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Taxonomy

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the system we use to name and classify all organisms (living and extinct)

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Taxonomy is based on the system developed by

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Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linne) developed in 18th century

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System of binomial nomenclature

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because every organism has a two part name i.e homo sapiens, panthera leo (lion)

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Linnaeus classified every organism in a

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hierarchy, taxa, or levels of organization

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The taxa are:

*king phillip

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domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species

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Kingdom

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  • the most general

- consists of the most varied organisms

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Species

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  • the most specific

- consists of organisms that are the most similar

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1950s /60s

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all organisms were placed into only 3 kingdoms

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60s - 1990

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scientists expanded the system to 5 kingdoms : Monera (no longer used), Protists, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia

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1990

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some scientists added a 6th kingdom, Archaebacteria which included extremophiles (microorganisms that live in extreme environments) and that seemed so different from bacteria that they had to placed into a separate kingdom

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Today most scientists use the

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3 domain system

based on DNA analysis

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The 3 domain system more accurately

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reflects evolutionary history and the relationships among organisms

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All life is organized into 3 domains

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Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya

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superkingdoms

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eukaryota, prokaryota
separate by cell structure
-3 domain system is now favored

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Why is monera not used anymore?

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because prokaryotes are spread across two different domains , Archaea and Bacteria

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Why did scientists switch from the superkingdoms to the 3 domain kingdom?

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because Archaea have so little in common with bacteria that they must have their own group

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Why did archaebacteria have to be changed to archaea?

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because the Archaea are not bacteria

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Bacteria:

What are bacteria?

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All are single-celled prokaryotes w/ no internal membranes (no nucleus, mitochondria, or chloroplasts)

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Some bacteria are _____,some are ______.

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anaerobes, aerobes

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Bacteria are decomposers that

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recycle dead organic matter

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Bacteria play a vital role in

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genetic engineering (bacteria from the human intestine, escherichia coli, are used to manufacture human insulin)

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Some bacteria are _____(blue-green algae); others are _________.

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autotrophic

heterotrophic

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Do bacteria have introns?

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bacteria don’t have introns (noncoding regions within DNA)

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Bacteria have a thick,

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rigid cell wall

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Member species correspond roughly to the old grouping _______ and include:

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Eubacteria

  • blue-green algae
  • bacteria like E.coli that live in the human intestine
  • those that cause disease like Clostridium botulinum and Streptococcus
  • those necessary in the nitrogen cycle, like nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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Archaea:

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unicellular and prokaryotic

-no internal membranes such as a nucleus

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Archaea include

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extremophiles, microorganisms that live in extreme environments

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Extremophiles in archaea include

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  • methanogens
  • halophiles
  • thermophiles
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Methanogens

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obtain energy by producing methane from hydrogen

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Halophiles

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thrive in environments with high salt concentrations like Utah’s Great Salt Lake

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Thermophiles

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thrive in high temps, like hot springs in Yellowstone, or deep-sea hydrothermal vents

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Are introns present in archaea?

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introns are present in some genes

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All animals belong in the domain

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Eukarya

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In eukarya

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All organisms have a nucleus and internal organelles

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Eukarya includes the

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4 remaining kingdoms

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4 kingdoms in Eukarya are

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protista
fungi
plantae
animals

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Protista includes organisms that do not fit into the fungi or plant kingdoms such as

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seaweeds and slime molds

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Protista include

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the widest variety of organisms but all are eukaryotes

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Most protista are

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single-celled, but many are primitive multi celled organisms

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What do protista include?

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  • Includes heterotrophs (such as amoeba and paramecium)

- autotrophs (euglenas which have a red eyespot to locate light and chlorophyll to carry out photosynthesis)

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How do protists move?

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by various means
amoeba use psuedopods
paramecium use cilia
euglena use a flagellum

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Some protists (i.e. paramecium, algae) sometimes carry out

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conjugation, a primitive form of sexual reproduction where individuals exchange genetic material

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Some protists also cause

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serious diseases like amoebic dysentery and malaria

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Fungi

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All are heterotrophic eukaryotes

Can be unicellular or multicellular

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What role do fungi play in ecology?

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decomposers

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Digestion in Fungi

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Carry out extracellular digestion by secreting hydrolytic enzymes outside the body

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[fungi] After digestion ,

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the building blocks of the nutrients are absorbed into the body of the fungus by diffusion

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Fungi are saprobes,

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organisms that obtain food from decaying organic matter. As such they recycle nutrients in an ecosystem.

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What are cell walls in fungi composed of?

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chitin, not cellulose

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Certain fungi combine with algae in a

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symbiotic relationship forming various lichens which are photosynthetic.

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Lichens can survive

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harsh, cold environments and even live on bare rock.

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Lichens are often the pioneer organisms,

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the 1st to colonize a barren environment in an ecological succession

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How do fungi reproduce?

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Reproduce asexually by budding (yeast), spore formation (bread mold), or fragmentation whereby single parent breaks into parts that regenerate into whole new individuals
-they also reproduce sexually

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Examples of fungi:

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  • yeast
  • mold
  • mushrooms
  • fungus that causes athlete’s foot
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Plantae

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All are multicellular, nonmotile, autotrophic eukaryotes

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Plantae cell walls are made of

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cellulose

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57
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Plants carry out photosynthesis using

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chlorophyll a and b

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Plants store their carbohydrates

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as starch

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How do plants reproduce?

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Reproduce sexually by alternating between gametohpyte (n) and sporophyte (2n) generations (known as alternation of generations)

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Some plants have vascular tissue (_______), and some have no vascular tissue (________)

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tracheophytes

bryophytes

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Examples of plantae

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  • mosses
  • ferns
  • cone-bearing/flowering plants
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Animalia

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  • All are heterotrophic, multicellular eukaryotes

- Most are motile, can move on their own

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How do most animals reproduce?

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Most animals reproduce sexually with a dominant diploid (2n) stage

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Animalia: In most species, a small flagellated sperm fertilized

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a larger, nonmotile egg

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What is traditional way of classifying animals?

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primarily based on anatomical features (homologous structures) and embryonic development

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Animalia are grouped in ____ phyla but we commonly discuss _____

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35

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What are the 9 commonly discussed phyla?

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porifera, platyhelminthes, annelids, arthropods, cnidarians, chordates, nematodes, echinoderms, mollusks
PPAACCNEM

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Evolutionary Trends in Animals

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Organisms began as tiny, primitive, and single celled → lived in oceans → 1st multicellular eukaryotes evolved about 1.5 billion years ago

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Appearance of each phylum of animal represents

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the evolution of a new and successful body plan

70
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Important evolutionary trends in animals include:

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  • specialization of tissues
  • germ layers
  • body symmetry
  • development of a head end
  • body cavity formation
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Cell

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basic unit of all forms of life, ex. Neuron

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Tissue

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group of similar cells that perform one particular function, ex. Sciatic nerve

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Organ

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group of tissues that work together to perform related function, ex. Brain

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Sponges (Porifera) consist of a

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loose federation of cells, which are not considered tissue because the cells are relatively unspecialized

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Sponges possess cells that can

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sense and react the environment but have no real nerve or muscular tissue

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Cnidarians like the hydra and jellyfish possess only the

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most primitive and simplest forms of tissue

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As larger and more complex animals evolved ____________.

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, specialized cells joined to form real tissues, organs, and organ systems.

78
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Flatworms have organs but no

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organ system

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More complex animals like annelids (earthworms) and arthropods (grasshoppers)

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have organ systems

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The main layers that form various tissues and organ of the body are formed

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early in embryonic development and include the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm

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Ectoderm (Outermost layer)

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becomes the skin and the nervous system, including the nerve cord and brain

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Endoderm (innermost layer)

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becomes the viscera (guts) or the digestive system

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Mesoderm (middle layer)

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becomes the blood, muscles, and bones

Examples of animals with only 2 cell layers are porifera and cnidarians

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Porifera and cnidarians’ bodies consist of

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the ecto/endoderm and mesoderm, which holds the two layers together (middle glue)

85
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More complex animal phyla are

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triploblastic, having 3 true cell layers

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What type of symmetry do primitive animals exhibit? What about sophisticated ones?

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Primitive animals exhibit radial symmetry , sophisticated ones exhibit bilateral

87
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How are echinoderms an exception in body symmetry?

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Echinoderms are an exception because they are an advanced phylum and exhibit bilateral symmetry as larvae but revert to radial symmetry as adults

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Bilateral Symmetry

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Body is organized along a longitudinal axis with right and left sides that mirror each other

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Most bilaterally symmetrical animals are

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triploblastic, w/ ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm

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What came along with bilateral symmetry?

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the development of a head- the anterior, and a rear end- the posterior

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What’s clustered at the anterior end?

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Sensory apparatus and a brain (or simply ganglia)

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What’s located at the posterior end?

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Digestive, excretory, and reproductive structures

93
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These organs at the anterior and posterior ends enable animals to

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move faster to flee or to capture prey

94
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Simple animals

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sponges and cnidarians- don’t have a head

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Sophisticated animals beginning with flatworms and ending with chordates all show

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cephalization

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Coelom

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a fluid-filled body cavity that is completely surrounded by mesoderm tissue

97
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What does coelom represent?

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a significant advance in the course of animal evolution because provides a space for elaborate organ systems

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Primitive animals like flatworms do not have a coelom and are known as

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acoelomates→ their bodies are flat and all cells are in direct contact with their watery environment

99
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Nematodes or roundworms are called

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pseudocoelomates → they have a fluid-filled tube between the endoderm and the mesoderm that acts as a hydrostatic skeleton to support the animal

100
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Coelomates are the animals with

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coelom and are the most complex in the kingdom

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Coelomates include the following phyla:

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Annelida, Mollusca, Anthropoda, and Chordata

102
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3 Main characteristics of Porifera-Sponges

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  • No symmetry
  • No nerve or muscle tissue- sessile (don’t move)
  • Consist of 2 cell layers only → ectoderm and endoderm connected by noncellular mesoglea
103
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Porifera-Sponges have specialized cells but

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no true tissues or organs, each cell carries out many function

104
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What did porifera-sponges evolve from?

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colonial organisms?

105
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If you squeeze a sponge through fine cheesecloth,

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it will separate into individual cells that will spontaneously re-aggregate into a sponge

106
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How do porifera-sponges reproduce?

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Reproduce asexually by fragmentation

Also reproduce sexually, hermaphrodites

107
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Cnidarians include

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hydra and jellyfish

108
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Body plan of Cnidarians

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Body plan is the polyp (vase shaped) which is mostly sessile, or medusa (upside-down bowl shaped), which is mostly motile

109
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Life cycle of cnidarians

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Life-cycle →
* some go through planula larva (free swimming) stage then go through 2 reproductive stages,
asexually reproducing (polyp) and sexually reproducing (medusa)

110
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Cnidarians consist of only

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2 cell layers → ectoderm and endoderm connected by noncellular mesoglea

111
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Characteristics of cnidarians digestion include:

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  • Have a gastrovascular cavity where extracellular digestion occurs
  • Carry out intracellular digestion inside body cells in lysosomes
112
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Cnidarians have no transport system because

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every cell is in direct contact with the environment

113
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All cnidarians members have

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stinging cells-cnidocytes- containing stingers, which are called nematocysts

114
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Platyhelminthes

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Flatworms including Tapeworms

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Platyhelminthes are

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  • simplest animals with bilateral symmetry

- an anterior end and three distinct cell layers: ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm

116
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Digestion in Platyhelminthes

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  • The digestive cavity has only one opening for both ingestion and egestion so food cannot be processed continuously
  • They have a solid body and have no room for true digestive or respiratory systems to circulate food or oxygen. Flatworms have solved this problem in a unique way
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In Platyhelminthes, the body is so flat and thin that many

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body cells can exchange nutrients and wastes by diffusion with the environment

118
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Nematods

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roundworms

119
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Nematods are

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unsegmented worms with bilateral symmetry but little sensory apparatus

120
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Many nematods are

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parasitic, trichinella causes trichinosis, which is contracted by eating uncooked pork

121
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What species of nematods are widely used as an animal model in studying genes and embryonic development?

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C. elegans

122
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Annelids

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Segmented Worms like Earthworms, Leeches

123
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What type of symmetry do annelids have?

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Bilateral symmetry with little sensory apparatus

124
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Digestion in Annelids

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  • Digestive tract is a tube-within-a-tube consisting of crop, gizzard, and intestine
  • Nephridia for excretion of the nitrogen waste, urea
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Circulatory system of Annelids

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  • Closed circulatory system- heart consists of 5 pairs of aortic arches
  • Blood contains hemoglobin and carries oxygen
126
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Annelids diffusion

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Diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide through moist skin

127
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Annelids are

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hermaphrodites

128
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Mollusks

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Squids, Octopuses, Slugs, Clams, and Snails

129
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Circulatory system of Mollusks

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Open circulatory system with blood-filled spaces called hemocoels or sinuses

130
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Symmetry of Mollusks

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Have bilateral symmetry with 3 distinct body zones

131
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What are the 3-distinct body zones of mollusks?

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  1. Head-foot which contains both sensory and motor organs
  2. Visceral mass which contains the organs of digestion, excretion, and reproduction
  3. Mantle a specialized tissue that surrounds the visceral mass and secretes the shell
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Mollusks have a radula, which is

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a movable, tooth-bearing structure, acts like a tongue

133
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Most mollusks have

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gills and nephridia

134
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Arthropods

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Insects (Grasshopper), Crustacea (Shrimp, Crab), Arachnida (Spider)

135
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2 Main Arthropods Characteristics

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  • Jointed appendages

- Segmented into head, thorax, abdomen

136
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What protects arthropods and helps their movement?

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Chitinous exoskeleton

137
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Compare arthropods and annelids

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arthropods more sensory apparatus than in annelids, giving them more speed and freedom of movement

138
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Circulatory of Arthropods

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Open circulatory system with a tubular heart and hemocoels, sinuses

139
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Digestion of Arthropods

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Mapighian tubules for removal of nitrogenous wastes, uric acid

140
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Respiratory System of Arthropods

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Air ducts called trachea bring air from the environment into hemocoels

141
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Echinoderms

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Sea Stars (Starfish) and Sea Urchins

142
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Echinoderms are

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sessile or slow moving

143
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Symmetry of Echinoderms

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Bilateral symmetry as an embryo → primitive radial symmetry as an adult , the radial anatomy of the adult is an adaptation to a (sedentary) inactive life

144
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Echinoderm’s water vascular system creates

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hydrostatic support for the tube feet, the locomotive structures

145
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How do echinoderms reproduce?

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  • Reproduce by sexual reproduction with external fertilization
  • Can also reproduce by fragmentation and regeneration→ any piece of a sea star that contains part of the central canal will form a completely new organism
146
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Sea stars have an endoskeleton consisting of

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calcium plates

147
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Sea stars have an endoskeleton consisting of

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consisting of calcium plates (endoskeleton grows w/ the body, exoskeleton doesn’t and must be shed periodically)

148
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Chordates

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Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals

149
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Chordates

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Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals

150
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Chordates have a notochord

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a rod that extends the length of the body and serves as a flexible axis

151
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The tail aids in _______and ________, the coccyx bone in humans is a _______ of a tail

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movement and balance

vestige

152
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Birds+mammals are homeotherms meaning

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they maintain a consistent body temp.

153
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Other than birds/mammals, all other chordates are

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cold-blooded although some reptiles are endotherms (heat from within) and are able to raise their body temp

154
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Mammals belong to the phylum

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cordata

155
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Main 3 characteristics of mammals

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  • Mothers nourish children w/ milk from mammary glands
  • Have hair or fur
  • Endotherms (warm-blooded)
156
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Most mammals are

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placental

‘eutherians’

157
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Eutherians means

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the embryo develops internally in a uterus connected ot the mother by a placenta where nutrients diffused from mother to embryo

158
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What happens if a marsupial is born very early in embryonic development?

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the ‘joey’ completes its development while nursing in the mother’s pouch attached to a tea

159
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What are monotremes?

A

egg-laying mammals

160
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Examples of monotremes

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the duck-billed platypus and the spiny anteater, derive nutrients from a shelled egg

161
Q

What did primates descend from?

A

insectivores, small-tree dwelling mammals

162
Q

Primates have dexterous hand and

A

opposable thumbs, making it possible to do fine-motor tasks

163
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Primate’s nails replaces

A

claws + hands and fingers contain many more nerve endings and are sensitive

164
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How do primate’s forward facing/set close together eyes help them?

A

face-to-face communication

165
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Who engages in the most intense parenting of any mammal?

A

primates

166
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Primates include

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humans, gorillas, chimps, orangutans, gibbons, and the old and new world monkey

167
Q

Cladograms and Phylogenetic Trees

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These are diagrammatic representations of evolutionary history based on DNA sequences

168
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How do you build a cladogram?

A

you must distinguish the difference between shared traits - those that organisms have in common- and
derived traits- new characteristics or innovations that are not shared with ancestors

169
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How do you build a cladogram?

A

you must distinguish the difference between shared traits - those that organisms have in common- and derived traits- new characteristics or innovations that are not shared with ancestors

SAT II Biology (15 decks)

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