Difference between revisions of "AY Honors/Worms/Answer Key"
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==5. Name the 3 major phyla (the next largest category of classification) that contain worms, and describe them.== | ==5. Name the 3 major phyla (the next largest category of classification) that contain worms, and describe them.== | ||
==6. What do “free living” and “parasitic” mean?== | ==6. What do “free living” and “parasitic” mean?== | ||
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1. What is a worm?
A worm is an elongated soft-bodied invertebrate (boneless) animal. The best-known is the earthworm, but there are hundreds of thousands of different species that live in a wide variety of habitats other than soil.
2. Where do worms live?
Worms live in a variety of habitats, including in the soil, leaf litter, under rocks, in the water, and even inside the bodies of other animals.
3. What do worms eat?
Worms "eat" soil, which is to say that they swallow it, and as it passes through their bodies, nutrients are extracted from the organic materials found in the soil (such as dead leaves).
4. What kingdom are worms found in?
Worms are found in the Animal Kingdom.
