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Cards (33)

  • What domain does Animalia belong to?
    Eukaryota
  • Do animals have cell walls?
    No
  • Are animals unicellular?
    No, they are multicellular
  • Are animals always motile?
    Motile during part or all of life
  • Are animals ingestion feeders?
    Yes, they ingest food
  • Why do scientists classify organisms?
    To understand relationships
  • What is the study of taxonomy?
    Naming and classifying organisms
  • What does phylogenetics study?
    Evolutionary relationships
  • What is the study of cladistics?
    Evolutionary relationships
  • What is the taxonomic hierarchy from Domain to Species?
    • Domain
    • Kingdom
    • Phylum
    • Class
    • Order
    • Family
    • Genus
    • Species
  • What kingdom do nematodes belong to?
    Animalia
  • What kingdom do humans belong to?
    Animalia
  • What is the domain of humans?
    Eukaryota
  • What phylum do humans belong to?
    Chordata
  • What class are humans in?
    Mammalia
  • What order are humans in?
    Primata
  • What family are humans in?
    Hominidae
  • What is the genus of humans?
    Homo
  • What is the species of humans?
    Sapiens
  • What reflects evolutionary development through animal history?
    Increasing complexity in body plans
  • What are the different types of embryonic tissues (germ layers) present in animals?
    • No germ layers
    • No mesoderm created
    • Mesoderm fills blastocoel
    • Mesoderm lines outer edge of blastocoel
    • Mesodermal band fills blastocoel
    • Mesoderm and coelom form together by enterocoely (modified in vertebrates)
    • Coelom opens in mesoderm via schizocoely
  • What are the types of animal guts?
    • No gut
    • Blind gut
    • Complete gut
  • What are the types of body cavities?
    • Acoelomate
    • Pseudocoelomate
    • Coelomate
  • What are the two types of coelomates based on developmental pattern?
    • Protostome
    • Deuterostome
  • What are the three things an animal needs to do to "make a living"?
    • Survive
    • Grow
    • Reproduce
  • What is homeostasis?
    Maintaining a stable internal environment
  • What are the organ systems?
    • Skeletal
    • Muscular
    • Integumentary
    • Digestive
    • Nervous
    • Endocrine
    • Circulatory
    • Lymphatic
    • Excretory/Osmoregulatory
    • Gas-exchange (i.e., Respiratory)
    • Immune
    • Reproductive
  • What does the term "phylogeny" refer to?
    Evolutionary history and relationships of organisms
  • What are different types of symmetry in animals?
    • Asymmetry
    • Radial symmetry
    • Bilateral symmetry
  • What is a cladogram?
    Diagram showing evolutionary relationships between organisms
  • What are different types of symmetry in animals?
    • Asymmetry
    • Radial symmetry
    • Bilateral symmetry
  • What are the sectional planes used in anatomy?
    • Sagittal plane
    • Frontal (coronal) plane
    • Transverse (horizontal) plane
  • What are the two main modes of coelom formation?
    • Schizocoely: coelom forms by splitting of mesodermal mass
    • Enterocoely: coelom forms from pouches of the archenteron