The document compares different types of worms, including segmented worms and earthworms. Segmented worms have segmented bodies and are classified in the phylum Annelida. They are sometimes called annelids and there are over 15,000 species that live in water and land. The most popular species is the earthworm. Earthworms have setae, or bristles, on most body segments except the head and tail, which they use tiny muscles to move. They have a complex circulatory, digestive, nervous, and reproductive systems, but no respiratory system as gases pass through their moist skin.
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The document compares different types of worms, including segmented worms and earthworms. Segmented worms have segmented bodies and are classified in the phylum Annelida. They are sometimes called annelids and there are over 15,000 species that live in water and land. The most popular species is the earthworm. Earthworms have setae, or bristles, on most body segments except the head and tail, which they use tiny muscles to move. They have a complex circulatory, digestive, nervous, and reproductive systems, but no respiratory system as gases pass through their moist skin.
The document compares different types of worms, including segmented worms and earthworms. Segmented worms have segmented bodies and are classified in the phylum Annelida. They are sometimes called annelids and there are over 15,000 species that live in water and land. The most popular species is the earthworm. Earthworms have setae, or bristles, on most body segments except the head and tail, which they use tiny muscles to move. They have a complex circulatory, digestive, nervous, and reproductive systems, but no respiratory system as gases pass through their moist skin.
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The document compares different types of worms, including segmented worms and earthworms. Segmented worms have segmented bodies and are classified in the phylum Annelida. They are sometimes called annelids and there are over 15,000 species that live in water and land. The most popular species is the earthworm. Earthworms have setae, or bristles, on most body segments except the head and tail, which they use tiny muscles to move. They have a complex circulatory, digestive, nervous, and reproductive systems, but no respiratory system as gases pass through their moist skin.
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IV. SEGMENTED WORM - most ____________ of all worms.
- classified in the phylum ____________. ANNELIDA = type of worm with a ____________ body. - segmented worms are sometimes called __________. - more than ____________ species of segmented worms. - live in water and on land. - most popular species is the ____________. V. EARTHWORM - _________________________________________. - like all worms they have a head and tail end. - each segment except for the head and tail have 4 SETAE pairs of ____________. = _________________________________________. use their setae and sets of tiny muscles to move. - complex ____________ system. - food passes through a _______ and ____________ , where it is stored and then ground up. - food is digested & absorbed in the intestine. - closed ____________ system. - blood moves through vessels, or tubes, in the body. - In the head end, two large vessels meet and form 5 hearts, which the blood throughout. - ____________ system. - nerves run along the body and connect to a simple brain. - ____________ system. - Have male & female reproductive organs. - A single worm, does not mate with its self. - Reproduces sexually. - NO ____________ system. - gases pass in & out through the moist skin.