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List the characteristics that are typical of animals.
  • Describe the seven features that distinguish animals from other kinds of organisms.
  • Give examples that illustrate that there are a wide variety of kinds of animals.
Understand the nature of the different structural traits of animals.
  • Explain the difference between homeotherms and poikilotherms.
  • List the three body forms typical of animals.
  • Distinguish between diploblastic and triploblastic animals.
  • Explain what is meant by the terms protostome and deuterostome.
  • Understand the role of a skeleton.
Understand the evolutionary history of the animal kingdom.
  • Describe why primitive animals are primarily marine.
  • Explain why the body plans of some animals are only suitable for aquatic habitats.
  • Recognize how aquatic organisms can reproduce by external fertilization.
  • Describe the adaptations of terrestrial animals that allow them to be successful on land.
  • Explain why the parasitic way of life is beneficial to parasites.
  • Define the terms pelagic and benthic.
  • List specific adaptations that allow animals to succeed in their habitats and niches.





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