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Earthworms

Earthworms live underground, and are used by often humans for fishing bait, gardening, and waste decomposition.

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Are earthworms sensitive to touch?

no you can cut it and they will become two.

What is the name of the internal body cavity of an earthworm?

The coelom of an earthworm is its body cavity. There are three categories for grouping animals according to their coeloms: coelomate (animals that have a true coelom lined by muscle tissue on both sides), pseudocoelomate (animals that have a coelom line by muscle tissue only on one side), and acoelomates (animals that do not have a body cavity lined by muscle tissue on either side). Earthworms are coelomate animals.

What is the front of an earthworm called?

it has slime on the covering of it's body!

What does a earthworms brain consist of?

About the size of letter O in Times New Roman font size 14.

What do earth worms eat?

Earthworms eat organic roots, leaves and other animals. In one day, they can eat one third of their body weight.

How do you classify an earthworm?

Well the classification of earthworms are 0399844. Also if the decimal value of this I can surely give it to you. Here it is 344532234.454433. Thankyou and I hope I haven't wasted your time.

What is the biggest earth worm?

what is a super LARGE earthworm A giant earthworm (Oligochaete) refers to either of two types of earthworms found only in Queensland, Australia. One (Terriswalkeris terraereginae) is a luminescent blue color and can grow to be about 6 feet long and the other (Megascolides austraiis) looks like an earthworm, but can grow to about 10 feet in length. A big earthworm is another type of worm which in my case I would stay away from because they could hurt you!

How do earthworms respond to there environment?

they go down in the dirt when it is warm. when it is cold they go to the surface.

Do earthworms have feelers?

Earthworms feed themselves by making their way through the soil. They do this by pulling soil into their mouth with their prostomium, (the first body segment of a worm excluding the mouth) combined with the muscular pharyngeal that is located on either side of the pharynx which causes the worm to actually suck in its food at a very high suction pressure. This is exactly why earthworms do not have eyes, food catching structures, or head appendages (includes nose and ears) . Earthworms also dont need ears because they have the senses that help them feel vibration in the soil. Their bodies have never needed to create such structures due to their natural way of moving and eating food. The food then enters the digestive system.

How does the function of an earthworm's crop differ from that of its gizzard?

As earthworms move, they take soil into their mouths. Earthworms get the energy they need to live from organic matter found in the soil. From the mouth the soil moves to the crop, where it is stored. Behind the crop is a muscular structure called the gizzard. Here, the soil and food are ground. In the intestine, the food is broken down and absorbed by the blood. Undigested soil and wastes leave the worm through the anus.

How fast do earthworms grow?

Earthworms grow atleast 2 inches a day. Earthworms are one of the most living creatures on earth. Earthworms are very rare even though people use them sometimes as bait for fishing or sometimes if they have nothing to eat they will eat earthworms. Earthworms been on earth for more then 1000 years...
they live toabout 2 years
a 10 ft. long earthworm has been discovered.

The digestive organ in which an earthworm stores food is?

Temporary storage occurs in the crop of an earthworm

Can earthworms freeze?

Yes arthropods are indeed called cold-blooded as they largely depend on their environment for heat; such as basking in the sun, etc. As such they are called partially ectothermic. The qualification "partial" is employed because some utilize mechanisms which generate heat; such as flying insects like moths and bees which vibrate their wings prior to takeoff to heat one of their body segments. Some flying insects also employ convective, evaporative and possibly heat-exchange thermal regulation methods.

How do snails and earthworms move?

The earthworm digs a 6 feet deep hole and bury themselves underground. They produce mucus which they cover themselves with to stay wet a cool. They do not have to fear of starvation because food is all around them such as broken up leaves.

How are earthworms and roundworms body cavities different?

an earth worm lives in the soft, damp soil underground digging tunnels like a mole. roundworms are parasites that live inside your body and can kill you

How does an Earthworm grow?

The first stage is the coccoon. The second stage is the hatchling. The third stage is the full size earthworm.
Fertilized eggs are deposited in the soil in cocoons. Each cocoon produces an average of four eggs. Eggs hatch within three weeks. Earthworms burrow deep into the soil and come to the surface to feed on organic debris.
they live and then they die

An earthworm's life cycle is very long.
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What does an earthworms mouth does?

yes earthworms have a mouth. How do you expect they eat?

Why is it said that the earthworm has a closed circulatory system?

It only has one flow of blood.

We have two flows of blood, one for the lungs and one for the body. This also means the worm will only have two heart chambers while you have four.



P.S. This is the third question on circulation i have answered today, is this someone typing in all their homework questions?

How the earthworm is beneficial?

The earthworm is beneficial in many ways. First, they crawl through the garden soil, loosening up the soil so it can get more oxygen and bring more water in for the plant. Also, as the earthworm crawls thorugh the soil, he leaves poo and this naturally fertilizes the soil.

Do earthworms prefer soil or water?

Earthworms prefer wet soil because they use their entire body surface as a respiratory surface, meaning they breathe through their skin. Keeping their skin moist makes it easier for air to diffuse across the skin.

How do earthworms sense the environment around them?

If you poke a worm, it wriggles. The poke is the stimulus and the wriggling is the reaction. Also, a worm moves away from light and moves to a moister area in the ground.

What is the function of an earthworms testes?

to release eggs
female gonad in which eggs are produced

How big can a earth worm get?

it depends what type of earthworm it is. The typical North American or European worm is 20cm. However the giant Gippsland earthworm, Megascolides australis, of Australia averages 100 cm long and 2 cm in diameter and can reach 3 m in length.

Why earthworms will be killed when salt is sprinkled to them?

If you sprinkle salt on a worm or snail, it creates a salt concentration gradient, wherein the fluid inside the worm is hypotonic with respect to the fluid on its surface. The water comes out of the worm's cells by osmosis until the solutions on either side of the worm's skin are isotonic. Worms don't like that.

The salt takes all the moisture from the snail/worm (what they use to live) and eventually kill them.