Kingdom Animalia
~ Characteristics ~
Multi-cellular
Eukaryotic with no cell walls
 Heterotrophs (consumers)
motile
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Characteristics Cont.
Animal Movement
 Most
animals are capable of
complex and relatively rapid
movement compared to
plants and other organisms.
Animal Reproduction
 Most
animals reproduce
sexually, by differentiated
haploid cells (eggs & sperm).
 Most
animals are diploid,
meaning that the cells of
adults contain two copies of
the genetic material.
In addition to
Characteristics of Life
1. Living things are organized.
2. Living things are made up of cells.
3. Living things metabolize.
4. Living things maintain an internal
environment.
5. Living things grow.
6. Living things respond.
7. Living things reproduce.
8. Living things evolve.
Animal Sizes
 Animals
range in size from no
more than a few cells (like the
mesozoans) to organisms
weighing many tons (like the
blue whale).
a mesozoan
blue whale
Animal Habitats
 Most
animals inhabit the seas,
with fewer in fresh water and
even fewer on land.
Animal Cells
 Animal
 Animal
cells, are eukaryotic
cells lack the rigid cell
walls that characterize plant
cells.
Animal Cell Diagram
Animal Bodies
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The bodies of most animals (all except
sponges) are made up of cells organized
into tissues.
Each tissue is specialized to perform specific
functions.
Cells->tissues->organs->organ sys >organism
Animal Symmetry
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Describes how animal body
structures are arranged
Allows animals to move in different
ways
Cnidarians and echinoderms are
radially symmetrical.
Most animals are bilaterally
symmetrical.
Symmetry:
 The
most primitive
animals are
asymmetrical:
No symmetry
Radial Symmetry
 forms
that can be divided into
similar halves by more than
two planes passing through it.
 Animals
with radial symmetry
are usually sessile, freefloating, or weakly swimming.
Radial
Symmetry
Bilateral Symmetry
Animals
with bilateral
symmetry are most
well-suited for
directional
movement.
Bilateral Symmetry
~ Protection
and Support ~
 not
all animals have a
skeleton, divided into 2
groups:
 exoskeleton – a hard, waxy
coating on the outside of
the body

endoskeleton – support
framework within the body
~Invertebrates~
No
backbones
95%
of all animals are
in this group
~Invertebrate
Phylum Porifera~
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Sponges
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simplest form of animal life
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live in water
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Do not move around
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no symmetry
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5000 species
~Invertebrate
Phylum Porifera~
 Examples:
Tube
Sponge,
Glass
Sponge, Sea
Sponge
~Invertebrate
Phylum Cnidaria~
 Live
in water
 Most
 catch
cells
 gut
have tentacles
food with stinging
for digesting
~Invertebrate
Phylum Cnidaria~
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2 different
shapes
Medusa - like
a jellyfish
Polyp - like a
hydra
~Invertebrate
Phylum Cnidaria~
 Examples Jellyfish, Hydra,
sea anemones,
and corals
~Invertebrate
Phylum Platyhelminthes ~
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Flatworms
Flat, ribbon-like body
Live in water or are
parasites
bilateral symmetry
~Invertebrate
Phylum Platyhelminthes ~
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Examples:
Planaria
eyespots detect
light
food and waste
go in and out the
same opening
~Invertebrate
Phylum Platyhelminthes ~
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Examples:
Tapeworm
Parasite that
lives in
intestines of
host absorbing
food
~Invertebrate
Phylum Mollusca ~
 Soft
bodies
 Hard
 Live
Shells
on land or in water
 have
a circulatory system and a
complex nervous system.
 Important
food source for humans
~Invertebrate
Phylum Mollusca ~
Class
Gastropoda
 snails
 may
and slugs
have 1 shell
 stomach-footed
move on stomach
~Invertebrate
Phylum Mollusca ~
Class Bivalves
2
shells hinged
together
 clams,
oysters,
scallops and
mussels
~Invertebrate
Phylum Mollusca ~
Class Cephalopods
 squids
and octopuses
 internal
mantel
~Invertebrate
Phylum Annelida ~
 Segmented
worms
 Body
divided into
segments (sections)
 Live
in water or
underground
 have
a nervous and
circulatory system
~Invertebrate
Phylum Annelida ~
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Class
Earthworms
 eat
soil and
breakdown
organic matter,
wastes provide
nutrients to soil
~Invertebrate
Phylum Annelida ~
 Class
leeches
 parasites
that feed on blood of
other animals
~Invertebrate
Phylum Arthropoda ~
 Body
divided into
sections/segments
 Exoskeleton
 Jointed legs
 well developed nervous
system
 largest group of organisms
on earth
~Invertebrate
Phylum Arthropoda ~
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subphylums:
 Classified
into classes
according to the number of
legs, eyes and antennae
they have.
~Invertebrate Phylum
Arthropods ~ Subphylum Uniramia
 Class
 no
Insecta
antennae
 3 pairs of legs
 2 body regions - head, thorax
& abdomen
 grasshoppers, ants,
butterflies, bees
~ Phylum
Chordata ~ subphylum Vertebrata
5 classes
Fish
Mammals
Reptiles
Amphibians
Birds
Fish
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cold-blooded
Have gills and scales
Live in water
Have a Backbone
These are Fish:
Fish have Backbones
Reptiles:
Have
scales
Live on land
Are cold-blooded
Usually lay eggs
Have a Backbone
These are Reptiles
Crush!!!
Reptiles have Backbones
Amphibians
•Lay eggs
•Live in water and on land
•Have a Backbone
•Are cold blooded
•Have smooth skin
These are Amphibians
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These are Amphibians
Amphibians have
Backbones
Birds
 Have
feathers
 Are warm-blooded
 Have hollow bones and most
can fly
 Lay eggs
 Have a Backbone
These are Birds
Birds have Backbones
Mammals
 Have
hair or fur
 Are warm-blooded
 Feed milk to their young
 Bear live young (except
monotremes)
 Have a Backbone
These are Mammals
Mammals have Backbones
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Clip Art
Photos
http://clipartuniverse.com/free-animation.shtml black widow, vulture, girl and horse, frog
http://www.infohub.com/ARTICLES/platypus.html platypus
http://www.herper.com/Waterspider.html water spider
http://www.liveaquaria.com/ starfish
http://www.discoveryschools.com.au/guides/invertab/overview.html jellyfish bmp
http://www.cockroaches.sf.cz/ roach
http://www.antcontrols.com/carpenter1.jpg carpenter ant
http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/schoolhouse/species/herps/turtle.htm turtle skeleton
http://encarta.msn.com/find/MediaMax.asp?pg=3&ti=761552814&idx=461518272 fish skeleton,
http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/courses/bio204/lab7_photos.htm frog, lizard, bird, rat, and porpoise
skeletons
http://dgl.microsoft.com/?CAG=1 clips
http://members.aol.com/loxocemus/snakepics/nonamer.jpg garter snake
http://www.versaquatics.com/angelfish.htm fish photo, crab, nudibranch, sea turtle,
http://www.montereybaywhalewatch.com/phharbp.htm porpoise photo
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/turtles/paint.htm painted turtle
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~reglor/salgall/myon2.jpg salamander
http://radical-reptiles.herpetology.com/lizardgallery/collared4.jpg collard lizard
http://www.cmycat.com/greatoutdoors.htm cat photo
http://www.cat.cc.md.us/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit1/shape/dkngon.html coccus bacteria
http://www.smithton.tco.asn.au/wildlife/lobster/lobster.html alligator skeleton
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Photos continued
http://saltaquarium.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A
%2F%2Fwww.harboraquatics.com%2Fsponge01.html spongeshttp://www.underwatercolours.com/bvi/ss5.html -Anemone
http://www.meer.org/M31.htm platyhelminthes
http://users.htcomp.net/weis/worms.html -earthworm
http://www.smithton.tco.asn.au/wildlife/lobster/lobster.html lobster
http://www.mermaid1.demon.co.uk/body_molluscs.htm snail, limpet,
cuttlefish
http://www.mermaid1.demon.co.uk/body_worms.htm - fanworm
http://www.versaquatics.com/octopus_photos.htm octopus
http://www.mermaid1.demon.co.uk/body_echinoderms.htm urchin,
starfish
http://www.dudak.baka.com/is373.html grasshopper on goldenrod
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