Chapter 1 [History Of Animals]

Question 1

Monera

Answer 1

The kingdom including the bacterial organisms that lack a true nucleus and reproduce by fission

Aka Bacteria kingdom

Question 2

Protista

Answer 2

Kingdom including the single-celled or microscopic animals and single-celled algae

Question 3

Plantae

Answer 3

Plant kingdom

Question 4

Fungi

Answer 4

Group of plants that lack chlorophyll and obtain nourishment off of other plants and animals (usually dead)

Examples: Mold, mushrooms, smut, etc

Question 5

Animalia

Answer 5

Animal Kingdom

Question 6

Chordata

Answer 6

Phylum with 4 districting characteristics:

• embryonic notochord
• dorsal tubular nerve cord running down back side
• pharyngeal or throat area gill slits
• rear tail area

Question 7

Notochord

Answer 7

Flexible chord of cells in embryo stage of growth; eventually becomes vertebrae

Question 8

Pharyngeal

Answer 8

Area of the Pharynx

Question 9

Mammalia

Answer 9

Class that includes Mammals

Question 10

Reptilia

Answer 10

Class that includes reptiles

Question 11

Aves

Answer 11

Class for birds

Question 12

Osteichthyes

Answer 12

Bony fish

Question 13

Binomial nomenclature

Answer 13

Linnaeus’s system for naming species

Question 14

Trinomial nomenclature

Answer 14

Adds a third word to the binomial nomenclature for an organism that has a subspecies name

Question 15

Placental Mammals

Answer 15

Mammals having a placenta through which the embryo and fetus are nourished while in the uterus

Question 16

Invertebrate

Answer 16

Animals without back bones

Example: Worms

Question 17

Vertebrates

Answer 17

Animals that have a spinal column

Question 18

Taxonomy

Answer 18

The science concerned with the naming and classification of organisms