Chapter 1 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Animalia
is composed of the invertebrates and vertebrates
Aves
Is the class for birds
Binomial nomenclature
Linnaeus system of naming species
Chordata
All animals in the book, have one of the following characteristics have a backbone, tail and ect
Fungi
Mold, yeast and fungi
Invertebrates
Animals that don’t have a backbone like worms
Mammalia
is the class of vertebrates that posses mammory glands, have a body that is more or less covered with hair and posses a well developed brain , can produce milk
Monera
are the bacterial organisms that lack a true nucleus in the cell and reproduce by splitting
Notochord
Spinal cord
Osteichthyes
are the bony fish that usually have scales
Pharyngeal
throat area gill sits
Placental mammals
40 million years ago placental animals evolved and adapted new environments, these animals have a placenta through which the embryo and fetus are feed, (sexually reproduce)
Plantae
include multicellular photo synthesizing organisms
Protista
are single celled or microscopic animals including algae
Reptillia
is the class that includes snakes, lizards and turtles, have a Boney body
Taxa
7 categories of animals
taxonomy
is the science concerned with and classification of organisms.
Trinomial nomenclature
if a species had a subspecies name
Vertebrate
animals in the form of amphibians and reptiles
First animals discovered
Dated back to 3.8 billion years
First plants
Dated back to 2.2 billion years ago
Dinosaurs abundant
180 million years ago or during the Jurassic age
First domesticated animals
Wolfs ( dogs) and then cats later during the Egyptians
Oversees animal
USDA (United States department of agriculture)
