Taxonomy/Cladograms
Geologic Time Scale/Mass Extinctions
Protists
Animal Characteristics
100
These two taxons make up a scientific name.
What is genus and species?
100
Geo- means this.
What is rock?
100
Malaria is spread via this way.
What is a mosquito?
100
Animals are multicellular, heterotrophic, and ____ -karyotic?
What is eukaryotic?
200
Levels of Classification - Most Specific to Broad
What is species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain?
200
These are the remains or traces of an organism from the geologic past that has been preserved in sediment or rock.
What are fossils?
200
Fungus contain chitin in their cell walls; whereas fungus-like protists contain ________________.
What is cellulose?
200
Jellyfish exhibit this type of symmetry.
What is radial symmetry?
300
Two descendants that split from the same node on a phylogenetic tree.
What is a sister group?
300
Scientists find that two organisms from different species have a similar genetic sequence, meaning they..
Evolved from a common ancestor?
300
These are the ways protists move.
What are cilia, flagella, and pseudopods?
300
These are the two main types of animals (Hint: Think of support).
What are vertebrates and invertebrates?
400
Which of the following is true?
a. Lamprey have jaws.
b. Amphibians have a bony skeleton.
c. Crocodiles do not produce amniotic eggs.
b. Amphibians have a bony skeleton.
400
This marks the time when most of the major groups of animals first appeared in the fossil record.
What was the Cambrian Explosion?
400
Protists can exhibit these characteristics (name 2).
Unicellular/Multicellular
Heterotrophic/Autotrophic
Eukaryotic!
400
Flatworms do not have a body cavity and are known to be a/an __________________.
What is an acoelomate?
500
Name the Eukaryotic & Prokaryotic Kingdoms.
Eukaryotic - Plants, Fungi, Animals, Protists
Prokaryotic - Bacteria & Archaea
500
These are the main causes of the mass extinctions.
What is climate change, volcanic activity, and meteor impact?
500
Protists are classified this way.
What are methods of nutrition?
500
In most invertebrates, the blastopore develops into the mouth first. These organisms are known as ______________________.
What are protostomes?