Review for Animal Test
Be able to give at least one example of animal in each phylum and/or class listed below:
Phylum Porifera
Phylum Cnidaria
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Annelida
Phylum Mollusca
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Merostomata
Class Arachnida
Class Chilopoda
Class Diplopoda
Class Insecta
Phylum Echinodermata
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Class Osteichthyes
Class Amphibia
Class Reptilia
Class Aves
Class Mammalia
Be able to describe the function of each of the animal body systems listed below and how they interact
with at least two other animal body systems.
Body System
Function
Interaction 1
Interaction 2
Skeletal System
Muscular System
Nervous System
Excretory System
Respiratory System
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Reproductive System
***Be able to give example organisms of each different type of body system or different characteristic of each
body system.
What are the types of skeletal systems? What are they made of? What are some advantages and disadvantages of
each?
What are the different types of nitrogenous wastes produced and removed through excretion? What are the different
ways that nitrogenous wastes are removed from the body?
What are the different methods of taking in oxygen and removing carbon dioxide?
What are the different methods used for circulation? Describe how a 2-chambered heart works, a 3-chambered heart
works, and a 4-chambered heart works.
What is double-loop circulation? What types of animals need to use double-loop circulation and why?
What are two types of taking in nutrients? What does it mean to have one-way digestion versus two-way digestion?
What are the two types of reproduction that can occur? What are some advantages and disadvantages of each type?
Where can fertilization occur? Where can development occur? What does it mean to be hermaphroditic?
Essay Question: Discuss one animal body system in detail, including examples from at least six different
animal phyla or classes. Define complexity in terms of this animal body system and state with phylum is least
complex and which is most complex (in terms of your definition of complexity).