Download Organism: Homo sapiens sapiens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Organism: Homo sapiens sapiens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal
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Is made of cells
Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
Has mitochondria in cells
Cells have cell nucleus
Reproduces through sexual reproduction
Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
Blastula develops into a tube shaped "tornarias" larva, tail end forming FIRST.
Has a spinal chord protected by vertebrae
Skull provides a hard braincase to protect the brain
Jaws
bony skeleton
Paired appendages
pectoral (shoulder) and pelvic (hip) girdles
Simplified pattern of bony plates in skull
Four limbs
Five fingers and toes
Ankle bones form: "Astragalus" and "Calcaneum"
Amniotic Egg protects embryo: Eggs can be laid out of water (and is laid internally)
One temporal opening in skull behind the eye socket (synapsid opening opening)
Three middle ear bones
Mammary glands nourish young with milk
Placenta connects embryo's and mother's blood and lymph systems and allows young to be born more
fully developed.
Stirrup shaped stapes (one of the middle ear bones)
Flexible ankles
Proportionately larger brain (compared to body size) than other mammals
Forward facing eyes
Fingernails
No tail
Small teeth
Obligatory bipedalism (must walk upright)
Smaller ribcage & thinner cheekbones (compared to Homo neanderthalensis)
Organism: Sand Dollar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_dollar
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/echinoderm/Sanddollarprintout.shtml
http://science.jrank.org/pages/5955/Sand-Dollars.html
Key Words:test, filter feeder, sand dollar, echinoid, echinoderm, water vascular system
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Is made of cells
Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
Has mitochondria in cells
Cells have cell nucleus
Reproduces through sexual reproduction
Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
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Larva have bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle).
Blastula develops into a tube shaped "tornarias" larva, tail end forming FIRST.
Adult form has pentameral (five-fold) symmetry
Water vascular system: Seawater is taken into a system of tubes and is used to extend their feet.
Calcium endoskeleton forms a hard five part shell ("test") made of calcium.
Flat shell ("test") covered with very tiny spines that filter food
Bilateral symmetry is added on top of pentameral (five-fold) symmetry
Organism: Predatory_tunicate -- Megalodicopia hians
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?enc=Z5SIVkZ+n+UdoJa0ZZ4GYA==
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/urochordata.html
Key Words:urochordate, tunicate, sea squirt, notochord, sessile, larval chordate
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Has mitochondria in cells
 Cells have cell nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
 Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
 Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
 Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
 When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
 Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
 Blastula develops into a tube shaped "tornarias" larva, tail end forming FIRST.
 Larva have spinal chord (with a "notochord" and a "dorsal nerve chord")
Organism: Lamprey
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Hyperoartia&contgroup=Vertebrata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey
http://www.protectyourwaters.net/hitchhikers/fish_sea_lamprey.php
http://www.cfb.ie/fisheries_research/lamprey/index.htm
Key Words:agnathan, jawless fish, keratin teeth, petromyzontiformes
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Has mitochondria in cells
 Cells have cell nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
 Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
 Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
 Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
 When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
 Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
 Blastula develops into a tube shaped "tornarias" larva, tail end forming FIRST.
 Has a spinal chord protected by vertebrae
 Skull provides a hard braincase to protect the brain
Organism: Water horsetail -- Equisetaceae
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Has mitochondria in cells
 Cells have cell nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Cells have green chloroplasts which have chlorophyll: photosynthesizes.
 Cells held together with cellulose
 Tubes transport water and nutrients throughout
Organism: Ginkgo
Key Words:
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Has mitochondria in cells
 Cells have cell nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Cells have green chloroplasts which have chlorophyll: photosynthesizes.
 Cells held together with cellulose
 Tubes transport water and nutrients throughout
 Spores enclosed in a protective "ovule"
 Seeds
Organism: Banana
Key Words:
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Has mitochondria in cells
 Cells have cell nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Cells have green chloroplasts which have chlorophyll: photosynthesizes.
 Tubes transport water and nutrients throughout
 Spores enclosed in a protective "ovule"
 Seeds
 Flowers
Organism: Giant Sequoia -- Sequoiadendron giganteum
Key Words:
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Has mitochondria in cells
 Cells have cell nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Cells have green chloroplasts which have chlorophyll: photosynthesizes.
 Cells held together with cellulose
 Tubes transport water and nutrients throughout
 Spores enclosed in a protective "ovule"
 Seeds
 Needle like leaves
Organism: Honeypot Ant -- Myrmecocystus
http://www.myrmecos.net/formicinae/myrmecocystus.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_ants
http://www.sasionline.org/antsfiles/pages/honeyants/honey.html
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Cells have mitochondria
 Cells have a nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
 Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
 Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
 Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
 Reproduction through haploid-diploid sexual reproduction
 When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
 Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
 Blastula develops into a tube shaped "trochophore" larva, mouth forming FIRST.
 Segmented chitinous exoskeleton
 Body is split into segments, with jointed legs and mouth parts.
 Main body cavity is a haemocoel where blood flows and bathes the organs and tissues.
 Long, many segmented bodies with many pairs of legs
 Breaths air through tubes called trachea. No lungs: Air goes directly to body through the tubes.
 Wings controlled by vertial muscles in the thorax and also by longways muscles that move the wings by
changing the shape of the thorax
 Can fold wings back over abdomen
 Larva, Pupae and Adult stages of development
 In flying males, hindwings are connected to forewings by a series of hooks
 Colonial behavior
 Stores nectar in abdomen for dry season
Organism: Giant millipede--Archispirostreptus gigas
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/arthropod/Millipede.shtml
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/arthropod/millipedelabel/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millipede http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archispirostreptus_gigas
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/centipedes/a/millipedes.htm
Key Words:millipede, diplosomite, diplopoda, myriapoda, arthropoda
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Is made of cells
Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
Cells have mitochondria
Cells have a nucleus
Reproduces through sexual reproduction
Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
Reproduction through haploid-diploid sexual reproduction
When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
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Blastula develops into a tube shaped "trochophore" larva, mouth forming FIRST.
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
Segmented chitinous exoskeleton
Body is split into segments, with jointed legs and mouth parts.
Main body cavity is a haemocoel where blood flows and bathes the organs and tissues.
Long, many segmented bodies with many pairs of legs
Most segments have TWO pairs of legs
Organism: Vampyroteuthis infernalis -- Vampire Squid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_squid http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/vampy.php
Key Words:vampire squid, vampyromorphida, photophore, oxygen minimum zone
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Is made of cells
Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
Cells have mitochondria
Cells have a nucleus
Reproduces through sexual reproduction
Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
 Blastula develops into a tube shaped "trochophore" larva, mouth forming FIRST.
 Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
 Small coelem encloses the heart. Main body cavity is a haemocoel through which blood circulates. Most organs
are enclosed in the haemocoel.
 Have an ink sac and can cloud the water with a jet of ink when in danger. Ink is black.
 Well developed brain, eyes and nervous system. Large kidneys.
 Rasping tongue, called a radula, has chitinous teeth.
 Tentacles derived from traditional mollusc "foot." There are 8 tentacles connected by webbing, and 2 "sensory
filiments"
 Organs mostly in the back area (dorsal area)
 Can move quickly by jets of water.
Organism: Ariolimax columbianus -- Pacific Banana Slug
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug
Key Words:giant slug, UC Santa Cruz mascot, pacific northwest, pulmonate
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Is made of cells
Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
Cells have mitochondria
Cells have a nucleus
Reproduces through sexual reproduction
Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
 Blastula develops into a tube shaped "trochophore" larva, mouth forming FIRST.
 Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle).
 Small coelem encloses the heart. Main body cavity is a haemocoel through which blood circulates. Most organs
are enclosed in the haemocoel.
 Mantle does not create a shell, but does form a space that acts as a lung.
 Two eyes at the end of tentacles on the head.
 Rasping tongue, called a radula, has chitinous teeth.
 Broad muscular "foot"
 Organs mostly in the back area (dorsal area)
 Main body rotates 90 to 180 degrees as it develops ("Torsion").
Organism: giant gippsland earthworm
http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2008/05/giant_blue_earthworms_and_frie.php
Key Words:earthworm, worm, annelid, giant earthworm, australia
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Is made of cells
Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
Cells have mitochondria
Cells have a nucleus
Reproduces through sexual reproduction
Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
 Blastula develops into a tube shaped "trochophore" larva, mouth forming FIRST.
 Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
 Coelem forms a complete digestive tract and is divided into segments. Mouth connects directly to digestive tract
without processing food first.
 Body is segmented
 Blood circulatory system with 5 hearts.
Organism: Hypsibius dujardini (a water bear)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrada
Key Words:water bear, polyextremophile, ecdysozoa, tardigrade
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Is made of cells
Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
Cells have mitochondria
Cells have a nucleus
Reproduces through sexual reproduction
Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
Cells organized into three layers: endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm
Cells organized into true tissue. Nerves, muscles.
Three layer organization allows for tissue to organize into true organs
When just an embryo forms a blastula (hollow ball of cells—microscopic beachball)
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
Blastula develops into a tube shaped "trochophore" larva, mouth forming FIRST.
Bilateral symmetry (you could draw a line down the middle). Has a head and tail.
Chitinous cuticle as an exoskeleton. Sheds the cuticle as it grows larger.
Coelem partially formed. Most of the inside is called a haemocoel, with an "open blood circulatory system"
where blood and other important body fluids circulate in the body cavity.
 Body is divided into segments
 Four segments (not counting the head) with nonjointed legs. Feet have claws or toes.
 If the environment gets too dry, hot or cold, it can suspend its life functions and go into a form of suspended
animation called cryptobiosis. This allows it to wait for better conditions and revive itself when they arrive. This
way it can survive extreme environments.
Organism: Aurelia aurita--moon jelly
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/scyphozoa.html
Key Words:jellyfish, nemocyst
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Cells have mitochondria
 Cells have a nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
 Cells organized into two layers separated by a gelatinous layer
 Cells organized into true tissue. Nerve net.
 Stinging tentacles capture prey.
 Radial symmetry
 Embryonic stage of a blastula (hollow ball of cells)
 Blastula develops to form a flat bilateral ciliated larva called a planula. Planula has no mouth and
cannot feed.
 Branching channels lead to the gut.
Organism: Gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus)
http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/pleurobrachia.html
Traits:
 Is made of cells
 Cells use DNA to copy themselves.
 Cells have mitochondria
 Cells have a nucleus
 Reproduces through sexual reproduction
 Multicellular and cells are held together with collagen
 Cells organized into two layers separated by a gelatinous layer
 Cells organized into true tissue.
 Sticky tentacles trap food. Sometimes makes a net of mucous to trap food.
 Moves by propelling itself with 8 rows of fused cilia on its sides.
 Radial symmetry
 Embryonic stage of a blastula (hollow ball of cells)