FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011

QUESTION OF THE DAY

WHAT IS A BODY PLAN? GIVE AN EXAMPLE!!

MONDAY DECEMBER 5, 2011MONDAY DECEMBER 5, 2011

QUESTION OF THE DAY

WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS USED TO CLASSIFY

ORGANISMS?

OBJECTIVE

I WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ANIMAL PHYLA

QOD ANSWERQOD ANSWER

1.1.CELL WITH NUCLEUS?CELL WITH NUCLEUS?

2.2.NUMBER OF CELLSNUMBER OF CELLS

3.3.HOW ORGANISMS GET HOW ORGANISMS GET ENERGYENERGY

4.4.BACKBONE OR NOTBACKBONE OR NOT

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:MOST COMPLEX OF ALL

KINGDOMS MULTICELLULAR (MADE OF

MANY CELLS)THEY OBTAIN FOOD FROM

OUTSIDE SOURCES THEY MOVE FROM PLACE TO

PLACE TO GET FOODTHEY SWALLOW THEIR FOOD

AND THEY DIGEST FOOD INSIDE THE BODY.

The Animal The Animal Kingdom- REVIEWKingdom- REVIEW

1)INVERTEBRATE- AN ANIMAL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A BACKBONE

2) VERTEBRATE- AN ANIMAL THAT HAS A BACKBONE

MAIN MAIN INVERTEBRATEINVERTEBRATE PHYLA PHYLA•PORIFERA - Sponges

•CNIDARIA- Jellyfish

•PLATYHELMINTHES - Flatworms

•NEMATODA - Roundworms

•MOLLUSCA - Mollusks

•ANNELIDA - Segmented worms

•ECHINODERMATA - Sea stars

•ARTHROPODA - Arachnids, crustaceans, insects

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011

QUESTION OF THE DAY

WHAT IS THE MOST NUMEROUS

PHYLA OF ANIMALS!!

The Animal KingdomThe Animal Kingdom

PORIFERA:

MEANS “HAVING PORES”

EX: SPONGES

The Animal The Animal KingdomKingdomCNIDARIA:

SAC-LIKE BODY

HAVE TENTACLES

EX: HYDRAS, JELLY FISH, CORAL, SEA ANEMONES

3 PHYLA OF WORMS:PLATYHELMINTHES - FLATWORMS

NEMATODA - ROUNDWORMS

ANNELIDA - SEGMENTED WORMS

MOLLUSKA:HARD SHELL SURROUNDING SOFT BODY PARTS

LIVE IN WATER & DAMP PLACES

EXAMPLES:SNAIL, & SEA SCALLOP

ONLY A FEW DO NOT HAVE SHELLS: OCTOPUS & SEA SLUG

ECHINODERMS:MEANS “SPINY-SKIN”STAR SHAPEDSPINYEX: STARFISH & SEA URCHIN

ARTHROPODA:MAKES UP 75% OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOMBASIC CHARACTERISTICS:

hard external skeletonsegmented bodyjointed legs

Ex: beetle, milli & centipede, spider, crab

CHORDATA:VERTEBRATESHAVE INTERNAL SKELETON

VERTEBRAL COLUMNLIMBS

Ex: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2011

QUESTION OF THE DAY

NAME THE CLASSES OF THE

PHYLUM CHORDATA!!

QOD answers

CLASS = MAMMALS

CLASS = BIRDS

CLASS = REPTILES

CLASS = AMPHIBIANS

CLASS = FISH

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011

QUESTION OF THE DAY

WHAT % OF ANIMALS ARE

VERTEBRATES?

QOD answers

•5 %

•OF THESE, MOST BELONG TO THE CLASS OF FISH

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011

QUESTION OF THE DAY

WHAT THREE PHYLA OF

INVERTEBRATES HAVE MEMBERS THAT LIVE ON

LAND?

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011

QUESTION OF THE DAY

NAME AS MANY CHARACTERISTICS

OF MAMMALS THAT YOU CAN!

QOD ANSWERS•PRODUCE MILK TO FEED ITS YOUNG

•HAIR

•LOWER JAW IS A SINGLE BONE ON EITHER SIDE