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Sponges are the simplest animals on Earth, but don't underestimate them! These asymmetrical creatures lack tissues and organs but still manage to thrive in aquatic environments. Their big evolutionary advancement was multicellularity - being made of many specialized cells working together.
Sponges have simple skeletons made of calcium carbonate or silicon spicules, plus a protein called spongin. They're filter feeders that pull water through tiny pores in their bodies to capture food particles. Special cells called choanocytes use tiny whip-like flagella to create water currents.
Sponges can reproduce both sexually and asexually. During sexual reproduction, most are hermaphrodites (having both male and female reproductive organs). They can also reproduce asexually through budding, making gemmules (protected cell clusters), or even regenerating from fragments - cut a sponge in pieces and each piece can grow into a new sponge!
Fun Fact A single sponge can filter up to 20,000 times its body volume in water every day - that's like a human filtering several swimming pools of water daily!
Ever been stung by a jellyfish? That's cnidarian power in action! Cnidarians include jellyfish, sea anemones, hydras, and corals - all sharing radial symmetry (body parts arranged around a central axis). These animals have two body forms the free-swimming medusa and the stationary polyp .
Cnidarians have just two tissue layers (ectoderm and endoderm) and a simple nerve net with no brain. Their major evolutionary advances include having actual tissues and radial symmetry. Their most distinctive feature is specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes that contain tiny harpoon-like structures (nematocysts) that fire when triggered.
These predators have a simple gut with a single opening serving as both mouth and anus (an incomplete digestive tract). Most cnidarians are hermaphrodites and can reproduce both sexually and asexually. During asexual reproduction, they simply bud off new individuals, while sexual reproduction typically involves releasing eggs and sperm into water.
Watch Out! Some cnidarians like the box jellyfish have stings powerful enough to be fatal to humans. Their nematocysts can still fire even after the animal is dead!
Flatworms represent a big step up in animal complexity! These bilateral animals (with distinct left and right sides) show cephalization - the concentration of sensory organs and nerve tissue at the head end. This gives them advantages in finding food and avoiding danger.
Platyhelminthes have three tissue layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm) and a simple nervous system with ganglia forming a primitive brain. Many have eyespots that can't form images but can detect light direction, plus sensory lobes for finding food. They're acoelomates, meaning they have no body cavity between their gut and body wall.
Like cnidarians, flatworms have an incomplete digestive system with only one opening, but their digestive processes are more complex. They can reproduce both sexually (as hermaphrodites) and asexually through fragmentation. Many flatworms are predators or detritivores, but some have evolved to become parasites.
Did You Know? Some flatworms can regenerate their entire body from just a tiny fragment - cut one into 100 pieces and you might get 100 new flatworms!
Flatworms come in three main varieties, each with their own lifestyle. Planarians are the free-living flatworms you might find in freshwater, marine environments, or damp terrestrial places. These predators have a distinctive triangular head with eyespots and sensory lobes that help them locate prey.
Flukes have taken a different path, evolving into parasites. They've lost the eyespots and sensory lobes of their free-living relatives but developed powerful suckers that allow them to attach firmly to their hosts. These adaptations show how evolution shapes organisms for specific lifestyles.
Tapeworms represent parasitism taken to the extreme. These intestinal parasites have no digestive system at all - they don't need one! Their specialized heads have hooks and suckers to attach directly to their host's intestine, allowing them to absorb nutrients through their body wall. Some tapeworms can grow over 30 feet long inside human intestines!
Biology Connection The evolution of parasitism in flatworms shows how natural selection can lead to both the gain of new features (suckers and hooks) and the loss of unnecessary ones (digestive systems and sensory organs).
Roundworms might not seem exciting at first glance, but they represent a major evolutionary advance! These bilateral creatures have a pseudocoelom (a partial body cavity) and a complete digestive tract with both a mouth and anus. This one-way digestive system is much more efficient than the two-way systems we've seen before.
Nematodes have three tissue layers and a simple nervous system with a ring of ganglia forming a basic brain. Unlike flatworms, roundworms typically have separate sexes (males and females) rather than being hermaphrodites. They reproduce sexually through internal fertilization.
These versatile worms have adapted to nearly every habitat on Earth! Some are beneficial decomposers in soil ecosystems, while others are predators. Unfortunately, many roundworms are parasites that infect plants, animals, and even humans. Their simple body plan has proven remarkably successful - scientists estimate there may be over a million nematode species!
Real-World Impact Roundworm parasites affect about 1.5 billion people worldwide! Common human parasitic roundworms include pinworms, hookworms, and the dangerous Ascaris worms that can grow up to 14 inches long in the intestines.
Mollusks are everywhere - from garden snails to calamari on your dinner plate! This diverse phylum includes three main classes Gastropods (snails and slugs), Bivalves (clams and oysters), and Cephalopods (octopuses and squid). Despite their different appearances, they all share the same basic body plan.
All mollusks have bilateral symmetry and three tissue layers. They're coelomates, meaning they have a true body cavity where organs can develop independently from the body wall. This represents a major evolutionary advance, allowing for more complex internal organization.
Mollusks have a more complex nervous system than the animals we've seen previously, with several ganglia controlling different body functions. Cephalopods take this to the extreme - octopuses have the most sophisticated nervous system of any invertebrate, allowing them to solve puzzles and use tools!
Amazing Adaptations The octopus has nine brains! It has a central brain plus a mini-brain controlling each of its eight arms. An arm can continue to react to its environment even if severed from the body!
All mollusks share three main body parts that make them unique. The foot is used for movement, the visceral mass contains all their organs, and the mantle is a specialized tissue that often secretes a protective shell. Many mollusks also have a radula - a tongue-like organ covered with tiny teeth for scraping food.
Mollusks show an important advancement in their circulatory systems. Bivalves and gastropods have an open circulatory system where blood flows partially outside vessels into open spaces. Cephalopods, however, evolved a closed circulatory system with blood entirely contained within vessels - making them faster and capable of growing larger.
The closed circulatory system of cephalopods is one reason they're such effective predators. It's more efficient at delivering oxygen, allowing for greater activity levels and supporting their more complex brains. This is why octopuses and squid can be such fast, active hunters compared to their slower mollusk relatives.
Evolution in Action The differences between sluggish clams and lightning-quick squid show how variations in a single body system (circulation) can dramatically affect an animal's entire lifestyle and capabilities.
Earthworms, leeches, and marine worms might look simple, but they have a revolutionary body design - segmentation! Their bodies are divided into repeating segments, each typically containing the same set of organs. This innovation allows for more sophisticated movement and increased complexity.
Annelids have bilateral symmetry, three tissue layers, and a true coelom (body cavity). They also have a more developed nervous system with ganglia forming a simple brain connected to a nerve cord running along their body. Their closed circulatory system with a heart-like structure efficiently transports oxygen throughout their body.
The advantages of segmentation are huge! It allows for more effective movement (different segments can move independently), increases complexity (segments can specialize for different functions), and provides redundancy (if one segment is damaged, others can continue functioning). This successful design pattern later evolved in arthropods and even appears in vertebrates like us (think of your backbone's repeating vertebrae).
Earthworm Impact A single acre of farmland can contain over a million earthworms! As they burrow, they aerate the soil, break down organic material, and improve drainage - services worth over $2,000 per acre annually to farmers.
Welcome to the world of arthropods - the most successful animals on Earth! This massive group includes insects, spiders, crustaceans, centipedes, and more, making up over 80% of all known animal species. Their success comes from several amazing adaptations that have allowed them to colonize virtually every habitat.
Arthropods have bilateral symmetry, three tissue layers, and a coelom. They have well-developed nervous systems with a brain, nerve cord, ganglia, and sophisticated sense organs. Their most distinctive features include specialized body segments (typically organized into head, thorax, and abdomen), a protective exoskeleton made of chitin, and jointed appendages that can be modified for walking, swimming, feeding, or sensing.
The exoskeleton provides protection and prevents water loss, but it creates a challenge it can't grow with the animal. That's why arthropods must periodically molt - shedding their old exoskeleton and growing a new, larger one. This process allows for growth but leaves them temporarily vulnerable to predators.
Mind-Blowing Scale If you combined all humans on Earth, we'd weigh about 287 million tons. The world's ants alone weigh about 700 million tons! Arthropods truly dominate our planet.
Arthropods reproduce primarily through sexual reproduction with internal or external fertilization, though many can also reproduce asexually. One fascinating aspect of arthropod development is metamorphosis - dramatic body changes during development. Some insects undergo incomplete metamorphosis, where young look like smaller versions of adults, while others experience complete metamorphosis, transforming from larvae (like caterpillars) into totally different adult forms (like butterflies).
The digestive system of arthropods is quite advanced, with a one-way digestive tract and several specialized organs. Their diets are incredibly diverse - some are herbivores, others carnivores, omnivores, or parasites. This dietary flexibility has helped them adapt to countless ecological niches.
Arthropods' success comes from their combination of protective armor, efficient movement, specialized body parts, and adaptable feeding habits. Their jointed appendages allow for precise movements, whether that's a spider spinning its web, a butterfly sipping nectar, or a crab defending its territory. No other animal group has achieved such diversity or abundance!
Insect Innovation Insects were the first animals to evolve flight, beating birds and bats by over 100 million years! Their wings are actually modified sections of exoskeleton, not modified limbs like bird or bat wings.
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Get ready to explore the fascinating world of invertebrates! These animals make up about 97% of all animal species on Earth and come in an incredible variety of forms. From simple sponges to complex arthropods, you'll discover how these creatures... Show more
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Sponges are the simplest animals on Earth, but don't underestimate them! These asymmetrical creatures lack tissues and organs but still manage to thrive in aquatic environments. Their big evolutionary advancement was multicellularity - being made of many specialized cells working together.
Sponges have simple skeletons made of calcium carbonate or silicon spicules, plus a protein called spongin. They're filter feeders that pull water through tiny pores in their bodies to capture food particles. Special cells called choanocytes use tiny whip-like flagella to create water currents.
Sponges can reproduce both sexually and asexually. During sexual reproduction, most are hermaphrodites (having both male and female reproductive organs). They can also reproduce asexually through budding, making gemmules (protected cell clusters), or even regenerating from fragments - cut a sponge in pieces and each piece can grow into a new sponge!
Fun Fact: A single sponge can filter up to 20,000 times its body volume in water every day - that's like a human filtering several swimming pools of water daily!
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Ever been stung by a jellyfish? That's cnidarian power in action! Cnidarians include jellyfish, sea anemones, hydras, and corals - all sharing radial symmetry (body parts arranged around a central axis). These animals have two body forms: the free-swimming medusa and the stationary polyp .
Cnidarians have just two tissue layers (ectoderm and endoderm) and a simple nerve net with no brain. Their major evolutionary advances include having actual tissues and radial symmetry. Their most distinctive feature is specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes that contain tiny harpoon-like structures (nematocysts) that fire when triggered.
These predators have a simple gut with a single opening serving as both mouth and anus (an incomplete digestive tract). Most cnidarians are hermaphrodites and can reproduce both sexually and asexually. During asexual reproduction, they simply bud off new individuals, while sexual reproduction typically involves releasing eggs and sperm into water.
Watch Out! Some cnidarians like the box jellyfish have stings powerful enough to be fatal to humans. Their nematocysts can still fire even after the animal is dead!
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Flatworms represent a big step up in animal complexity! These bilateral animals (with distinct left and right sides) show cephalization - the concentration of sensory organs and nerve tissue at the head end. This gives them advantages in finding food and avoiding danger.
Platyhelminthes have three tissue layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm) and a simple nervous system with ganglia forming a primitive brain. Many have eyespots that can't form images but can detect light direction, plus sensory lobes for finding food. They're acoelomates, meaning they have no body cavity between their gut and body wall.
Like cnidarians, flatworms have an incomplete digestive system with only one opening, but their digestive processes are more complex. They can reproduce both sexually (as hermaphrodites) and asexually through fragmentation. Many flatworms are predators or detritivores, but some have evolved to become parasites.
Did You Know? Some flatworms can regenerate their entire body from just a tiny fragment - cut one into 100 pieces and you might get 100 new flatworms!
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Flatworms come in three main varieties, each with their own lifestyle. Planarians are the free-living flatworms you might find in freshwater, marine environments, or damp terrestrial places. These predators have a distinctive triangular head with eyespots and sensory lobes that help them locate prey.
Flukes have taken a different path, evolving into parasites. They've lost the eyespots and sensory lobes of their free-living relatives but developed powerful suckers that allow them to attach firmly to their hosts. These adaptations show how evolution shapes organisms for specific lifestyles.
Tapeworms represent parasitism taken to the extreme. These intestinal parasites have no digestive system at all - they don't need one! Their specialized heads have hooks and suckers to attach directly to their host's intestine, allowing them to absorb nutrients through their body wall. Some tapeworms can grow over 30 feet long inside human intestines!
Biology Connection: The evolution of parasitism in flatworms shows how natural selection can lead to both the gain of new features (suckers and hooks) and the loss of unnecessary ones (digestive systems and sensory organs).
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Roundworms might not seem exciting at first glance, but they represent a major evolutionary advance! These bilateral creatures have a pseudocoelom (a partial body cavity) and a complete digestive tract with both a mouth and anus. This one-way digestive system is much more efficient than the two-way systems we've seen before.
Nematodes have three tissue layers and a simple nervous system with a ring of ganglia forming a basic brain. Unlike flatworms, roundworms typically have separate sexes (males and females) rather than being hermaphrodites. They reproduce sexually through internal fertilization.
These versatile worms have adapted to nearly every habitat on Earth! Some are beneficial decomposers in soil ecosystems, while others are predators. Unfortunately, many roundworms are parasites that infect plants, animals, and even humans. Their simple body plan has proven remarkably successful - scientists estimate there may be over a million nematode species!
Real-World Impact: Roundworm parasites affect about 1.5 billion people worldwide! Common human parasitic roundworms include pinworms, hookworms, and the dangerous Ascaris worms that can grow up to 14 inches long in the intestines.
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Mollusks are everywhere - from garden snails to calamari on your dinner plate! This diverse phylum includes three main classes: Gastropods (snails and slugs), Bivalves (clams and oysters), and Cephalopods (octopuses and squid). Despite their different appearances, they all share the same basic body plan.
All mollusks have bilateral symmetry and three tissue layers. They're coelomates, meaning they have a true body cavity where organs can develop independently from the body wall. This represents a major evolutionary advance, allowing for more complex internal organization.
Mollusks have a more complex nervous system than the animals we've seen previously, with several ganglia controlling different body functions. Cephalopods take this to the extreme - octopuses have the most sophisticated nervous system of any invertebrate, allowing them to solve puzzles and use tools!
Amazing Adaptations: The octopus has nine brains! It has a central brain plus a mini-brain controlling each of its eight arms. An arm can continue to react to its environment even if severed from the body!
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All mollusks share three main body parts that make them unique. The foot is used for movement, the visceral mass contains all their organs, and the mantle is a specialized tissue that often secretes a protective shell. Many mollusks also have a radula - a tongue-like organ covered with tiny teeth for scraping food.
Mollusks show an important advancement in their circulatory systems. Bivalves and gastropods have an open circulatory system where blood flows partially outside vessels into open spaces. Cephalopods, however, evolved a closed circulatory system with blood entirely contained within vessels - making them faster and capable of growing larger.
The closed circulatory system of cephalopods is one reason they're such effective predators. It's more efficient at delivering oxygen, allowing for greater activity levels and supporting their more complex brains. This is why octopuses and squid can be such fast, active hunters compared to their slower mollusk relatives.
Evolution in Action: The differences between sluggish clams and lightning-quick squid show how variations in a single body system (circulation) can dramatically affect an animal's entire lifestyle and capabilities.
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Earthworms, leeches, and marine worms might look simple, but they have a revolutionary body design - segmentation! Their bodies are divided into repeating segments, each typically containing the same set of organs. This innovation allows for more sophisticated movement and increased complexity.
Annelids have bilateral symmetry, three tissue layers, and a true coelom (body cavity). They also have a more developed nervous system with ganglia forming a simple brain connected to a nerve cord running along their body. Their closed circulatory system with a heart-like structure efficiently transports oxygen throughout their body.
The advantages of segmentation are huge! It allows for more effective movement (different segments can move independently), increases complexity (segments can specialize for different functions), and provides redundancy (if one segment is damaged, others can continue functioning). This successful design pattern later evolved in arthropods and even appears in vertebrates like us (think of your backbone's repeating vertebrae).
Earthworm Impact: A single acre of farmland can contain over a million earthworms! As they burrow, they aerate the soil, break down organic material, and improve drainage - services worth over $2,000 per acre annually to farmers.
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Welcome to the world of arthropods - the most successful animals on Earth! This massive group includes insects, spiders, crustaceans, centipedes, and more, making up over 80% of all known animal species. Their success comes from several amazing adaptations that have allowed them to colonize virtually every habitat.
Arthropods have bilateral symmetry, three tissue layers, and a coelom. They have well-developed nervous systems with a brain, nerve cord, ganglia, and sophisticated sense organs. Their most distinctive features include specialized body segments (typically organized into head, thorax, and abdomen), a protective exoskeleton made of chitin, and jointed appendages that can be modified for walking, swimming, feeding, or sensing.
The exoskeleton provides protection and prevents water loss, but it creates a challenge: it can't grow with the animal. That's why arthropods must periodically molt - shedding their old exoskeleton and growing a new, larger one. This process allows for growth but leaves them temporarily vulnerable to predators.
Mind-Blowing Scale: If you combined all humans on Earth, we'd weigh about 287 million tons. The world's ants alone weigh about 700 million tons! Arthropods truly dominate our planet.
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Arthropods reproduce primarily through sexual reproduction with internal or external fertilization, though many can also reproduce asexually. One fascinating aspect of arthropod development is metamorphosis - dramatic body changes during development. Some insects undergo incomplete metamorphosis, where young look like smaller versions of adults, while others experience complete metamorphosis, transforming from larvae (like caterpillars) into totally different adult forms (like butterflies).
The digestive system of arthropods is quite advanced, with a one-way digestive tract and several specialized organs. Their diets are incredibly diverse - some are herbivores, others carnivores, omnivores, or parasites. This dietary flexibility has helped them adapt to countless ecological niches.
Arthropods' success comes from their combination of protective armor, efficient movement, specialized body parts, and adaptable feeding habits. Their jointed appendages allow for precise movements, whether that's a spider spinning its web, a butterfly sipping nectar, or a crab defending its territory. No other animal group has achieved such diversity or abundance!
Insect Innovation: Insects were the first animals to evolve flight, beating birds and bats by over 100 million years! Their wings are actually modified sections of exoskeleton, not modified limbs like bird or bat wings.
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Anna
iOS user
I think it’s very much worth it and you’ll end up using it a lot once you get the hang of it and even after looking at others notes you can still ask your Artificial intelligence buddy the question and ask to simplify it if you still don’t get it!!! In the end I think it’s worth it 😊👍 ⚠️Also DID I MENTION ITS FREEE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING AND STILL GET YOUR GRADES IN PERFECTLY❗️❗️⚠️
Thomas R
iOS user
Knowunity is the BEST app I’ve used in a minute. This is not an ai review or anything this is genuinely coming from a 7th grade student (I know 2011 im young) but dude this app is a 10/10 i have maintained a 3.8 gpa and have plenty of time for gaming. I love it and my mom is just happy I got good grades
Brad T
Android user
Not only did it help me find the answer but it also showed me alternative ways to solve it. I was horrible in math and science but now I have an a in both subjects. Thanks for the help🤍🤍
David K
iOS user
The app's just great! All I have to do is enter the topic in the search bar and I get the response real fast. I don't have to watch 10 YouTube videos to understand something, so I'm saving my time. Highly recommended!
Sudenaz Ocak
Android user
In school I was really bad at maths but thanks to the app, I am doing better now. I am so grateful that you made the app.
Greenlight Bonnie
Android user
I found this app a couple years ago and it has only gotten better since then. I really love it because it can help with written questions and photo questions. Also, it can find study guides that other people have made as well as flashcard sets and practice tests. The free version is also amazing for students who might not be able to afford it. Would 100% recommend
Aubrey
iOS user
Best app if you're in Highschool or Junior high. I have been using this app for 2 school years and it's the best, it's good if you don't have anyone to help you with school work.😋🩷🎀
Marco B
iOS user
THE QUIZES AND FLASHCARDS ARE SO USEFUL AND I LOVE THE SCHOOLGPT. IT ALSO IS LITREALLY LIKE CHATGPT BUT SMARTER!! HELPED ME WITH MY MASCARA PROBLEMS TOO!! AS WELL AS MY REAL SUBJECTS ! DUHHH 😍😁😲🤑💗✨🎀😮
Elisha
iOS user
This app is phenomenal down to the correct info and the various topics you can study! I greatly recommend it for people who struggle with procrastination and those who need homework help. It has been perfectly accurate for world 1 history as far as I’ve seen! Geometry too!
Paul T
iOS user
The app is very easy to use and well designed. I have found everything I was looking for so far and have been able to learn a lot from the presentations! I will definitely use the app for a class assignment! And of course it also helps a lot as an inspiration.
Stefan S
iOS user
This app is really great. There are so many study notes and help [...]. My problem subject is French, for example, and the app has so many options for help. Thanks to this app, I have improved my French. I would recommend it to anyone.
Samantha Klich
Android user
Wow, I am really amazed. I just tried the app because I've seen it advertised many times and was absolutely stunned. This app is THE HELP you want for school and above all, it offers so many things, such as workouts and fact sheets, which have been VERY helpful to me personally.
Anna
iOS user
I think it’s very much worth it and you’ll end up using it a lot once you get the hang of it and even after looking at others notes you can still ask your Artificial intelligence buddy the question and ask to simplify it if you still don’t get it!!! In the end I think it’s worth it 😊👍 ⚠️Also DID I MENTION ITS FREEE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING AND STILL GET YOUR GRADES IN PERFECTLY❗️❗️⚠️
Thomas R
iOS user
Knowunity is the BEST app I’ve used in a minute. This is not an ai review or anything this is genuinely coming from a 7th grade student (I know 2011 im young) but dude this app is a 10/10 i have maintained a 3.8 gpa and have plenty of time for gaming. I love it and my mom is just happy I got good grades
Brad T
Android user
Not only did it help me find the answer but it also showed me alternative ways to solve it. I was horrible in math and science but now I have an a in both subjects. Thanks for the help🤍🤍
David K
iOS user
The app's just great! All I have to do is enter the topic in the search bar and I get the response real fast. I don't have to watch 10 YouTube videos to understand something, so I'm saving my time. Highly recommended!
Sudenaz Ocak
Android user
In school I was really bad at maths but thanks to the app, I am doing better now. I am so grateful that you made the app.
Greenlight Bonnie
Android user
I found this app a couple years ago and it has only gotten better since then. I really love it because it can help with written questions and photo questions. Also, it can find study guides that other people have made as well as flashcard sets and practice tests. The free version is also amazing for students who might not be able to afford it. Would 100% recommend
Aubrey
iOS user
Best app if you're in Highschool or Junior high. I have been using this app for 2 school years and it's the best, it's good if you don't have anyone to help you with school work.😋🩷🎀
Marco B
iOS user
THE QUIZES AND FLASHCARDS ARE SO USEFUL AND I LOVE THE SCHOOLGPT. IT ALSO IS LITREALLY LIKE CHATGPT BUT SMARTER!! HELPED ME WITH MY MASCARA PROBLEMS TOO!! AS WELL AS MY REAL SUBJECTS ! DUHHH 😍😁😲🤑💗✨🎀😮
Elisha
iOS user
This app is phenomenal down to the correct info and the various topics you can study! I greatly recommend it for people who struggle with procrastination and those who need homework help. It has been perfectly accurate for world 1 history as far as I’ve seen! Geometry too!
Paul T
iOS user
