Chapter 20 Flashcards
How many lineages are there in multicellular organisms?
three
Describe the cells (function wise) in unicellular organisms and multicellular organisms.
- unicellular = all activities occur in one cell
- multicellular = cells are interdependent and some become specialized for different functions
What are the three lineages of multicellular organisms?
1) red and green algae evolved from archaeplastids
2) brown algae evolved from chromalveolates
3) fungi and animals evolved from unikonts
Where did fungi come from?
nucleariids
Where did animals arise from?
choanocytes (choanoflagellates)
What is an animal?
multicellular eukaryotes
How did animals evolve?
they probably arose from unicellular protists that began living together and eventually became colonial choanocytes which evolved to become animals
are animals heterotrophic or autotrophic?
heterotrophic
How do animals usually acquire nutrients?
through ingestion
Most adult animals are haploid. True or False
False
How do most animals reproduce?
sexually via the diplontic life cycle
are ALL animals only restricted to sexual reproduction?
no, some can reproduce asexually
What organisms classify as multicellular?
fungi, seaweed, animals, and plants
Describe the diplontic life cycle of a starfish?
1) a diploid female starfish goes through meiosis to produce haploid gamete cells (egg)
2) sperm from another starfish fertilizes the egg which forms a diploid zygote
2) the zygote goes through embryogenic stages
3) it becomes a larva or juvenile
4) via metamorphosis, it becomes an adult starfish
How old are the oldest animal fossils?
about 575 - 550 million years ago
Describe the body parts of the oldest animal fossils
soft body partys
when did animals develop hard body parts?
about 535-525 mya
How many animal phyla exist?
35
How many animal phyla are vertebrate?
one
How many animal phyla are invertebrate?
34
what are invertebrates?
organism that lack a vertebral column aka backbone
Animals vary in?
1) symmetry
2) presence of true tissues (number of embryonic tissue layers)
3) type of embryonic development
4) presence/absence of body cavity
What are the different kinds of body symmetry?
Radial and bilateral
What is a radial body symmetry?
- no back or front
- no left or right side
- any divisional plane going through the middle from the top to bottom divides the body into 2 identical halves