ANIMAL DIVERSITY Flashcards
biodiversity
refers to the variety of life on earth
how are animals sorted
animals are sorted according to their simillarities and differences
kingdom that animals belong and whats it divided into
kingdom anamalia where its divided into phyla which is based on the differences in their basic body plan
a phylogenetic tree
a diagram showing the evolutionary relationships between ancestral groups or organisms and their descendants
body plan
a structural characteristics of an organism that seperates it from other organisms or groups of organisms
important feautures of body plans
- symmetry
- cephalisation
- embryonic tissue layers
- development of a coelom
- number of gut openings
6 blood systems
3 types of body symmetry
- asymmetrical
- radial symmetry
- bilateral symmetry
characteristics of asymmetrical symmetry
there is no symmetry and the organism is most likely unicellular, has no pattern and cant be divided in halves
characteristics of radial symmetry
- body plan can be cut to get = halves
- can get food in any direction and sensory receptors are evenly distributed around the body
- usually sessile or can move around a little
example of an organism with radial symmetry
jelly-fish
characteristics of bilateral symmetry
- body plan can be divided into 2 = hallves in only 1 plane
2. is usually active and constantly moves around to search for food, to mate and interact with the environment
example of an organism with bilateral symmetry
humans
cephalisation
when most of the sense organs, feeding appendages and the brain are near the anterior part of the body
function of cephalisation in organisms
one side of the brain is a concentration of nerves and tissue and functions to receive and interprate stimuli
what are the first tissue layers formed in the embryo called
germ layers(which differentiate into different organs)