Animals: A Survey Expectations

By the end of the unit you should have the following completed:

1.     Be able to define and give an example when appropriate of:

Group A: Animal, sessile, symmetry, asymmetrical, bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry, anterior, posterior, ventral, dorsal, exoskeleton, endoskeleton, vertebrate, invertebrate, chordates, acoelomate, pseudoceolom, ceolom

Group B: Porifera. Filter feeding, hermaphrodite, external fertilization, internal fertilization, osculum, collar cell, amoebocytes, spicules, pore cell

Cnidaria, polyp, medusa, nematocyst, gastrovascular cavity, jellyfish, hydra, Platyhelminthes, eyespot, planarian, tapeworm, nematoda,

Group C:   mollusks, gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods, Annelids, arthropods, exoskeleton, crustaceans, arachnids, insects, centipedes, millipedes, echinoderms,

Group D: Agnathans (jawless fish), bony fish, cartilaginous fish, amphibians, reptiles, internal fertilization, bird, mammals

2.  All of the following section should be read with the goal of being able to discuss/explain the information contained in them. 

25.1       Pages 692-695  You do not need to read the section on development of animals (p. 696-699)

25.2       Body plan and adaptations

The following chapter should be skimmed for pertinent vocab and diagrams

Chapter 26 Sponges, cniderians, flatworms, and roundworms

Chapter 27 Mollusks and Segmented worms

Chapter 28 Arthropods

Page 787

Please pay particular attention to diagrams on pages 714, 720, 722,728,742, 743, 751, 790,

3.     Have the following review questions completely answered:

Group 1- Typical Animal characteristics and Body Plans and Adaptations

1. Describe the characteristics of an animal.

2. Why are most sessile animals filter feeders?

3. Explain why movement is an important characteristic of animals

4. Compare and contrast planarian and roundworm digestive tracts.

5. Compare and contrast radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry with asymmetry.  Give an example of an organism with each type of symmetry.

6. Explain how an adaptation such as an exoskeleton could be an advantage to land animals.

Group 2 Biodigest: Invertebrates

          Complete these questions after reading pages 806 – 813

1.     A radula is to snail as a(n) _______________ is to a jellyfish.  Explain your answer.

2.     In what ways are echinoderms more similar to vertebrates than to other invertebrates.

3.     In what two ways are spiders different from insects.

Group 3 Biodigest: Vertebrates

          Complete these questions after reading pages 910–919.

1.  Why are endothermic animals able to live in areas of extreme temperatures such as the Artic  and the tropics? Explain.

2. Explain how the development of the amniotic egg was important for the transition of animals from life in the water to life on land.

3. How are reptiles and amphibians alike?  How are they different?

4. Labs to be handed in with discussion questions written out and answered in complete sentences:

Symmetry Lab                                        Minilab 25-2 Check out a Vinegar Eel

Problem Solving Lab 26-1                     Minilab 26-1 Watching a hydra feed

Minilab 26-2 Observing the Larval Stage of a Pork worm

5. Complete the body plan worksheet packet

6. Be able to give examples of members belonging to each animal group.

7.     Know all material covered in class notes.

8.     Be able to change units using the factor label method.

There is no extra credit for this unit.