Chapter 11 Flashcards
Animals
multicellular eukaryotes
all are heterotrophs and acquire nutrients by ingestion
Movement
a characteristic of all animals
Movement can refer to
- beating of cilia or the waving of tentacle to capture prey
- locomotion, movement from place to place
Some animals like hydra or sponges are
sessile, meaning they don’t move
The hydra (phylum Cnidaria) feeds by
moving it tentacles and stinging prey that swims near enough to touch
Some mollusks have a mantle which
secretes a shell that offers protection
Some arthropods, like crabs and grasshoppers, have an exoskeleton
consisting mostly of the polysaccharide, chitin, which does not grow with the animal and must be shed periodically
Exoskeletons
protects the soft body inside
in combination with muscles, it enables the animal to move rapidly
Animals, like the nematodes (roundworms). flatworms (planaria), and annelids (earthworms) have a
hydrostatic skeleton, a closed body compartment filled with fluid
-muscles change the shape of this fluid-filled compartment enabling the animal to move from place to place
Chordates, like frogs, cats, and humans, have an
endoskeleton made of bone and cartilage that grows as the animal grows
Bones are connected to each other at joints by
ligaments while tendons connect bones to muscles
Remember
endo vs exo skeleton
endoskeleton grows the animal
exoskeleton does not
Most life exists only within a fairly narrow range from
0 C - 50 C
What’s the most stable environment and experience the least fluctuation in environmental temperatures?
the ocean
Temperatures on land
fluctuate enormously
The size of ears in a jackrabbit can be correlated to
the climate it lives in
Jackrabbits ear’s in cold vs. warm
C: small ears close to the head to minimize heat loss
W: long ears to dissipate heat from the many capillaries that make their ears appear pink
How else can animals regulate body temperatures ?
by changes in behavior
Snakes
warm itself in the sun and cool off by hiding in the shade
Bees
swarming in a hive raises the temperature inside the hive
Dogs
pant and sweat through their tongues
Elephants
lack sweat glands but wet down their thick skin with water and flap their ears, which are rich in capillaries
Humans
shiver/jump around to keep wamr
Animals on a cold prairie in winter
huddle to decrease heat loss
Ectotherm
means heated from outside
closest in meaning to cold-blooded
Endotherm (Homeotherm)
the scientific word for warm blooded
-maintaining a constant body temperature despite changes in the environmental temperature
Which animals are endotherms/homeotherms?
birds and mammals
Being ‘warm-blooded’ requires
enormous energy
How did being warm-blooded give birds and mammals an edge in ancient Earth when the dominant animal was the reptile?
mammals and birds can be active at any time while reptiles can only be active when the temperature permits it