Download Station 1: Origin of Life

Station 1: Origin of Life
1. Answer the following questions about the origin of life.
A. What element, although absolutely necessary for all animals, would
have impeded the origin and development of early life on earth?
B. I will take a range, but about how long ago did life on earth arise?
C. What is “chemical evolution?” Describe the experiment that is often
cited as evidence for this theory on the origin of life. What result
did they find?
Station 2. Characteristics of all Animals
2. Fill in the vocabulary word:
a. Are _______________, meaning that their cells have a nucleus
b. Are _______________, meaning they must consume other
organisms. Opposite of autotrophs.
c. Are ________________, meaning they are made up of many cells.
d. Contain ______________, which carries the genetic code.
Station 3. Characteristics of Animals
3. Write true of false for each statement
A. Hermaphrodites are capable of fertilizing themselves
B. All animals move at some point in their life cycle
C. All animals have a backbone
D. All animals breathe through a mouth
E. Some animals are triploblastic, meaning they have three germ layers
F. Having a two way digestive system is the most efficient
Station 4. Body Systems
4. Fill in 5 out of the 6 blanks with the correct body system. If you fill
out all six, I will give you extra credit.
A. Digests food to obtain nutrients
B. Exchanges gases with environment
C. Transports nutrients/gases/waste around cell
D. Covers body for protection from outside world (skin, hair, nails)
E. Get’s rid of nitrogenous waste by filtering blood
F. Allows the body to move
Station 5. Nitrogenous Waste
5. All animals produce nitrogenous waste as a result of breaking down
proteins, but animals excrete this waste in three different forms.
Determine which animal forms uric acid, which forms ammonia, and
which forms urea.
CIRCLE WHICH IS THE MOST TOXIC
Station 6. Symmetry
6. A. Determine what kinds of symmetry (bilaterial, asymmetrical,
radial) the following animals have.
B. With the development of bilateral symmetry began development
of what structure?
Station 7. Protostomes/Deuterostomes
7. Decide which of the following are characteristics of protostomes and
which are characteristics of deuterostomes by filling in the table.
A. Blastopore becomes: MOUTH or ANUS ?
B. Fate of cells: INDETERMINATE or DETERMINITE?
C. Type of cleavage: RADIAL or SPIRAL?
Station 8 Germ Layers and Coeloms
8. Answer the following questions.
A. In two words, describe what a coelom is.
B. All the animals we have learned about so far have what type of
coelom?
C. What are the three germ layers?
D. Identify which germ layer each of the following tissues comes from.
There is one from each germ layer.
Station 9. Terminology.
9. Answer the following questions.
A. Identify the ventral, anterior, dorsal, and posterior side of this
bulbasaur.
B. How would you say flatworms are shaped in more scientific terms?
Station 10: Classification
A. Write the following in correct Linnaes binomial nomenclature:
HOMO SAPIENS
B. Write out the seven levels of classification from least to most
specific.
Station 11. Domains/Kingdoms
A. The three domains are bacteria, eukarya, and archae. What
distinguishes eukarya from the other two?
B. What are the four kingdoms in domain Eukarya.
Station 12. Cladograms
A. What is the closest relative to
primates?
B. What animals have amniotic
eggs?
C. True or false. DNA (sequence
alignment) reveals more about
evolutionary relationships than
looking at physical
characteristics.
Station 13. Animal Cell Anatomy
• What is Number:
A. 9?
B. 2?
C. 3?
D. 6?
E. 5?
Station 14. Animal Cell
Match the organelle with the following function. Some are not used.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Makes ATP/energy
Contains enzymes to help digest food
Protects the inside of the cell from the outside
Helps to finish, package, and ship final proteins
Involved in protein synthesis
Control center of the cell – contains DNA
Nucleus
Cell membrane
Lysosomes
endoplasmic reticulum
mitochondria
centrioles
golgi apparatus
vacuole
ribosome
chloroplast
Station 15: Characteristics of Protists
15. Write true or false for the following statements:
a. All protists are eukaryotes
b. All protists are unicellular
c. All protists are free-living
d. All protists are heterotrophs
e. Protazoans, or animal-like protists, are classified based on how they
move
Station 16: Endosymbiosis
A. What two organelles in eukaryotes were once thought to be freeliving prokaryotes?
B. What are two unique characteristics about these organelles that
suggest this?
Station 17: Protozoan – The Amoeba
A.Label A –E.
Food vacuole
central vacuole
cell membrane
nucleus psuedopodia
B. Which letter represents the structure
that allows amoeba to move. It translates
to “false foot.”
C. What letter represents the structure that
allows amoeba to osmoregulate?
Station 18. Random Questions
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
What phyla are most animals in?
What is the only kingdom where none of the organisms have a cell wall?
Why are viruses not considered alive?
Name one structure that makes a euglena plant like. Animal-like?
What protist causes malaria? What is it transmitted by? What human organ
does it reside in?
Station 19: Protozoan – The Paramecium
A. Label with paramecium with
the correct terms. “nucleus,”
“contractile vacuole,” “oral
groove,” “food vaculole”
B. What allows the paramecium
to move?
Station 20: Characteristics of Porifera
a. Porifera are thought to have evolved from what organism (you may
name the kingdom)?
b. What type of symmetry do Porifera have?
c. Do Porifera have specialized cells? Yes or no.
d. Do Porifera have tissues? Yes or no.
e. Give the two word phrase that describes how Porifera feed.
Station 21: Porifera Anatomy
A. Label the choanocytes, the
porocytes, the pinacocytes, the
ameobocytes, the oculum and the
spicules.
B. What is the middle layer called
where the ameobocytes are held? It
starts with a “M.”
Station 22: Porifera Structure & Function
A. For the four terms, provide a 3-6 word explanation of the cells
function in the sponge.
B. Put a star next to the type of cell that act like stem cells.
Station 23: Porifera Shapes
A. Sponges come in three shapes. Label which of the following is
leuconoid, which is synconoid, and which is asconoid.
B. What if the purpose/advantage of the multi-channel system in 5
words or less?
C. What type of shape do most sponges have?
Station 24: Porifera Classification
A. Which is the most common class of sponge?
B. Which class includes sponges that have a six-pointed spicule made of silica?
C. Which class includes sponges with spicules made of calcium carbonate?
D. Which class includes sponges with spicules made of silicon dioxide, spongin,
or both?
E. Which class includes the bath sponges?
Put “Cal,” “Dem,” or “Hex.”
Station 25: Porifera Reproduction
25. Answer the following questions:
a. Are sponges hermaphroditic? Yes or no.
b. Is fertilization during sexual reproduction internal of external?
c. Is the formation of a gemmule a form of sexual or asexual
reproduction?
d. What is unique about ameobocytes in a sponge?
Station 26: Cnidaria Characteristics
26. Answer the following questions:
a. What are the two body forms of cnidarians? (one the tentacles face
up, the other the tentacles face down).
b. What evolved from Porifera to cnidarian as far as:
i. Level of organization (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, etc.)
ii. Symmetry
iii. Any primitive “organ systems?”
c. How many germ layers do cnidarian have?
Station 27: Cnidaria General Organization
27. Identify the epidermis, gastrodermis, mesoglea, gastrovascular
cavity, tentacle, and mouth/anus of the following cnidarians.
A
B
C
D
E
Not included
F
Station 28: Cnidaria Reproduction
28. Answer the following questions.
A. In your own words describe what alterations of generations, or
polymorphism means?
B. Which body type produces sexually?
C. Which body type produces asexually?
D. True or False. All cnidarians have alteration of generations.
Station 29: Cnidarian Feeding & Digestion
A. Cnidarians all have cnidocytes, or specialized stinging cells. What is
the name of the organelle that can discharge threads to entangle,
penetrate, or poison prey? It starts with a “n.”
B. Name two reasons a jelly fish would use this stinging ability.
C. Do cnidarans have a one-opening or two-opening digestive system?
D. Coral reefs have a symbiotic relationship with what organism?
Station 30: Cnidarian Classes
30. Match the following cnidarians with their classes.
E. Which class has no medusa stage?
A
Bv
C
D
Station 31: Random Questions
A. What are three things plant cells have that animal cells do not?
HINT: they all start with the letter C.
B. There are closed and open circulatory systems. Which contains
blood vessels?
C. What special molecule makes up most of the cell membrane?
D. True or False. The protist that causes malaria moves by cilia.
Break Station 1 / Bonus Questions
A. Where was a surprise coral reef found!
B. Who is the greek philosopher who came up with spontaneous
generation?
C. What is the “lid” called that keeps a nematocyte in before it is
discharged?
D. What is the largest predator in the world? (be specific about the name)
Break Station 2
E. What is the closest animal relative to an alligator/crocodile/caymen?
F. What is the largest protist in the world?
G. If you picked up one pathogenic bacteria in the bathroom, how
many could possibly be on your hands in 5 hours?
H. What is this creature?