Campbell Biology 10th Ed: Chapter 32 (An Overview of Animal Diversity Flashcards
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Example of an animal that uses its characteristics to acquire food and how?
chameleon: camouflage and long, sticky, quick-moving tongue
What traits do animals commonly use to detect, capture, and eat other organisms?
Strength, speed, toxins, and/or camouflage
defining characteristics of animals
multicellular, heterotropic, eukaryotes, embryonic tissues
How do you define a group?
take several characteristics together
heterotroph
ingests food
Do animals have cell walls?
no
What are animal bodies held together by?
structural proteins
Example of a common structural protein?
collagen
What tissues are a defining characteristic of animals?
nervous tissue and muscle tissue
tissue
groups of similar cells that act as a functional unit
What is the most common form of animal reproduction?
sexual reproduction
What stage dominates the majority of animal life cycles?
diploid
cleavage
rapid cell division by a zygote
blastula
multicellular hollow collection of cells created by cleavage
gastrulation
the formation of a germ layered embryo (gastrula) from the blastula
Zygote Multiplication
Figure 32.2-3
larva
sexually immature organism that is morphologically distinct from the adult
What does a larva become when it undergoes metamorphosis?
juvenile
juvenile
organism that resembles an adult but is not yet sexually mature
Hox genes
genes unique to animals that regulate the development of body form
Explain Hox gene diversity.
the family of genes is small but can be expressed in many ways
When did the common ancestor of animals live?
700-770 million years ago
choanoflagellates
group of protists that are the closest living relative to animals
What organism did the common ancestor probably resemble?
choanoflagellates