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Animal Kingdom
bio 111 Tami Asplin
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/18/2013

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5 Characteristics of Animals
Definition

Multicellular

Heterotrophic

Lack cell walls

Capacity to move at some point in their life

Sexual reproduction

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Most diverse animal phylum
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Arthropods
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Porifera
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Cnidaria
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Platyhelminthes
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Nematoda
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Mollusca
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Annelida
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Arthropods
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Echinodermata
Definition
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What cells make a sponge alive, how do sponges get their food?
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Sponges get their food by filtering the water around them
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How do sponges protect themselves?
Definition
By hard spikes found throughout their body. Some of these spikes can contain poisonous chemicals, also by releasing chemicals into the environment around them
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Describe the 2 stages of the cnidarian's life cycle
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Medusa and polip (metagenesis)
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How do cnidarians protect themselves?
Definition
cnidarians have stinging cells called nematocysts located on their tantacles
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Describe the type of symmetry of porifera, cnidarians, and the other phyla
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No symmetry
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Protostome and deuterostome
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Protostomes- mouth develops then anus

Deuterostome- Anus develops then mouth

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List and give an example of the 3 chordata subphylum
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notochord, tunicates, lancelets
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8 classes in vertebrata subphylum
Definition

Agnatha - jawless fishes

Placodermi - jawed armored fishes
Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes
Osteichthyes - bony fishes
Amphibia - Amphibians
Reptilia - Reptiles

Aves - Birds
Mammalia - Mammals

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2 distinguishable characteristics of mammals
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Give birth to live young

Presence of hair

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Jaws/ fins
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Swim bladder
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Lungs
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Rigid backbone
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