Animal Kingdom Flashcards
what percent of the Animal Kingdom are insects
70%
characteristics of all animals
- Ingestive heterotrophs
- Multicellular
- Mobile at some point in life
- Eukaryotes
- Produce gametes in gonads
- Young develop in egg or mothers body
- Some are sessile- permanently attached to one spot
Where did the first animals come from
the sea during precambrian era
what is symmetry where body parts are arranged around a central point
Radical symmetry
what is a pro of radical symmetry
detect food and danger from any direction
Symmetry where 1/2 of the body is a mirror image of the other half
Bilateral symmetry
what is a pro of bilateral symmetry
move more efficiently
what symmetry is having an arrangement of body parts that cannot be divided into corresponding sections
Asymmetrical
what is an example of bilateral symmetry
a beetle or a lobster
what is an example of radical symmetry
coral polyp
What is an example of asymmetrical
a crab
what is the top or back region
dorsal
what is the lower or belly region
ventral
what is the front or head region
anterior
what is the tail or rear region
posterior
define cephalization
most nervous and sensory structure are in the anterior end
what undergoes repeated cell division to form hollow ball of cells called the blastula
zygote
true or false
the blastula folds inward forming the gastrula stage
true