,vertebrate animals.

Cat: Breathes air, vertebrate, has hair and mammary glands.

Platypus: Mammal that layseggs.

Koala: Gives birth to under-developed young.

Sheep: Even toed, vertebrate, hoofed animals.

Dog: Meat and flesh eatinganimal.

Dolphin: Best adapted to aquaticlife, has flippers and tail (flukes),contains almost no hair and has blubber. Basically meaning “largesea animal.”

 Bat: Forelimbs are webbed and are seen as wings, only mammals capable of flight.

Anteater: Vertebrate joints have extra articulations.

Hedgehog: Eats mostly or only insects.

Rabbit: Resemble rodents, have a“hare form.”

Zebra: Odd-toed, vertebrate animals.

Monkey: Lives in trees and bushesand have characteristics such as 5 digits, 3 kinds of teeth and basicallywhat a human has as they are alsoprimates.

Elephant: Hoofed animal with trunk and tusks.

 Squirrel: Has growing incisors inthe jaws that are kept short when they are used for gnawing.

Manatee: Completely aquatic, herbivorous animals.