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Anthropology
Study of man.
TERM 2
Mammalogy
DEFINITION 2
Study of mammals.
TERM 3
Ornithology
DEFINITION 3
Study of birds.
TERM 4
Herpetology
DEFINITION 4
Study of amphibians/reptiles.
TERM 5
Ichthyology
DEFINITION 5
Study of fishes.
Entomology
Study of insects.
TERM 7
Helminthology
DEFINITION 7
Study of worms.
TERM 8
Protozoology
DEFINITION 8
Study of protozoa.
TERM 9
Bacteriology
DEFINITION 9
Study of bacteria.
TERM 10
Virology
DEFINITION 10
Study if viruses.
Morphology
The study of the form, structure and configuration of an
organism.
TERM 17
Taxonomy
DEFINITION 17
Study of classification.
TERM 18
How many species have been named by
zoologists?
DEFINITION 18
More than one million.
TERM 19
Roughly how many animal species are
thought to exist?
DEFINITION 19
One hundred million.
TERM 20
Name the five kingdoms
DEFINITION 20
Animalia - animals Plantae - plants Protista - protists Fungi -
fungi Monera - prokaryotes (bacteria, etc.)
Name the classification scheme
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species (King
Phillip Came Over For Great Spices!)
TERM 22
How many species are there in the Phylum
Protozoa?
DEFINITION 22
30,000 to 50,000.
TERM 23
Are protozoans multicellular or unicellular?
DEFINITION 23
Unicellular.
TERM 24
What does Protozoa mean?
DEFINITION 24
"first animals"
TERM 25
Do protozoans reproduce sexually or
asexually?
DEFINITION 25
Both - Asexually through budding and binary fission. Sexually
through fusion.
Radiolarian ooze was caused by...
Sacrodines.
TERM 32
Which class of protozoans is responsible for
trichomoniasis?
DEFINITION 32
Mastigophora (aka flagellates).
TERM 33
Which two protozoan species cause African
Sleeping Sickness?
DEFINITION 33
T. gambiense and T. rhodescience.
TERM 34
What is the vector of African Sleeping
Sickness?
DEFINITION 34
The Tse-Tse fly.
TERM 35
Malaria is caused by what class of
Protozoans?
DEFINITION 35
Sporozoa - specifically the Plasmodium sp.
What is the vector for Malaria?
Female anopheles mosquito.
TERM 37
Define 'Porifera'
DEFINITION 37
They are sponges - 'pore-bearers'
TERM 38
The most primitive multicellular animals
are...
DEFINITION 38
sponges!
TERM 39
Name four classes of Sponges
DEFINITION 39
Calcarea Hexactinella Demospongia Sclerospongia
TERM 40
What are the three shapes of sponges?
DEFINITION 40
Asconoid - simplest; kind of round-shaped Syconoid - wavy
thing Leuconoid - most complex; big waves with little ones in
between...
Name three classes of Cnideria.
Hydrozoa - hydras that move by "somersaulting" Scyphozoa -
TRUE jellyfish; have an inner membrane called a Velum
Anthozoa - basically coral; includes corals, sea fans, sea
anemones.
TERM 47
Name/describe the two shapes of Cniderians
DEFINITION 47
Polyps (anemones and hydras) and medusas (jellyfish).
TERM 48
Name two types of tissue found in hydras.
DEFINITION 48
The outer ectoderm and the inner endoderm (they are
diploblastic).
TERM 49
Mollusks hang on to rocks by...
DEFINITION 49
bassal threads (hairlike thingies).
TERM 50
The most advanced Cnidarians
are...
DEFINITION 50
the Anthozoans because they have an ecto-, meso-, and
endoderm.
What is the largest coral reef?
The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia; it extends
1300 miles. Belize has the second largest.
TERM 52
What does the phylum Ctenophora mean?
DEFINITION 52
ctene - comb phora - bearer = comb-bearers.
TERM 53
The Phylum Ctenophora includes...
DEFINITION 53
Jellyfish that are similar to cnidarians but have "combs" in
each direction on their body. They are slightly more
advanced than cniderians. Include sea gooseberries, sea
walnuts, and thimble jellies.
TERM 54
Name some basic characteristics of the
phylum Platyhelminthes.
DEFINITION 54
They are wormlike, unsegmented, and bilaterally
symmetrical animals.
TERM 55
What are some examples of
Platyhelminthes?
DEFINITION 55
Flatworms, tapeworms, and flukes.
Nematodes are mostly parasitic: T/F?
True. There are roughly 50 species that parasitize man
TERM 62
Name examples from the phylum
Nematoda.
DEFINITION 62
ROUNDWORMS - hookworm, trichina worm, pin worm,
whipworm, filarial worm, guinea worm.
TERM 63
Name examples of Nematodes that are
parasitic to humans.
DEFINITION 63
Ascaris lumbricoides. Trichinella spiralis - eating
undercooked pork. Filarial worms - cause filariasis
(elephantiasis), infects lymph nodes. Dracunculus
medinensis - guinea worm; this is the one that has to be
removed with a special worm-fork-puller-thing.
TERM 64
Segmented worms belong to which phylum?
DEFINITION 64
The Phylum Annelida.
TERM 65
Name the three classes of Annelids.
DEFINITION 65
Oligochaeta - earthworms Polychaeta - have parapodia (side-
feet) Hirudinea - leeches (named after the anti-coagulant
hirudin).
Setae
"Bristles" on an earthworm.
TERM 67
Oligochaeta means...
DEFINITION 67
"few bristles"
TERM 68
Polychaeta means...
DEFINITION 68
"many bristles"
TERM 69
Phylum Onycophora contains which worm?
DEFINITION 69
The velvet worms.
TERM 70
Arthropoda means...
DEFINITION 70
joint-legged.
Hemocyanin contains...
Copper (think cyanin = blue and copper generally = blue).
TERM 77
Name the three subphyla of the Phylum
Arthropoda.
DEFINITION 77
Chelicerata - contains arachnids, pycnogonodids, and
merostomata Myriapoda - contains chilopoda and diplopoda
(think a MYRIAd of legs!) Crustacea - obvious. Insecta -
obvious.
TERM 78
Centipedes have how many pairs of legs per
body segment?
DEFINITION 78
One.
TERM 79
Millipedes have how many pairs of legs per
body segment?
DEFINITION 79
Two.
TERM 80
What is the largest Phylum?
DEFINITION 80
Arthropoda.
What is the largest class?
Insecta.
TERM 82
How many pairs of legs do insects have?
DEFINITION 82
3 PAIRS, 6 total.
TERM 83
How many pairs of legs do arachnids have?
DEFINITION 83
4 PAIRS, 8 total.
TERM 84
How many pairs of legs do crustaceans have?
DEFINITION 84
5 PAIRS, 10 total.
TERM 85
What are the stages of complete
metamorphosis?
DEFINITION 85
1. Egg 2. Larva 3. Pupa 4. Adult
Name the four characteristics of the phylum
Chordata.
1. Dorsal nerve tube. 2. Notochord (gelatinous rod) 3. Gill
slits (sometimes only in the fetal stage) 4. Post-anal tail
TERM 92
Name the two major parts of your skeleton.
DEFINITION 92
Axial - head/chest Appendicular - arms/legs
TERM 93
How many classes of chordates are extinct?
DEFINITION 93
TERM 94
How many classes of chordates are extant?
DEFINITION 94
TERM 95
Name the three subphyla of the phylum
Chordata.
DEFINITION 95
1. Urochordata ("tail chord") 2. Cephalochorda ("head chord")
3. Vertebrata
Starfish belong to what
phyla?
Echinodermata.
TERM 97
Echinodermata means what?
DEFINITION 97
"spiny skinned"
TERM 98
Pentamorous
DEFINITION 98
Means 5 arms (phylum Echinodermata).
TERM 99
Name the three extinct classes of P.
Chordata.
DEFINITION 99
1. Ostracodermi 2. Placodermi 3. Acanthodii
TERM 100
Name the two superclasses of P. Chordata.
DEFINITION 100
Tetrapoda - four-legged animals Pisces - fish basically.
