UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.
¨ EXPLAIN THE SEVEN ESSENTIAL LIFE FUNCTIONS
IN ANIMALS.
¨ DESCRIBE THE BASIC TRENDS IN ANIMAL
EVOLUTION.
¨ LIST AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF EACH OF THE
MAJOR INVERTEBRATE PHYLA.
¨ COMPARE THE WAYS DIFFERENT INVERTEBRATES
CARRY OUT THEIR ESSENTIAL LIFE FUNCTIONS.
¨ DISCUSS FORM AND FUNCTION IN THE VARIOUS
CLASSES OF VERTEBRATES.
¨ DESCRIBE THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF
VERTEBRATES.
¨ LIST THE TYPES OF TEMPERATURE REGULATION IN
VERTEBRATES.
¨ DISCUSS THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF
PRIMATES.
¨ DISCUSS THE WAYS IN WHICH VERTEBRATES CARRY
OUT THEIR ESSENTIAL LIFE FUNCTIONS.
¨ DESCRIBE EXAMPLES OF THE MAJOR VERTEBRATE
CLASSES.
¨ COMPARE FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE MAJOR
ORGANS OF VERTEBRATES.
¨ IDENTIFY ANIMALS FROM THE DIFFERENT PHYLA
AND CLASSES.
¨ OBTAIN ONE ARTICLE DEALING WITH VERTEBRATES
OR INVERTEBRATES AND WRITE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR IT.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTERS TWENTY-SIX TO THIRTY-THREE