2.) earthworms may survive conciderable time in water if the desolved oxygen level is high
3.) earthworms can not maintain a steady body temperature like humans therefore their breathing riseswhen temperature increases
4.) earthworms derive their food from organic matter( anything that has decomposed)
5.) excretion of waste and other materials is handled by the nephridia, functions like a kidney
6.) blood flows forward along the dorsal collecting vessel
7.) there is a large ventral nerve that sences everything that goes on inside the worm, a.k.a. the brain
8.) able to regenerate
9.) Mucus is an important adaptation
!0.) In addition to the mucus allowing earthworms to move it also allows them to stick together when their mating
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