Daily Questions Unit 7- Animals
Ch 25 Introduction to Animals
25.1
1 Compare and Contrast How do vertebrates differ from other chordates
2 Review Describe the seven essential functions performed by all animals
Explain Why must waste products produced by metabolic processes be eliminated from an animal’s
body
3 Classify A classmate is looking at a unicellular organism under a microscope and asks you if it is an
animal- what do you answer and why
25.2
1. Infer How is the embryology of echinoderms similar to that of vertebrates? What might this
similarity indicate about their evolutionary relationship
2. Review What two features define animal phyla
3. Apply Concepts Explain the description of a body plan as an evolutionary “experiment” be sure
to include successful and unsuccessful body plans
Ch 26 Animal Evolution and Diversity
26.1
1. Apply Concepts Design a “new” invertebrate. Create and illustration on which you point out its
body plan features. Then show its place on the cladogram of invertebrates and write a caption
explaining how its features helped you decide where it belongs.
26.2
1. Compare and Contrast Why did scientist classify Pikaia as a chordate instead of as a worm
2. Review What two aspects of evolutionary history does the cladogram of chordates show
3. Apply Concepts Recall what you learned about plant evolution in Ch 22. In what ways are
chordate adaptations to life on land similar to plant adaptations. Based on the sequence of
evolutionary change what was the first major adaptation of each
26.3
1. Review List the two major groups of primates
2. Review Which early hominine bones changed shape over time allowing for walking upright
3. Apply Concepts Pick three characteristics of primates and explain how it benefits them
Ch 27 Animal Systems I
27.1
1. Review What types of food do herbivores eat, What are nutritional symbionts
2. Relate Cause and Effect How might a corral be affected if all its symbiotic algae died
3. Review what are two types of digestion animals use to break down and absorb food
4. Compare and Contrast What is a major structural difference between gastrovascular cavities
and digestive tracts
27.2
1. Relate Cause and Effect Why do some animals actively pump water over their gills
2. Interpret Visuals Contrast the structures of amphibian, reptilian, and mammalian lungs
3. Explain Describe the events that occur when a mammal respires including the path of air
through the lungs.
27.3
1. Explain Which groups of animals tend to have open circulatory systems and which have closed.
2. Compare and Contrast What is the major structural difference between vertebrates that have
single loop circulatory systems and those that have double loop systems
3. Apply Concept Do you think large, active vertebrates would have been likely to succeed if closed
circulatory systems had not evolved- explain
27.4
1. Explain How do insects, reptiles, and birds eliminate ammonia and how do mammals eliminate
ammonia
2. Apply Concepts How do kidneys help maintain homeostasis while processing nitrogenous wastes
3. Review In what form do (a) annelids and mollusks, (b) insects and arachnids, (c) mammals and
land amphibians, and (d) reptiles and birds excrete nitrogenous wastes
4. Relate Cause and Effect Explain how differing water balance needs relate to an animal’s
conversion of ammonia to wither urea or uric acid
Ch 28 Animal Systems II
28.1
1. Review List three body systems that work together to create a response to a stimulus
2. Sequence What is the correct sequence of the following in response to a stimuli: interneuron,
motor neuron, sensory neuron, muscle
3. Review What are two general ways in which nervous systems differ among animal groups
4. Review Give an example of an animal with a very simple sensory system and an example of one
with a complex sensory system
28.2
1. Apply Concepts How do muscles enable movement
28.3
1. Infer Why might sexual reproduction, as opposed to asexual reproduction, produce a population
better able to survive disease or environmental changes
2. Predict Why would you expect most species that employ external fertilization to reproduce in
the water
3. Compare and Contrast What is the difference between a nymph and a pupa
28.4
1. Review How do the immune systems and endocrine glands help to maintain homeostasis
2. Apply Concepts Describe how the circulatory and endocrine systems of migrating wildebeest
help maintain homeostasis
3. Review Define ectoderm and endotherm
Ch 29 Animal Behavior
29.1
1. Apply Concepts How does natural selection affect animal behavior
2. Predict What would happen if a newborn kitten did not have the suckling instinct
3. Apply Concepts Give an example of how humans learn through classical conditioning
4. Infer How might isolating a newborn animal from members of its own species affect it
29.2
1. Apply Concepts Travels who travel across time zones often experience what is called jet lag,
which includes fatigue and disrupted sleep patterns. How can you explain this condition
2. Review What are the main ways animals communicate with each other
3. Draw Conclusions Suppose you discover a new type of animal that is very different in
appearance from other animals you have seen. How could observing the sense organs of this
animal help you to understand if and how it communicates