Kingdom Protista
General characteristics of protists
How protists are classified.
Describe the 4 phyla of animal-like protists that we have covered, including how they move and eat.
Label an amoeba and a paramecium.
Characteristics of the 4 phyla of unicellular and the 3 phyla of multicellular plant-like protists.
Label a euglena
Life cycle of the unicellular and the cellular slime molds
What is an algae bloom? How might one occur? What could the affects be?
Kingdom Fungi
General characteristics of Fungi
How fungi are classified (4 phyla)
The structure and life cycles of each of the 3: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Zygomycota (Be able to draw the life cycles)
Why is Deuteromycota the “imperfect fungi”?
Diagrams: Structure of Basidiomycota (“mushroom”) and Zygomycota (mold).
Kingdom Plantae
How plants are classified
General characteristics of plants
Characteristics of each of the four phyla studied: Bryophyta, Pterophyta, Gynmosperms and Angiosperms.
In general, how members of each phyla reproduce. Know the life cycles of moss and ferns.
Describe alternation of generations
Xylum and phloem
RE: Angiosperms
Label diagram of flower and be able to briefly describe the function of each of the structures
How they reproduce (Describe fertilization )
Self-pollination and cross-pollination, including differences in adaptations of flowers that self-pollinate
and those that cross pollinate. Why is cross-pollination better?
Describe seed dispersal, including the different kinds and the adaptations of seeds for a particular kind
of dispersal.
Describe what a seed needs to germinate
Benefits of fruits and flowers to angiosperms. Why are they the dominant plant phyla?
Further groupings of Angiosperms:
Monocots and dicots
Annual, biennial, perennial
Woody and herbaceous
Miscellaneous
What are mitosis and meiosis? haploid and diploid? N and 2N?
Kingdom Animalia
General characteristics of animals
General needs/functions of animals.
What are the phyla, in order of their evolution, in the Kingdom Animalia?
Grouping of cells (cell, tissue, organ, organ system)
How are animals classified?
Early development:
- Zygote
- Blastula
- Blastopore: protostome & deuterostome
Three layers of germ cells
Kinds of symmetry and terminology re: area of specimen (anterior, posterior…)
Phylum Porifera:
Characteristics and structures
Be able to label a sponge and discuss how it meets its needs (the function of its various structures in terms of
meeting its needs).
Phylum Cnidaria:
General characteristics of the Phylum.
How it meets its needs (the function of its structures in terms of meeting its needs)
Life cycle of a jellyfish
Phylum Platyhelminthes
General characteristics
How it meets its needs (the function of its structures in terms of meeting its needs)
Phylum Nematoda
General characteristics
How it meets its needs (the function of its structures in terms of meeting its needs)
Phylum Molluska
General characteristics
How it meets its needs (the function of its structures in terms of meeting its needs)
Phylum Annelida
General Characteristics
Diagram of both the external and internal views of the earthworm
Structures of the earthworm and their functions as they pertain to the earthworm meeting its needs.
Phylum Arthropoda
The four classes of Arthropods
General charactistics of Arthropods