Exam 1 Flashcards
Animal
Having breath
Diversity
Having different forms, multicellular, heterotroph, lack cell walls.
Taxonomy
Formal naming system with hierarchical order
Taxa
Organisms in the rank
Biodiversity
Variety of different life forms on earth. A measure of all organisms in an area.
Phylogeny
Uses organismal characteristics to classify
Homoplasy
Not related, convergent evolution
Homology
Common ancestry
Cambrian through Cretaceous. COSDCPTJS.
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silarian, Devonion, Carboniferous, Permian, turassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
Monophyly
Most recent common ancestor and all it’s descendants
Paraphyly
Most recon common ancestor and some of its descendants
Polyphyly
Does not include recent common ancestors
Protoplasmic level
Level of organisation relevant for unicellular eukaryotes
Cellular level
Choanoflagellates, adhesion between cells
Cell-tissue level
Level of organization that includes metazoans (all animals), specific cells work together for specific functions, Porifera, placozoa
Tissue level
The tissue secretes are extra cellular matrix, highly coordinated unit (nerve net in cnidarians
Organs and organ system levels
Level of organization where to tissues work together to form specialized functions (most complicated level)
Animal Asymmetry
No plane that can be divided
Radial symmetry
Similar halves like a pizza
Biradial symmetry
Only two planes that can be cut evenly, organism is still radial
Bilateral symmetry
Mirroring left and right halves, cephalization
True body cavity
Has 3 embryonic germ layers, endoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm
Aceolomate
Invertebrate lacking a coelom, often worms or flatworms
Pseudocoelomate
Animal will fluid filled body cavity, often flatworms