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Assignment:

1. Describe how biomonitoring can be distinguished from bioaccumulation

2. Invertebrates have either a chambered eye or compound eye design. Both these eye types have evolved dramatically. List 2 key innovations in eye evolution  and how these innovations have helped the animal .

3. How do we distinguish an ectotherm animal from an endotherm animal? Name and describe two behavioural and two physiological strategies that invertebrates use for thermoregulation

4. How do we distinguish an ectotherm animal from an endotherm animal? Name and describe two behavioural and two physiological strategies that invertebrates use for thermoregulation

5. Several invertebrates are predators and they use different foraging strategies to capture prey. Name three strategies that predators can be grouped in and list two advantages for each category

6. Parasites are organisms that live within or on another organism. While most parasites are harmful, name two instances where parasites are beneficial to invertebrates or vertebrates.

7. Describe with illustrations the difference between the apposition and superposition eye. Name one animal that has an apposition eye and superposition eye type

8. Discoveries made by studying insects have led to several applications. Name two applications each in the fields of technology and medicine that have been inspired by entomological studies.