FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011 QUESTION OF THE DAY WHAT IS A BODY PLAN? GIVE AN EXAMPLE!!

MONDAY 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 ANSWER 1. CELL WITH NUCLEUS? 2. NUMBER OF CELLS 3. HOW ORGANISMS GET ENERGY 4. BACKBONE 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 FOOD  THEY SWALLOW THEIR FOOD AND THEY DIGEST FOOD INSIDE THE BODY.

The Animal Kingdom- REVIEW 1)INVERTEBRATE- AN ANIMAL THAT DOES NOT HAVE A BACKBONE 2) VERTEBRATE- AN ANIMAL THAT HAS A BACKBONE

MAIN INVERTEBRATE 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 Kingdom PORIFERA:  MEANS “HAVING PORES”  EX: SPONGES

The Animal Kingdom CNIDARIA:  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 SHAPED  SPINY EX: STARFISH & SEA URCHIN

ARTHROPODA:  MAKES UP 75% OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM  BASIC CHARACTERISTICS:  hard external skeleton  segmented body  jointed legs  Ex: beetle, milli & centipede, spider, crab

CHORDATA:  VERTEBRATES  HAVE INTERNAL SKELETON  VERTEBRAL COLUMN  LIMBS  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