1. Animal Biology

2. What are the characteristics of animals?

3. Multicellular
Heterotrophic
Eukaryotic (lacking a cell wall)

4. Chordate or Invertebrate?

5. Animals Invertebrates Nonvertebrates Vertebrates
Chordates
Nonvertebrates
Vertebrates
Sea Stars, worms, jelly fish and insects
Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
Tunicates, lanclets

6. Chordates
What four characteristics do all chordates exhibit at sometime of their development?

8. What essential functions must animals perform to survive?

9. Maintain homeostasis
Feedback inhibition
Gather and respond to information
Obtain and distribute oxygen and nutrients
Collect and eliminate carbon dioxide and other wastes
Reproduce

10. Body Plans: Levels of Organization

11. What are the typical types of symmetry exhibited by animals?

12. Body Plans: Symmetry

13. What are the three types of germ layers?
What are the three types of body cavities?

14. Body Plan: Body Cavities & Germ Layers

15. Embryological Development
What is the difference between protostomes and deuterostomes?

17. Cephalization