CH 32 Flashcards
Animals
multi cellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes with tissues that develop from membrane layers
Nutrition
Animals differ from plants and fungi in terms of their _____
True
Plants are autotrophic eukaryotes capable of photosynthesis
enzymes
Animals ingest living/non-living matter then use ____ to digest
True
animals have no cell walls
collagen
most abundant protein - NOT found in plants or fungi
Tissues
groups of smaller cells that act as one functional unit
muscle and nerve cells
central to the animal lifestyle
sexually; diploid
most animals reproduce ______ and the _____ stage usually dominates the life cycle
Haploid stage
sperm and egg cells are produced directly by meiotic division forming a diploid zygote
cleavage
zygote undergoes _____ - a succession of mitotic cell divisions without growth between the divisions
blastula
formation of a multi cellular stage - in many animals it takes the form of a hollow ball
adults; larval
Some animals develop directly into _____, but in life cycles of most animals there is a ____ stage
larva
sexually immature form of an animal that is morphologically distinct form the adult - usually eats different food and requires a different environment
metamorphosis
the developmental transformation that turns an animal into a juvenile that resembles the adult but is NOT yet sexually mature