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Chapter 1

The Eight Life functions discussed day one

The Eight Life characteristics

Homeostasis and Metabolism

Abiotic vs. Biotic

Levels of organization

Producers vs Consumers and examples (herbivoresdecomposers)

Adaptations

Essay options

  1. What does it take to be alive
  2. Why is a virus NOT classified as being alive
  3. What information could be used to Identify and unknown species most common relative? Comparative what?
  4. Can you design a controlled experiment? (Bulleted steps essay)

Chapter 16

Gene pool

Genes

alleles

Genetic drift

Bottleneck effect

Founder effect

Essay options

  1. Darwin’s take on Lamark’s Giraffes (apply his 5 major principles)
  2. Natural Selection, what is applying selecting pressures?
  3. Discuss the phenomenon of the peppered moth
  4. The greater the genetic variation in a population the greater the chances of that species survival.

Chapter 22

Asymmetric, radial and bilateral symmetry

Kingdom Animalia

Each phyla has a specific characteristic giving rise to the actual name

Phyla

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Examples

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Characteristics

Porifera
(Porous)
“Imagine how much deeper the Oceans would be without sponges” -Steven Wright / Sponges / No true organs, filter feeders
Sexual and Asexual reproduces by Fragmentation
Asymmetric
Coelenterates
(Hollow bodied) / Jellyfish, Coral,
Portuguese Man of War / Stinging cells
2 cells thick
Sexual and Asexual (budding)
Hollow body cavity: Gastrovascular cavity
Mostly Radial symmetrical
Platehelminthese
(Flatworms) / Flatworms, flukes and tapeworms / 3 layers
Bilateral
Mostly Parasitic
Asexual reproducing, (fragmentation )
The Start of specific body systems
Nematoda
(Roundworms) / Roundworms, Trichinosis / Unsegmented body plan
Parasitic
Complex life cycle
Annelida
(Segmented worms) / Earthworms, leeches, sandworms / Segmented body plan,
Sexual reproducing NO regeneration
5 pair of aortic arches (hearts)
Feeds on organic material in soil (Humus)
Setae: 4 pairs of hair/segment for locomotion
Molluska
(Fleshy mass) /

Class

/ Clams, oysters, muscles / Soft bodies
Radulla (specialized tongue) for scraping food
Muscular foot for locomotion
Well developed organ system
Bivalves
Gastropod / Snail, slug, nudibrach
Cephalopods / Squid, octopuses
Chiton / Chitons
Arthropods
(Jointed legs) /
Class
/ Grasshopper, ant, bee, moth, butterfly, / Joined appendages
Segmented body plan
Exoskeleton made of chitin (complex sugar)
Most numerous phyla
Sexual reproducing
Insect
Crustacean / Shrimp, crabs, lobster
Arachnid / Spiders, ticks, mites
Ecninodermata
(spiny skinned) / Sea stars, brittle stars, sand dollar / Radial symmetry
Water vascular system
Sexual and Asexual, regenerative