Biology Ii Unit 5: Animals Exam Study Guide 1 - Republic School District

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Biology II
Unit 5: Animals
Exam Study Guide
1)
List the differences between bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, plants, & animals. YOU MAY NOT JUST
ATTACH THE CHART FROM CLASS.
2)
What is a germ layer? List the three possible germ layers and where they are located within a
developing embryo.
3)
Describe the concept of cephalization.
4)
What is the difference between an acoelomate, a pseudocoelomate, and a coelomate? List which
animal phyla are each.
5)
What is the difference between a gastrovascular cavity and a complete digestive system?
6)
What is the difference between protostomes and deuterostomes? List which animal phyla are each.
7)
What is the difference between a nerve and a ganglion? How are they related to the formation of a
brain?
8)
Describe how a hydrostatic skeleton works.
9)
What is the difference between endotherms and ectotherms? List which chordate classes are each.
10)
What are the nine different animal phyla we discussed in class? Give an indicative (example) organism
for each.
11)
We discussed three different phyla that you were required to know down to the class level, as well.
Which phyla are they, and what are their classes?
12)
List all of the different specimens you will have to identify and tell which phylum they belong to (as
well as their class, if required; YOU MAY NOT JUST ATTACH THE SHEET FROM CLASS).
13)
What is the difference between the following terms: dorsal/ventral; anterior/posterior;
superior/inferior; superficial/deep; right/left
14)
What are the three types of mammals, and give an indicative organism for each.
15)
What are the major differences between the three fish classes?
16)
From an evolutionary standpoint, what makes amniotic eggs so important?
17)
What are the major characteristics of all chordates? What are the major characteristics of all
mammals?
18)
How many heart chambers are indicative of each chordate class? What makes a four-chambered heart
the most efficient form of circulation?
19)
Name and describe which respiratory organs are associated with each of the three arthropod classes.
20)
Why are closed circulatory systems more efficient than open systems?
21)
What are some pros and cons for having either an endoskeleton or an exoskeleton?
*This list of animal questions is not all-inclusive. You will be required to know the charts we completed in class,
as well as the specimens we discussed in class. This is a major part (~80%) of this exam.

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