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1
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What are the characteristics of protozoans?

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– Heterotrophic
– Single celled organisms
– Functional organelles in place of organs and tissues

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What are the groups that are under the kingdom Protozoans?

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Excavata, alveolates (Ciliates, Apicomplexans)
rhizarians, unikonta

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What is the organism in the group excavata?

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Trypanosoma

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What does trypanosoma cause? And where it is located?

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African sleeping sickness, and is located in the blood of vertebrates

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What are some key characteristics of alveolata ciliates?

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They move by cilia and are complex with two nuclei

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What is the organism in the group alveolata ciliates?

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Paramecium

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Do the paramecium quiz

https://www.purposegames.com/game/paramecium-labeling

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What are the characteristics for Aveolata apicomplexans? What species is highlighted in this group?

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All members are parasitic, they cannot move, plasmodium is the species highlighted

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What does plasmodium cause?

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Malaria in humans

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what species do rhizarians contain? and what are they made out of?

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The species is radiolarians and they have skeletons made of silica

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What are some characteristics of unikonta tubulinids?

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  • Movement by pseudopod
  • Commonly found in freshwater ponds and
    streams
  • Reproduce by
    binary fission
  • Obtain food
    by phagocytosis
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What kind of organisms does the phylum porifera contains?

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sponges

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What kind of organisms does the phylum cnidaria contains?

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Cnidarians

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How can you tell if a sponge is in the class calcarea?

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Small, slender sponge.
Rarely exceeding one
inch in height.
* Found in shallow marine
water
* Reproduction is both
sexual and asexual

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How can you tell if a sponge is in the class Demospongiae?

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If they are common bath sponges or fresh water sponges

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What are some characteristics of the phylum Cnidaria?

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– Radial symmetry
– Digestive cavity
– Some muscle fibers
– Stinging cells – cnidocytes

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What two forms are in the phylum cnidaria?

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Poly and medusa

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How can you tell if an organism is in the class anthozoa?

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It is only in the polyp form and they are anemones or corals

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What forms can organisms form in the class hydroza?

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Polyp and medusa forms

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What species are in the class hydrozoa?

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Hydra (Polyp)
– Portuguese Man-Of-War (siphonophore)

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What form is predominant in the class scyphozoa? And what is the most common member in this class?

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The medusa form and the most common member is the jellyfish

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Describe the body plan for acoelomates?

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Lack a body cavity between the digestive
tract and outer body wall
* Tripoblastic (body tissue developed from
three embryonic germ layers)
* Bilateral symmetry
* Lack specialized organ systems for
transporting nutrients and oxygen to
internal organs

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What are the defining characteristics of the phylum plathelminthes?

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Dorsoventrally flattened body
(flatworms)
* Bilateral symmetry with dorsal and
ventral surfaces
* Distinct anterior and posterior
ends
* Most primitive of bilateral animals
* Well developed- nervous,
excretory, muscular, digestive, and
reproductive systems

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What are the three classes in the phylum plathelminthes?

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  • Three classes: Turbellaria,
    Trematoda, and Cestoda
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Label the planarian quiz

https://www.purposegames.com/game/planarian-to-label

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What organism are in the class turbellaria?

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Planarians

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What class are flukes apart of and what do they do?

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Class trematoda, and they are Internal parasites of vertebrates
* Thick integument- resistant to
hosts enzymes
* One or more ventral suckers
– Used to attach fluke to host
* Large portion of body occupied
by reproductive organs and a bi-
branched intestine

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LABEL THE FLUKE QUIZ

https://www.purposegames.com/game/fluke

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29
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What are the characteristics of the Chinese liver fluke?

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  • Life cycle requires two hosts
  • Adult fluke ~15mm long
  • Lives in the bile ducts of the human
    liver
  • Hermaphroditic – capable of self-
    fertilization
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What are the characteristics of the Sheep liver fluke?

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  • Commonly infects sheep and
    cattle
  • Can also infect humans
    – Human infestation common in Asia
  • Adult fluke ~15-50mm long
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31
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What are the characteristics of the blood liver fluke?

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Inhabit blood vessels
near intestines of
humans and other
vertebrates
* Long and slender
* Separate sexes

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32
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What organisms are in the class cestoda?

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Tapeworms

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33
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Describe the body plans of Pseudocoelomates

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  • Fluid-filled cavity called the pseudocoelom
    – A primitive cavity found in the embryo and persists in
    adults
  • Complete digestive tract
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What organisms are in the phylum nematoda?

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Roundworms, hook worms

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35
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What does trichinella spiralis cause in humans?

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Trichinosis in humans

36
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What classes are in the phylum Mollusca?

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– Class Bivalvia
– Class Polyplacophora
– Class Gastropoda
– Class Cephalopoda

37
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What classes and subclasses are in the phylum annelida?

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– Class Polychaeta
– Class Clitellata
* Subclass Oligochaeta
* Subclass Hirudinae

38
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What are the characteristics of the phylum mollusca?

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Soft-bodied animals that may
have an internal or external
shell
* Bilaterally symmetrical
* Have three main body regions

39
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What are the three body regions in the phylum mollusca? and what do they do?

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– Foot – means of locomotion
– Visceral mass – contains
excretory, digestive and
circulatory organs
– Mantle – specialized tissue that
secretes the shell

40
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What organisms are in the class bivalvia?

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Mussels, clams, scallops, oysters

41
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What are some characteristics of the class polyplacophora?

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  • Primitive marine
    organisms
  • Shell composed of eight
    overlapping plates
  • Muscular foot on
    ventral side
42
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What organisms are in the class polyplacophora?

43
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What organisms are in the class gastropoda?

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Snail, slugs, and nudibranchs

44
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What is the scraping structure in the mouth of a snail called?

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The radula

45
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What organisms are in the class cephalopoda?

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Squids, octopuses, cuttlefish?

46
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What are the characteristics of the phylum annelida?

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Phylum Annelida
* Segmented worms
– earthworms and leeches
* Have a true body cavity
(coelom)

47
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What organisms are in the class polychaeta?

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  • Polychaete worms, “sea
    mouse”, feather dusters
  • Thousands per square
    meter, often overlooked
48
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What are the organisms is in the subclass oligocaeta?

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Earthworms

49
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What subclasses are a part of the class clitellata?

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subclass oligocaeta, Subclass Hirudinea

50
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What organism is part of the subclass Hirudinea?

51
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What classes are in the phylum Chelicerates?

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Merostomata & Arachnida

52
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What are the characteristics of the phylum Chelicerates?

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  • Primarily terrestrial
  • Have two regions
    – Head and thorax fused (cephalothorax)
    – Abdomen
  • Six pairs of appendages
    – First pair are called chelicerae (pincers or jaws)
    – If first pair are pincers the next five pairs are for
    walking, if first pair are jaws second are for
    grabbing or holding (pedipalps)
53
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What organism are in the class merostomata? What are the characteristics of the Organism?

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HORSESHOE CRAB

  • Two body regions
    – Horseshoe shaped
    carapace
    – Abdominal shield
    – Telson (tail spine)
  • Used to right the body
    when overturned, and to
    push forward off the
    ocean floor
  • Most closely related to
    spiders
54
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What organisms are in the class arachnida?

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Spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks

55
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What are the differences between the two classes Chilopoda and Diplopoda?

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Class Chilopoda
(Centipedes)
– Predatory
– Venomous
– 1 pair/segment

lass Diplopoda
(Millipedes)
- Feed on detritus
- Live under leaves, logs & rocks
- 2 pair/segment
- protection

56
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What are the characteristics of the class Hexapoda and what organism is in this class?

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INSECTS

Three body regions
– head
– thorax
– abdomen)
* Antennae
* Three pair of legs
* One or two pair of wings (some modified)

57
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What organisms are in the class Crustacea?

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Lobsters, crabs, shrimp, crayfish

58
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What are the characteristics of the phylum Echinodermata?

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Marine, bottom-dwelling
animals
– Starfish, sea urchins, sand
dollars, and sea
cucumbers
* Most are radially
symmetrical
* Deuterostomes
* Have a true coelom
– Thought to be closely
related to chordates

59
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What organisms are in the class Asteroidea?

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Star fish and brittlestars

60
Q

LABEL THE WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM OF THE STARFISH

https://www.purposegames.com/game/starfish-sea-star-water-vascular-system-game

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What organisms are in the class Echinoidea?

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Sea urchins and sand dollars

62
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What organisms are in the class holothuroidea?

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Sea cucumbers

63
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What classes are in the phylum Chelicerates?

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  • Class Merostomata
  • Class Arachnida
64
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What classes are in the phylum Myriapods?

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Class Chilopoda
* Class Diplopoda

65
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What classes are in the phylum Pancrustaceans?

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Class Hexapoda
* Class Crustacea

66
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What classes are in the phylum Echinodermata?

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  • Class Asteroidea
  • Class Echinoidea
  • Class Holothuroidea
67
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What are the subphylum in the phylum Chordata?

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– Subphylum Urochordata
– Subphylum Cephalochordata
– Subphylum Vertebrata

68
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What are the big four characteristics that are for the phylum chordata?

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– Notochord
– Pharyngeal gill slits
– Dorsal hollow nerve chord
– Post anal tail

69
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what organism are in the subphylum Urochordata?

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TUNICATES
* Chordate characteristics are present in
larval stage
* Marine organisms covered by a tunic

70
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what organism are in the subphylum Cephalochordata? (With some characteristics)

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AMPHIOXUS OR LANCELET

  • Marine fishlike animal
  • Small- 7 cm (2.8in)
    maximum length
  • Shallow waters
  • 22 species
  • Burrows in the sand with
    anterior end sticking out
71
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What are the characteristics of the subphylum Vertebrata?

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  • Largest most diverse
    group of chordates
  • Have an
    endoskeleton with a
    backbone
    – Vertebrae develop
    and notochord
    becomes disks
  • Have a cranium to
    protect the brain
72
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what organisms are in this class agnatha?

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HAGFISH AND LAMPREY

  • Jawless fish
  • Vertebrae made of cartilage
  • Hagfish are marine
  • Lampreys marine and freshwaters
73
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What organisms are in this class Chondrichthyes?

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SHARKS, SKATES, RAYS
* Cartilage instead of ossified bones
* Skin has small pointed scales
– Dentine plates covered by enamel
(similar to vertebrate teeth)

74
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What organisms are in this class Osteichthyes?

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BONY FISH
* Skeleton is made of bone
* Dermal scales cover the skin
* Gills are covered by an
operculum
* Have a lateral line to sense
movement in the water (also
found on sharks)

75
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What organisms are in this class Amphibia?

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FRONGS<,TOADS, SALAMANDERS

  • Amphibious means dual life
    – Live on land and in the water
    – Were the first vertebrates on land
    – Are evolutionary link between fish and reptiles
76
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What are the characteristics of the class Reptilia?

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  • Adaptations for staying on the
    land
    – Scales
    – Protective covering for eggs
  • Keeps predators out and moisture in
    – Limbs modified for rapid
    movement on land
  • Ectothermic
    – Temperature comes from outside
77
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What are the characteristics of the class Aves?

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  • Have feathers and are capable of
    flight
  • Evolved from reptiles
    – Fossil evidence of young dinosaurs
    having feathers
    – Bone structure is similar in some
    reptiles and birds
    – Some extinct birds had reptilian
    teeth, tails, and claws
78
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How is the yolk of the sea urchin distrbuted?

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Distributed evenly

79
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What happens in the blastula phase in a sea urchin, and frog?

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The blastocoel forms

80
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What is formed during the gastrula phase in sea urchins that is super important?

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The three germ layers. (mesoderm, endoderm, exoderm)

81
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What does the ectoderm layer form in the gastrula phase?

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skin, sense organs and nervous
system

82
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What does the mesoderm layer form in the gastrula phase?

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muscles, skeletal elements and
blood

83
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What does the endoderm layer form in the gastrula phase?

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digestive system

84
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What happens during neuralation?

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It forms the neural tube

85
Q

How is the yolk of the frogs distributed?

86
Q

LOOK AT PICTURES THAT ARE LABELED FOR THE CHICKEN, SEA URCHIN, AND FROG IN THE SLIDES

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