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Characteristics and Classification of Animals: A Key to Understanding the Animal Kingdom, Quizzes of Biology

Definitions and explanations of the major characteristics that distinguish animals from other organisms, as well as the criteria used to classify animals into various groups. Students will learn about the significance of tissues, body symmetry, germ layers, body cavities, and development in understanding the animal kingdom.

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2009/2010

Uploaded on 03/27/2010

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TERM 1
What are the 5 major characteristics of the
animal kingdom?
DEFINITION 1
1. eukaryotic 2. heterotrophic 3. multicellular 4. lack a cell
wall 5. posses nerve and muscle tissues
TERM 2
Which of the five major characteristics is
unique to the animal kingdom?
DEFINITION 2
posses nerve and muscle tissues
TERM 3
What are the 6 criteria by which animals are
classified into various groups by?
DEFINITION 3
1. Tissues 2. Body Symmetry 3. Germ Layer 4. Body Cavity 5.
Development 6. Backbone
TERM 4
What are the 2 types of "Tissues" and what
phyla do they categorize?
DEFINITION 4
1. Parazoa (no real tissue): Porifera 2. Eumetazoa (real
tissue): All other phyla
TERM 5
What are the 3 types of "Body Symmetry" and
what phyla do they categorize?
DEFINITION 5
1. Asymmetric: Porifera 2. Radial: Cnidaria, Echinodermata
(as adults) 3. Bilateral: Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Mollusca,
Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata (as larvae)
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TERM 1

What are the 5 major characteristics of the

animal kingdom?

DEFINITION 1

  1. eukaryotic 2. heterotrophic 3. multicellular 4. lack a cell wall 5. posses nerve and muscle tissues TERM 2

Which of the five major characteristics is

unique to the animal kingdom?

DEFINITION 2 posses nerve and muscle tissues TERM 3

What are the 6 criteria by which animals are

classified into various groups by?

DEFINITION 3

  1. Tissues 2. Body Symmetry 3. Germ Layer 4. Body Cavity 5. Development 6. Backbone TERM 4

What are the 2 types of "Tissues" and what

phyla do they categorize?

DEFINITION 4

  1. Parazoa (no real tissue): Porifera 2. Eumetazoa (real tissue): All other phyla TERM 5

What are the 3 types of "Body Symmetry" and

what phyla do they categorize?

DEFINITION 5

  1. Asymmetric: Porifera 2. Radial: Cnidaria, Echinodermata (as adults) 3. Bilateral: Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata (as larvae)

TERM 6

What are the 2 types of "Germ Layer" and

what phyla do they categorize?

DEFINITION 6

  1. Diploblastic: Cnidaria 2. Triploblastic: All other phyla (excluding Porifera) TERM 7

What are the 3 types of "Body Cavity" and

what phyla do they categorize?

DEFINITION 7

  1. Acoelomate: Platyhelminthese 2. Pseudocoelomate: Nematoda 3. Coelomate: Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Chordata TERM 8

What are the 2 types of "Development" and

what phyla do they categorize?

DEFINITION 8

  1. Protostome: Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda 2. Deuterostome: Echinodermata, Chordata